San Antonio has set goals for diversity and inclusion in all services by establishing a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Department.
Iris Dimmick reports on San Antonio's new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Department, funded for the first time in the city's fiscal year 2022 budget and tasked with "centralizing the city’s efforts to ensure and make operational accessibility, diversity, equity, inclusion and integrity across departments and services."
"The new department brings together and oversees three offices: the Office of Equity, formerly under the city manager; the Disability Access Office, formerly under Public Works; and the Office of Municipal Integrity, formerly under Human Resources," writes Dimmick. The new department will report directly to the City Attorney's Office.
According to Dimmick, the Department will have a long history of inequality to overcome, but the final goal is to make diversity, equity, and inclusion a natural consideration in all city services, every day.
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