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Attachment 3 <br /> GLOSSARY OF COMMONLY USED TERMINOLOGY <br />Accountable: Responsive to the needs and concerns of those most impacted by the issues you are <br />working on, particularly to communities of color and those historically underrepresented in the civic <br />process. <br />Community: Individuals who live, work, study or visit the city of Roseville. Individuals that receive <br />city services such as residents, businesses, and those who do not live in the geographic boundaries of <br />the City of Roseville but participate in its activities (i.e., study, visit, or are program participants). <br />Community outcomes: The specific result you are seeking to achieve that advances racial <br />equity. <br />Contracting equity: Efforts to achieve equitable racial outcomes in the way the City spends <br />resources, including goods and services, consultants and contracting. <br />Culture: Culture is a social system that includes a shared language, customs, beliefs, values <br />and institutions. Culture affects our thoughts and actions, often without us even being aware. <br />Customers: Individuals who currently, or potentially, interact with Roseville City Government. <br />DEI: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. <br />Diversity: The presence of variety in one place. We often measure it based on the variety of <br />demographics and their intersections within the City of Roseville, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, <br />including race, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, familial status, immigration status, sexual <br />orientation, age, income, or ability. Diversity may also describe a set of actions to accommodate variety. <br />within the city of Roseville as defined by the US Census bureau, such as race, ethnicity, age, gender, <br />disability, income level, and other meaningful socio-economic differences. <br />Ethnicity: Describes a group of people who share a distinct culture, religion, language or place of <br />origin. It is a category independent of Race. Therefore, in the U.S., people of the same ethnicity may be <br />members of different races, such as Black Hispanics (such as people from Cuba, Brazil or Dominican <br />Republic). <br />Qbhf!:1!pg!342 <br /> <br />