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Diversity and Equity

Community Guided Work

Diversity and Equity

Community Guided Work

As one of the nation’s most diverse cities, the City of Sacramento has made a commitment to creating equitable outcomes that serve our Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.

The City’s Office of Diversity and Equity (ODE) supports racial equity work throughout Sacramento, facilitating critical conversations with City departments and the community to align and support shared goals.

Together, we are working toward eradicating historical barriers, transforming racial inequities, and eliminating systematic structures to build integrity, trust, and transparency within our diverse communities.

Engaging community in racial equity work - current and past community projects

There are many efforts throughout the City to engage in systems change work.

Sacramento Centered on Race and Equity (SCORE) Initiative

The SCORE Initiative is the City's explicit decision to address racial equity within the City of Sacramento and is in the early stages of priorities development. We will work to interrupt patterns and processes rooted in dominant cultural patterns that serve to perpetuate institutional racism and racial hierarchy. The SCORE Initiative will be supported by the City’s Racial Equity Committee and community-based Racial Equity Council and Alliance. The Racial Equity Alliance, an interconnected network of advocates, activists and organizations, completed its Racial Equity Council recruitment and selection process in Fall 2022. They are continuing their organizational development.

Food Justice Task Force

This effort was led by Mayor Pro Tem Vang’s office in partnership with the Mayor and Office of Innovation and Economic Development to ensure that the City's most vulnerable communities recover in an equitable manner from the COVID Pandemic and that our City has sufficient, healthy, and accessible food for all. This process utilized the Interim Rapid Response Tool (IRRT), a racial equity tool, to ensure funds were distributed equitably. In January 2023, the City awarded 17 organizations with grants to support food justice work.

African American Experience (AAE)

The Sacramento African American Experience History Project is one step in documenting and recognizing the contributions of the African American community to the City of Sacramento.

Citywide Racial Equity Study

A request for proposals (RFP) is currently in development. The study will focus on gathering information about equity indicators, which our local government can use to make decisions about local policies and the distribution of City resources in an equitable way.

Community Ambassador Program

This program was developed through the Neighborhood Development Action Team (NDAT). NDAT is a collaboration between City departments and partner agencies led by the Office of Innovation and Economic Development and the Planning Division. NDAT is committed to ensuring Sacramento’s neighborhoods and commercial districts reflect a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive economy.

Sacramento Financial Empowerment Center

FREE professional one-on-one financial coaching for residents of the City and County of Sacramento who are 18+. This service has no income restrictions. Coaching is available directly in English, Spanish, Dari, Farsi, and Urdu, or through interpretation in Pashto, Russian, Ukrainian, or Arabic upon request. Financial and technical support for this project comes from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund).

Interim Rapid Response Tool (IRRT) and American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding

With the support of the City Manager's Office, teams across the City are utilizing the IRRT to anticipate, assess, and prevent potential adverse consequences of ARP-funded projects on different racial groups.  

Watch the presentation on the IRRT here.

SCORE Initiative

Food Justice Task Force

African American Experience

Community Ambassador Program

Financial Empowerment Center

Free professional one-on-one financial coaching for residents 18+.

CFE Fund

Funder of the Sacramento Financial Empowerment Center

American Rescue Plan funding

Community Engagement

Mayor's Office

GARE

Government Alliance on Race and Equity

RGEAP

City of Sacramento's Race & Gender Equity Action Plan

Glossary of Terminology

Toolkit for racial equity terminology.

Questions or comments?

Contact race@cityofsacramento.org.

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Community Guided Work

Engaging community in racial equity work - current and past community projects

Sacramento Centered on Race and Equity (SCORE) Initiative

Food Justice Task Force

African American Experience (AAE)

Citywide Racial Equity Study

Community Ambassador Program

Sacramento Financial Empowerment Center

Interim Rapid Response Tool (IRRT) and American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding

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