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18 foundations & financial institutions building a #NewUrbanPractice that gets dramatically better results for low-income people, faster. bit.ly/RaceUs2016

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Our #RacialEquityHere cities: #Albuquerque, #Austin, #Louisville, #Philadelphia #GrandRapids are working to dismantle systemic racism in their cities. .
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Read on how they are using Government Alliance on Race Equity's framework of normalizing, organizing, operationalizing race equity in our 2016 Annual Report (bit.ly/RaceUsREH)
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#RaceUs #equity #cities #localgov #publicsector

We're wrapping up our #cityaccelerator week with Chicago! .
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The City of Chicago is seeking to build greater transparency as well as diversify the pool of businesses that bid on the more than over 2,500 contracts that the city awards annually. .
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Through the #CityAccelerator, Chicago will tackle the development of a universal procurement platform – as well as a shared contract compliance system – across separate public entities that spend a combined annual total exceeding $6 billion.

#cities #chicago #diversity #procurement #cityaccelerator

Memphis is next on this week's #CityAccelerator cities tour! .
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The City of Memphis’ Office of Business Diversity and Compliance motto is #wemeanbusiness. One example of their dedication is the dramatic increase in minority and women-owned businesses (MWBE) contract spending in the 16 months since Mayor Strickland took office. .
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The City will use data to target improvements to sectors where minority vendors are currently available but are being underutilized in the public procurement system.
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#equity #cities #procurement #data #diversity #minorityowned #memphis #cityaccelerator

This week we are featuring our new #CityAccelerator cities who are buying into #equity
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Through the City Accelerator, the city of Milwaukee wants to build partnerships with entrepreneurs, small business owners, lenders, and business development organizations and to use data to identify promising sectors for contracting and business expansion support.
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#cities #milwaukee #cityaccelerator #equity

This week we are featuring our new #CityAccelerator cohort! Five cities are implementing new strategies for procurement equity.
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Next up is #LosAngeles! Through #cityaccelerator the city hopes to connect diverse businesses through a partnership with South Los Angeles Transit Empowerment Zone (SLATE-Z).
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#CityAccelerator #equity #diversity #LA

Looking for new podcasts to listen to? Here are six of our favorite podcasts that provide powerful and insightful commentary on race, equity and culture. Check out the post by @j0annac_ : bit.ly/podcast4race
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#podcasts4race #equity #race #culture #podcasts

This week we are featuring our new #CityAccelerator cohort! Five cities are implementing new strategies to increase the diversity of municipal vendors and contractors and direct more spending to local minority-owned businesses. .
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First up is Charlotte! The city will train city staff to eliminate information barriers faced by minority business enterprises seeking city contracts and encourage corporations and other anchor institutions to do the same. .
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#cityaccelerator #cities #procurement #diversity #minoritybusinesses

Last year challenged us to refocus our efforts around #race and #capitalism. In his opening letter, our president Ben Hecht reflects on this journey, and how it will continue to shape our work in the future. .

More in our newly released 2016 Annual Report, “Race Us.” Follow the link (bit.ly/RaceUs2016) in our bio!
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#racialequity #RaceUs #cities

We had a great time recording our second episode of #VoicingRace featuring our #RacialEquityHere cities: Louisville, Grand Rapids, Austin, Philadelphia and Albuquerque. Listen to the podcast: http://apple.co/2vkZVLA

We've just launched our latest annual report, filled with stories and insights from our own staff members, our partners in sites, disruptive leaders and more. .
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Explore the ways that our commitment to closing racial gaps has shown up in our work over the past year bit.ly/RaceUs2016
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#RaceUs #raceinformed #racialequity #cities #leadership

"For us, economic security is at the heart of our equation, and economic prosperity is part of well-being. And we recognize that creating the conditions for economic security requires more than job creation and wage growth. It means transforming systems so that people are healthy, housed, prepared for work, and connected to job opportunities and more – and acknowledging the impact that racial inequities have had on each of these systems."
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Visit our website to read the rest of this thinkpiece by staff member @docjqueen on "The Social Determinants of Economic Security."
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#jobs #income #wealth #health #wellness #equity

Where do mayors find new ideas? Sometimes, the answer lies outside city hall.
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We caught up with Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton last week at the Summit on Government Performance and Innovation. Recently named the top-performing city in the first annual #Equipt to Innovate™ survey, Phoenix exemplifies the seven elements of the Equipt to Innovate™ framework for high-performing government:
- Dynamically Planned
- Broadly Partnered
- Resident-Involved
- Race-Informed
- Smartly Resourced
- Employee-Engaged
- Data-Driven
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For more information on Equipt to Innovate™, including the full results of the survey, visit EquiptToInnovate.org.
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#equipt #govlive #phoenix #PHX #innovation #accelerator #startups #xsector #engagement #community #publicengagement #communityengagement #equipttoinnovate @governingmagazine @elgl50 @icmaorg @visitphoenix @mayorstanton

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