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Asian American Quality of Life | Equity Office Staff Briefing February 18, 2024 The History of the Equity Office In 2015: Austin is the best place to live in the nation according to U.S. News and World Report & One of the most economically segregated cities in the U.S. according to the Martin Prosperity Institute Community Organized for Accountability Which led to… • In 2015, Council passed a resolution creating the Equity Office to administer an Equity Tool • After an extensive search and interview process, Chief Equity Officer Brion Oaks was hired in October 2016 “Maintaining the Spirit of the Resolution” • Brion intentionally followed the spirit of the resolution, engaging the community whose organizing resulted in the Office. • With these people he co-created the Equity Assessment Tool, and defined “equity” for the City of Austin. • In total volunteers dedicated over 900 hours to the process. 6 City Equity Definition Racial equity is the condition when race no longer predicts a person’s quality of life outcomes in our community. The City recognizes that race is the primary determinant of social equity and therefore we begin the journey toward social equity with this definition. A Framework for Equity Equity Lens City of Austin Equity Network Departments that have Equity Staff • Transportation Public Works (1) • Austin Public Health (4) • Austin Public Library (1) • Austin Police Department (1) • Development Services Department (2) • Human Resources Dept • Parks and Recreation(1) • Austin Energy (1) • Economic Development Department • Austin Water • Watershed Other Depts: • Office of Sustainability • • Equity Coordination Team IDEA (TWP) (Watershed) • Equity Council (APH) • Austin Energy • Equity and Inclusion Workgroup (FSD) • DEIB (CTM) • CCCN (PARD) 9 Equity Office Trainings and Workshops Overview of Trainings People's Institute for Survival and Beyond Latine Challenge 11 Data Overall Participants: • Non-COA Participants: 348 (38%) (62%) • COA Participants: 569 Data • Partnered with AACHI about Anti- Asian hate. • Equity Office has been a big proponent of disaggregating data in the Asian Population – Socio economic Latine/Hispanic: 262 (27%) • Black: 149 (15%) • • White: 404 (42%) • • Asian: 56 (6%) • Other: 80 (8%) • Prefer not to Answer: 15 (2%) Indigenous: 4 (0%) Data • Partnered with AACHI about Anti- Asian hate. • Equity Office has been a big proponent of disaggregating data in the Asian Population – Socio economic • Austin Energy: 8 (2%) • APD: 3 (1%) • APH: 113 (24%) • APL: 22 (5%) • ARR: 9 (2%) • Austin Water: 29 (6%) • DSD: 13 (3%) • EDD: 28 (6%) • HRD: 6 (1%) • PARD: 126 (26%) • TPW: 44 (9%) • WPD: 79 (16%) Why We Lead with Race and Racism: Next Steps 16 Accessibility • April 2024 Spanish Undoing Racism • September 2024 Spanish Latine Challenge 17 Questions? Follow Up Angelica Benton-Molina, (she, her, ella) Program Manager Equity and Inclusion Angelica.Bentonmolina@austintexas.gov Alejandra Mireles, (she, her, ella) Community Services Program Coordinator Alejandra.Mireles@austintexas.gov