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Durham racial-equity commission reports progress, urges better data and sustained investment
Summary
The Durham Racial Equity Commission presented an update on the 2020 Durham Racial Equity Task Force recommendations, highlighting progress on housing, workforce and public-safety diversion programs while calling for centralized, accessible equity data and continued city and county investment.
The Durham Racial Equity Commission on a city council work session presented an update on the 2020 Durham Racial Equity Task Force recommendations and urged the city and county to centralize data and increase investment in proven programs.
The commission, created in 2022 to follow up on the 2020 task force, said the city and county have made measurable gains — from expanding diversion programs and crisis response to affordable-housing grants — but that inconsistent, hard-to-find data and limited program scale hamper progress.
"We are a body of around 17 folks, both from the city and county appointed," commission member Nisha Williams told council members as she opened the presentation. Williams and fellow commissioner Elena Snavely described work by subcommittees on wealth and economy, housing, criminal legal system reform, education, and health and environmental justice.
The commission cited specific advances. Elena Snavely…
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