Neighborhood Services and
Education Committee
January 13, 2022
Item (d)1
Office of Racial Equity
Workplan Update
Presenters:
Zulma Maciel, Director
Andrea Truong, Racial Equity Manager
Chris Cambises, Immigrant Affairs Manager
Background
Purpose:
To inform the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee on the accomplishments of the Office of Racial Equity to-date and path forward for FY 2021-2022
• Historical review
• Status report includes both racial equity and immigrant affairs work
Racial Equity: GARE Framework
Normalize Organize Operationalize
Racial Equity: Objectives
Develop +
Implement
Training + Applied
Practice Program
Build ORE Team +
Citywide
Infrastructure
Support
Reimagining
Community Safety
Project
Support
Community +
Economic Recovery
Work
Embed Equity
in Budget
Process
Goal: Enable the City organization to embed a racial equity practice that will examine and improve San José’s internal policies, programs, and decision-making so that, ultimately, we improve outcomes for communities of color.
Racial Equity: Objectives July-December 2021
Develop +
Implement
Training + Applied
Practice Program
Build ORE Team +
Citywide
Infrastructure
Support
Reimagining
Community Safety
Project
Support
Community +
Economic Recovery
Work
Embed Equity
in Budget
Process
Objectives
Develop + Implement
Training + Applied
Practice Program
(Normalize)
Build ORE Team +
Citywide Infrastructure
(Organize)
Embed Equity in
Budget Process
Racial Equity: July-December 2021 Accomplishments
Executed 2
Senior & Exec
Staff Racial Equity
workshops
Completed a
Request for
Proposal for
Citywide Equity
and Inclusion
trainers
Hired and onboarded
1 Assistant to the City
Manager and 1
Senior Executive
Analyst
Created an internal
Equity Council
Coordinated with City
GARE group and
GARE workgroups
Partnered with Budget Office and completed 2 Results
Based Accountability Training for 10 CMO Office &
Departments
Completed 25+ ad-hoc consultations with City
Departments
Revised and launched a Budgeting for Equity tool for FY 2022-23 in partnership with the Budget Office
Promoted racial equity principles and implementation in response to COVID-19 recovery efforts
Developed a Community Engagement framework
Advisory and Leadership Team engagement in Trauma
Informed Resilience Oriented
Support Reimagining
Community Safety
Project
Support Community
+ Economic
Recovery Work
(Operationalize------------------------------------------------------------------------------) Completed In progress Not started
What is in progress in Racial Equity?
Normalize
Organize
Operationalize
● Develop training videos for City staff on racial equity terms/concepts ● Coordinate and launch Citywide Racial Equity training opportunities ● Host 2 additional racial equity workshops for Senior and Executive Staff ● Partner with Human Resources and complete a training & organizational development procurement for July 2022-June 2025
● 100% of Departments in complete a Racial Equity Action Plan • 50% of Departments establish Racial Equity Action Teams ● Consultations on Budgeting for Equity worksheets (20 hours) ● TA on Department specific racial equity action plans (60 hours) ● TA on Department specific racial equity action teams (20 hours) ● Complete 5 Results Based Accountability “Turn the Curve” plans with City Depts ● 100% Departments submit a Budgeting for Equity worksheet Immigrant Affairs: Objectives
Leadership &
Communications
Access &
Engagement
Safe CommunitiesEducation and
Economic
Opportunity
Goal: To facilitate and accelerate immigrant inclusion in civic, economic, linguistic, and social aspects of life in San José.
Immigrant Affairs: Objectives July-December 2021
Leadership and
Communications
Access and
Engagement
Safe CommunitiesEducation and
Economic
Opportunity
Objectives
Leadership and Communications Access and
Engagement
Safe CommunitiesEducation and
Economic
Opportunity
Expanded local
Refugee Quarterly Consultation
Meetings to incorporate City
departments and stakeholders
Drafted and introduced
Federal Immigration Reform
Council Resolution
Established bi-weekly Immigration
Briefings
Monitored, analyzed, and
supported 25 federal bills and 5
major administrative/regulatory
policy changes, including the
Build Back Better bill, TPS, and
Afghan resettlement
Launched educational campaign
for the Central American Minor
(CAM) Program
Established monthly Facebook
Live series to amplify priority
immigration issues and
service providers
Developed educational
campaign on
Documented Dreamers
Supported the development of
a needs assessment of City
community engagement staff
on outreach to
immigrant communities and
language access needs
Partnered w/ USCIS to
develop additional workshops
for CSJ employees
and families
Conducted preliminary
assessment of adult schools,
labor unions, partners to
evaluate programs being
offered to create framework
for more efficient referral
network
Collaborated with MOTI to
support a pilot project to
assist with resume
preparation and job
mentoring for Afghan
refugees
Developed initial
collaboration with OED
to develop long term
effort and recovery work with
immigrant communities
Began implementation of 6 of
15 strategies to address anti-
Asian hate crimes
Led City participation in United
Against Hate Week and
supported the introduction of
Council proclamation
Hosted a UAHW panel
discussion to discuss lived
experiences and ways
to address hate crimes on a
local level
Established partnership with
PD to provide trainings during
refugee cultural orientations
Immigrant Affairs: July- December 2021 Accomplishments
Completed In progress Not started
What is in progress in Immigrant Affairs?
Leadership and
Communications
Access and
Engagement
Education and
Economic
Opportunity
Safe Communities
• Collaborate with resettlement agencies on implementation of the community sponsorship program
• Draft initial plans for participation in California Immigrant Day 2022 and for City Hall Immigrant Advocacy Day
• Monitoring ongoing federal legislation and introduced bills in the new state legislative session • Supporting creation of framework for tracking metrics for city wide usage of language services • Drafting of initial plans for supporting 2022 naturalization workshops • Draft LOI for Open Society Foundation funding opportunity to support Afghan resettlement • Promote Immigrant Rising SEED Grant entrepreneurship program • Develop preliminary plan to partner with banks/credit unions to launch financial literacy training • Promote immigrant entrepreneurship through the “Eat Around the World” initiative in San Jose • Launch educational campaign to expand awareness of support services to foreign victims of human trafficking
• Review emergency preparedness plans with OEM to ensure linguistic and cultural competency
• Launch expansion of Red Cross preparedness training to immigrant communities and support the expansion of Red Cross Latino Engagement Teams
• Collaborate with CADRE to begin development of local rapid language bank for use in emergency contexts
Recommendation:
Accept the status report of the Office of Racial Equity and cross- reference to the February 8, 2022 City Council meeting.
Questions & Answers