HomeMy WebLinkAboutESJ 2024-02-01 MinutesTukwila Equity and Social Justice Commission
City of Tukwila — City Hall
6200 Southcenter Boulevard, Tukwila, WA 98188
MEETING
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Perri Doll
Joe Duffie
Kathy Hougardy
Trish Kinlow
Jovita McConnell
Call to Order
II Introduction (2 minutes)
III Approval of Agenda (2 minutes)
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NUTES
ry 1, 2 o, 4 - 5:30PM
Kristen Schwabe -Fry
Will Ragin
Jo Anderson
Approved with recommendation to have Commission Membership discussion before 2024 Goal
setting and budget planning.
IV Approval of Minutes, January, 2024 (2 minutes)
V Business Items
• Get to know your fellow Commissioners, including new Councilmember Jovita
McConnell.
Commissioners shared something about themselves.
• Still Waters report regarding use of 2023 funds and impact.
Tabled.
• Commission Membership Recruitment
Commissioners discussed potential recruits and brainstormed strategies for
recruitment, including promoting through Tukwila blogs, social media, new staff
orientation, reaching out to our networks, and requesting that the Equity Policy
Implementation Committee (EPIC) to do the same. Brochures were distributed.
Tukwila Equity and Social Justice Commission
City of Tukwila — City Hall
6200 Southcenter Boulevard, Tukwila, WA 98188
• 2024 ESJC Goal setting and Budget planning
Commissioners continued the process by prioritizing stated goals. Top priorities include
deepening ESJC's relationship to EPIC; relationship -building in the community by
amplifying ESJC's community presence; develop educational opportunities regarding
racial restrictive covenants; involvement in comprehensive plan; enforcing equity policy
related to policy development, city planning, and workforce diversity; and addressing
equity across boards and commissions, including recruitment practices, training and
education, and other practices.
VI Miscellaneous
• Announcement of City Administrator David Cline's departure.
VII Adjournment