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Commissioners, community groups outline three-part ‘summit’ including May 10 networking session; debate whether to drop 'DEI' from event name
Summary
The Commission on Equity and partners plan a three-part countywide summit starting May 10 at SPSCC. Organizers described a networking-first model, followed by listening sessions and a final event; commissioners debated whether to remove DEI from the name and emphasized shared baseline data for participants.
The Commission on Equity on Feb. 24 heard an update on a planned countywide equity summit that will begin May 10 at the South Puget Sound Community College campus in Lacey and continue as two additional quarterly events.
Veronica Hand, the city’s executive inclusion program manager, said the first session, scheduled for Saturday, May 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., will emphasize networking, resource sharing and creation of a shared directory and calendar for Thurston County organizations working on equity. “The first one is gonna be more about networking and getting to know each other, to work together, share resources,” Hand said.
Organizers told the commission the summit concept has evolved into three gatherings: (1) an…
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