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Commission prepares early for Municipal Equality Index; meets with Human Rights Campaign vice president next week
Summary
Members said Pittsburgh has historically scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index since 2017 and described a planned meeting with HRC vice president Jonathan Loveitz to prepare before the application is released.
Commissioners discussed preparations for the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index (MEI). A speaker noted Pittsburgh historically has earned 100% scores since 2017 and said the commission's goal was to get ahead of the application process by meeting with HRC staff. "I'm meeting with Jonathan Loveitz, who's the vice president of the Human Rights Campaign next week," the speaker said, and added that Loveitz would help connect the commission with the MEI managers.
Commissioners said they would review programming and services across city departments (for example, services related to people living with HIV and AIDS) to ensure the city can document supports accurately in the MEI application. The MEI report typically comes out toward the end of summer; commission members said they will track outstanding programmatic items and gather documentation ahead of the application release.
Next steps: the commission will assemble documentation, consult with HRC contacts, and identify any program gaps that could affect the MEI scorecard.
