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The National League of Cities <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />Awards Ensuring Race Equality <br />Affordable Housing <br />America Downtown Race Equality Week <br />E Government -Totally Web <br />G9overnment Program September 23-29, 2002 <br />Ensuring Race Equality <br />City Action Steps to Cities throughout the United States will observe 2002 Race Equality <br /> <br />Promote Racial Equality Week September 23-29. The week is art of the National League <br />p <br />' <br />News About Ensuring of Cities <br />ongoing commitment to ensuring race equality and justice <br />' <br />Race Equality in America <br />s cities and towns. <br />Institute for Youth, Education <br />and Families (IYEF) <br />International NLC President Karen J. Anderson encourages cities to observe <br /> <br />Issues & Options Race Equality Week by celebrating diversity, focusing on local <br /> <br />Leadership Training Institute programs that promote race equality, discussin the effects of <br />9 <br />Municipal Reference Service racism, examining policy issues, and pledging continued efforts to <br />Municipalities in Transition Promote race equality. Watch the NLC website for more <br />• <br />Poverty Reduction and information and resources to help your community get involved in <br />Workforce Development Race Equality Week. Contact John Pionke at pionke@nlc.org if <br />Research Reports <br />Small Cities Council you need more information or if your community has a success <br />story to share. <br />U3 Communities <br /> <br />August <br />2002 The overall framework for NLC's work on race and ethnic relations <br />, <br />:iun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat was developed by the NLC Advisory Council, which spent a year <br />focusing on the issue in 1999. The result of the Advisory Council's <br />~ z ~ work was a publication, Undoing Racism: Fairness and Justice in <br />4 5 6 7 8 g 10 America's Cities and Towns. In December 2001, NLC published a <br />11 12 13 1a 1s 1s 17 booklet of lessons teamed from cities titled Ensuring Racial <br />~IS 19 20 21 22 23 2a Equality: Resources for Local Officials. <br />25 26 27 28 29 30 31 <br /> Work on this issue continues in 2002 and beyond through the <br /> Racial Justice Project, which is supported by a grant from the Ford <br /> Foundation. The project will carry out a broad information outreach <br /> and research strategy to increase understanding of what cities can <br />(c)Copyright 2001 and should be doing to make progress on ensuring race equality. <br />The National League of Cities <br />1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Some issues the project will address include: <br />Washington, Dc 2oooa `Exploring forms of racism at the local level; <br /> '' Examining the role of the dialogue process in addressing racism; <br />` <br />NLC Privacy Policy Connecting dialogue to effective action; and <br /> " Identifying successful strategies and programs. <br /> For more information about the Racial Justice Project <br />contact <br />• , <br />Deborah George at george@nlc.org. For information about Race <br />Equality Week, contact John Pionke at <br />i <br />k <br /> p <br />on <br />e@nlc.org. <br />http:/~'www.nlc.org/nlc_org/site/programs/race and_ethnic_relations/index.cfin <br />lnidelVL' <br />• CityNET (Ic <br />• Strategic P <br />• Organizatic <br />• Staff COrltc <br />• Employmel <br />• Publication <br />• NLC Calenc <br />Action ~~l ~ <br />Enter <br />QuickLink <br />City Weekly <br />~it~~'_~TCII <br />Search <br />NLCGtroup <br />APAMO <br />~~8t~.. <br />.ALABAMA <br />8/5/2002 <br />