Commissioners revisit decade-old Race and Cultural Equity statement, push for updated metrics and implementation

Vice Chair Ohebu opened a public discussion on the Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission’s Race and Cultural Equity statement, asking long-serving commissioners to review the document’s origins and the work needed to make it a living guide for the commission’s work.

Dr. Winlock, a longtime commissioner who led the original task force, said the statement grew out of a yearlong effort beginning around January 2017 and involved a broadly representative committee intended to include neighborhoods and groups historically underrepresented in arts funding and programming. "The Arts Commission is committed to ensuring racial and cultural equity in the outreach and the funding and also the leadership and also the resource allocation," Dr. Winlock said, summarizing key terms the task force adopted:…