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RSJI resources

RSJI today:

RSJI Three Year Plan 2012-2014 – An assessment of RSJI’s last three years, and a description of the Initiative’s new three-year plan.

Race and Social Justice Initiative Summary – A two-page overview of the Race and Social Justice Initiative.

RSJI Our Approach – A summary of the Initiative’s goals and strategies, along with a capsule history.

Report 2008: Looking Back, Moving Forward (full-length report)

2008 RSJI Overview (executive summary)

What we teach:

RSJI Training and Education – A description of the training and education available to Seattle City employees.

Training overview: Race: the Power of an Illusion – eight-hour training for City of Seattle employees.

Structural Racism:

Infrastructure:

RSJI Organization Chart – a chart that shows the connections of RSJI within Seattle City government.

Change Team Charter Template – Guidelines for departmental Change Teams’ structure and governance.

Core Team recruitment announcement – Information distributed to City employees during Core Team recruitment periods (every two years).

City Council Resolution: November 30, 2009 – Seattle City Council’s resolution of support for RSJI.

RSJ Community Roundtable:

Tools we use:

RSJI Took Kit - Tools and guidelines for considering racial equity when developing policies, programs and services:

Technical Assistance Tools

Seattle demographics

 

Seattle history

 

 

Upcoming Events

A workshop on achieving racial equity in school discipline.
Saturday, June 1
9:00 AM -12:00 PM
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RSJI E-news and Archive

Video

RSJI: Working for Racial Equity
in City Government

A video highlighting the work of the Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) featuring the voices of RSJ Community Roundtable members, Mayor Mike McGinn, City employees and RSJI staff on why the work to eliminate racial disparities is critical and how we are working together as government and community to achieve racial equity.

RSJI Information in Translation/English:

Amharic Cambodian
Chinese Korean
Oromo Somali
Spanish Tagalog
Tigrigna Vietnamese

Other RSJI Documents

Image of an open quotation markIn order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. Image of an open quotation mark
- Supreme Court Justice
  Harry A. Blackmun