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Acton DEI director reports 11 bias incidents since launch, secures $50,000 equity audit grant

2172675 · January 22, 2025
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DEI Director Wanjika Gashohe outlined two years of DEI work, said the town’s incident reporting system logged 11 reports so far and announced a $50,000 community compact grant to fund an equity audit.

Wanjika Gashohe, the town’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion director, gave an overview of the DEI office’s work since her January 2023 start and described an incident reporting system she created.

Gashohe said the DEI office has logged 11 bias incident reports since the reporting system launched; she said the most recent report that day was quickly resolved and involved matters not directly tied to town operations. She told the Select Board she would prepare a redacted summary — a…

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