Mayor’s Task Force Report on Institutional Racism and Systemic Inequities
Future Forum | May 31, 2017
LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin #DSC_5558.
Mayor's Task Force Report on Institutional Racism and Systemic Inequities
The Why, the How, and the What
Wednesday, May 31
LBJ Library Atrium
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In November 2016, Austin Mayor Steve Adler formed a task force of local leaders to explore how to ensure equity throughout the city. In April, the group released their suggestions in a final report broken down into five areas: education, real estate and housing, health, finance, and criminal justice.
On May 31, 2017, the LBJ Future Forum hosted a program to hear about the impetus behind the report, how it was created, what it recommends, and what's next.
Participants included:
- Mayor Steve Adler, City of Austin
- Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, President and Chief Executive Officer, Huston-Tillotson University; Mayor's Task Force Co-Chair
- Brion Oaks, Chief Equity Officer, City of Austin
- Alba Sereno, Project Manager, Mayor's Task Force; Adjunct Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin
- Moderator: Editorial writer and columnist Alberta Phillips, Austin American-Statesman