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Library of Equity and Civil Rights Title VI best practices, tools, guidance, research, and online resources.
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Civil Rights Title VI summary PowerPoints and select external training resources
City developed Title VI PowerPoints and select external training resources to support City capacity building.
- Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II October 2019 Council Presentation PowerPoint
- OEHR Civil Rights Title VI and Equity Overview Presentation PowerPoint
- DOJ Civil Rights Overview introductory video Introduction
- FHWA Civil Rights Subrecipient Civil Rights Title VI Overview (multiple videos): Watch the overview, background and purpose, nondiscrimination assurances, implementation plans, and compliance and enforcement.
- FTA Civil Rights Title VI Program Requirements
- Language Access/EO 13166 training
- DOJ 2011 Civil Rights Laws and Obligations Overview: 1-18 minutes is an overview and general description of Title VI; from 27:45 – 40 minutes covers language access and the complaint process, and from 40 minutes until the end is Q&A.
- FTA Webinar on the Transportation EJ Reference Guide and its application in planning & project management.
Select external Civil Rights Title VI resources
Links to external Civil Rights Title VI resources.
- Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Federal Coordination and Compliance Section, Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice
- Title VI Statute
- Revised (2016) Title VI Legal Manual, US Department of Justice
- Federal Highway Administration Title VI Handbook
- Frequently Asked Questions – Data Collection, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice
- Frequently Asked Questions – Public Participation, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice
- Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice and Executive Order 12898
- Limited English Proficiency/Language Access – lep.gov
- Environmental Justice, Environmental Protection Agency
- Guidance to State and Local Governments and Other Federally Assisted Recipients Engaged in Emergency Preparedness, Response, Mitigation, and Recovery Activities on Compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools, US Department of Education and US Department of Justice (WITHDRAWN). Recently Withdrawn (claim that guidance advocate policy preferences and positions). While no longer official guidance Department made sure to identify that this does not add requirements and that protections remain in place. For more information you can read the release from the Department of Education. Provides guidance on voluntarily considering race to achieve diversity and opportunities
Racial Equity-Centered Results-Based Accountability™
Documents and resources to support Racial Equity-Centered Results-Based Accountability™
- Results-Based Accountability for Racial Equity December 7, 2018 Presentation Pdf version of the December 7, 2018, City of Portland presentation by Erika Bernabei, Equity & Results, LLC
- GARE Webinar – Results for Racial Equity. This Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) webinar highlights how jurisdictions can use the tool “Racial Equity: Getting to Results” to identify a set of metrics and implement a community process to have greater impact in their work.
- Clear Impact Webinar - Achieving Equity with Results-Based Accountability™. This webinar focuses on how to use the framework and tools of Results-Based Accountability™ to achieve greater equity through disaggregating data and developing broad strategies required to address those most impacted
- Equity & Results have powerfully joined a Racial Equity Lens with a Results Based Framework and provide customized, co-designed contracts with organizations to develop results frameworks and identify strategies for racially equitable impacts.
- Clear Impact provides performance tools and services to help government agencies, non-profits, and communities track the performance of their programs, measure the impact of their funding, and report on the progress of their missions to improve lives of communities.
Practices, Methodologies, and decision-making tools – select internal and external resources
Links to select internal and external public planning and policy development and evaluation practices, methodologies, and tools.
- Government Alliance on Racial Equity Toolkit
- Targeted Universalism Policy and Practice, Powell, Menedian, Ake, 2019
- Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning, Patton, Sawicki, and Clark, 2016
- Impact Analysis and Assessment Resources:
- A Comprehensive Guide to Social Impact Assessments
- Equity Impact Assessment (Social Impact Assessment) ,Overview, Brenman, 2010
- City of Seattle Public Utilities Equity Planning Toolkit
- King County Equity Impact Review
- Equitable Development Principles & Scorecard, The Alliance, January 2016
- Environmental Justice Considerations Impact Analysis Guidance and resources:
- Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis
- Guidance on Considering Environmental Justice During the Development of an Action
- Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA Reviews
- Community Guide to Environmental Justice and NEPA Methods
- Environmental Justice (EJ) Interagency Working Group (IWG) Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA Reviews
- Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment
- NEPAssist
- Health Landscape
- EPA's Final Guidance For Incorporating Environmental Justice Concerns in EPA's NEPA Compliance Analyses
- Toolkit for Assessing Potential Allegations of Environmental Injustice
- The CDC, though health-based, provides an example policy process, methodology and resources:
- CDC Policy Process
- CDC’s Policy Process
- CDC’s Policy Analytical Framework
- Using Evaluation to Inform CDC’s Policy Process
- Policy Translation Tools and Products
- Health in All Policies
- CDC Policy Resources
- Policy Implementation
- CDC Performance and Program Evaluation
Data Tools & Sources
Links to select internal and external data resources.
