Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Virtual Workshop - Workshop Ended Friday, May 5, 2023

The City of Milwaukie prioritizes equity, inclusion and justice in how it serves the community. The city is currently working with Keen Independent Research to assist in the development of a comprehensive diversity, equity and inclusion plan to help further these goals. Input is crucial to creating a plan that resonates with the community. A virtual workshop, similar to an online survey, has now closed. All community members were invited to participate by providing feedback about the city’s services, events, communications and more.

For more information or other ways to get involved, visit keenindependent.com/milwaukiedei2022 or contact Keen Independent at 503.482.8386 or cityofmilwaukieoregondei2022@keenindependent.com.

Equity Steering Committee (ESC)

The ESC is comprised of community members of all backgrounds working to help reduce inequalities in city services, recruit and retain city staff from communities of color and other marginalized communities, and collaborate with local agencies and organizations to facilitate equality, justice, and inclusion actions.

You can view the committee's current roster and find meeting agendas and minutes at www.milwaukieoregon.gov/bc-esc. The terms of the initial committee members were randomly staggered to ensure that at no point will all members be term-limited at the same time.

Initial Conversations With BIPOC Community

In response to the national reckoning around race and policing, City Council and staff have been meeting with Milwaukie's Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) community members about their personal experiences interacting with the city. The goal of these initial conversations has been to hear directly from BIPOC community about how to make Milwaukie a place that truly lives up to its vision of being safe and welcoming to all, and begin charting a course forward. On Aug. 18, 2020, City Council made equity, inclusion and justice its newest goal.

Meet & Greet - Video Available from January 29, 2021!

Thanks to everyone that participated in the Meet & Greet on January 29, 2021 with Police Chief, Luke Strait, and Equity Program Manager, Jon Hennington. The event focused on the city's new police transparency efforts and responding to questions that were asked during the recent equity, justice, and inclusion listening sessions. If you missed the event you can watch it on the City of Milwaukie YouTube Channel below.

Join the equity conversation! If you have ideas or questions related to this meet and greet and/or equity in general please be sure to use the ideas and questions tools below to join the conversation!