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Accepting the gift of the costs of travel expenses from the Governing Alliance on Racial Equity ("GARE")/ Center for Social Inclusion/ Race Forward, for Chief Equity Officer, Toni Newborn, to attend the Race Equity Here convening held in New York City, New York on June 6 - 8, 2018.
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WHEREAS, GARE has invited the City of Saint Paul’s Chief Equity Officer to attend and serve on a panel to discuss the city’s equity framework and the methods to sustain an equity framework on June 6th- 8th 2018; and
WHEREAS, at the Race Equity Here convening, Toni Newborn will have the opportunity to showcase Saint Pauls’ racial equity framework as well as learn best practices from other government jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, GARE has offered to pay for the costs of travel expenses for the convening; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Saint Paul find that attendance at the convening will be beneficial to the City in providing resources and insight to the City work; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council accepts the gift of the cost of travel expenses to GARE’s Race Equity Here 2018, and thanks GARE for its generous gift.