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Office of Racial Equity briefs House Government Operations committee on mandate, staff and pending proposals
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Lizana Davis, executive director of the Office of Racial Equity, told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on Jan. 23 that the office's mandate originates in the 2018 special-session legislation and the office operates under 3 V.S.A. a7 1512.
Lizana Davis, executive director of the Office of Racial Equity, told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on Jan. 23 that the office's mandate originates in the 2018 special-session legislation and the office operates under 3 V.S.A. a7 1512. Davis gave an overview of staff, recent work and policy items the office expects to bring to committees this session.
Davis said the office has grown to a team of seven and now includes a Division of Racial Justice Statistics (DRJS), which focuses on collecting and analyzing justice-system data while also examining upstream factors such as housing, education and employment that influence justice…
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