- Explore Census Data. Find tables, maps, profiles and more from the Census Bureau and Census Bureau surveys.
- National Equity Atlas. PolicyLink’s and the Equity Research Institute (ERI) at the University of Southern California, National Equity Atlas is a first-of-its-kind web resource for data to track, measure, and make the case for inclusive growth. The Atlas provides deeply disaggregated, longitudinal data on demographic change, racial and economic inclusion, and the economic benefits of equity for the largest 100 cities, largest 150 regions, all 50 states, and the United States.
- PBOT Equity Matrix = demographic indicator maps and Overview
- Portland Housing Bureau Data Window
- PortlandMaps Complete Neighborhoods Overlay
- PortlandMaps Gentrification and Risk Typology
- The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Oregon 2017
- Oregon Metro Regional Barometer
- EJSCREEN Tool is an environmental justice mapping and screening tool that provides EPA with a nationally consistent dataset and approach for combining environmental and demographic indicators.
Key City and Regional Plans, Research, and Reports
Links to key City Plans, additional research, and technical analysis.
- The Portland Plan
- The 2035 Comprehensive Plan
- City of Portland Anti-Displacement Action Plan
- City of Portland Anti-Displacement Action Plan Foundation Report
- BPS 2013 Gentrification and Displacement Study
- 2013 Gentrification and Displacement Study – Appendix A: Supporting Maps
- 2012 Vulnerability Analysis
- 2018 Gentrification and Displacement Neighborhood Typology Assessment
- 2018 Gentrification and Displacement Neighborhood Typology Assessment - Supporting Maps
- History of Racist Planning in Portland. Provided by BPS, the Report and additional documents and resources review how historical racist land use planning contributed to racial segregation and inequity for people of color in Portland.
- State of Housing Report
- King County 2015 Determinants of Equity Report
- Policy Link All-in-Cities Initiative, toolkit, and policy research. Launched in 2015, the All-In Cities initiative at PolicyLink and our underlying policy agenda equip city officials, community advocates, and civic leaders with policy ideas, data, and strategy support to build equitable, thriving cities for all.
- OregonMetro Equity Baseline Report
- 2019 Poverty in Multnomah County Report
Community Research and Publications
- Reimagine Oregon. Black-led organizations, activists and organizers came together to compile the proposals generated in existing community plans, reports and publications as well as new policy demands from protest organizers inclusive of agency prognosis and timelines.
- The Portland African American Leadership Forum (PAALF) People’s Plan. The "plan serves as a powerful tool for research, organizing, and implementation. By viewing the community as the drivers of change, this project empowered the Portland Black community to assert their right to actively shape the city they live in." -PAALF
- Communities of Color in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, The Unsettling Profile Series by the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC)
- The African American Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, The Unsettling Profile Series by the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC)
- The African Immigrant & Refugee Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, The Unsettling Profile Series by the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC)
- The Asian & Pacific Islander Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, The Unsettling Profile Series by the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC)
- The Latino Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, The Unsettling Profile Series by the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC)
- The Native American Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, The Unsettling Profile Series by the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC)
- The Slavic Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, The Unsettling Profile Series by the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC)
- 2017 Community Needs Assessment by the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) profiles the needs of immigrant and refugee communities in Oregon, particularly of those in the Portland metropolitan area.
- 2015 State of Black Oregon by the Urban League of Portland, the result of a two-year program of research, provides an updated look at how Black Oregonians are doing – in schools, jobs, and both urban and rural communities throughout the state.
Equitable Engagement and Involvement – select Internal and external resources
Links to select, internal and external public engagement and involvement resources.
- City of Portland Adopted Public Involvement Principles
- Public Involvement Best Practices Program, Adapt to Impact, Office of Community and Civic Life (Civic Life)
- Public Involvement Advisory Council, Civic Life
- Public Involvement Best Practices Resources, Civic Life
- Chapter 2: Community Involvement, 2035 Comprehensive Plan
- Community Involvement Program As-Adopted Report, 2035 Comprehensive Plan
- Community Involvement Committee, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS)
- Community Engagement Manual (related to the 2035 Comprehensive Plan), CIC - BPS
- See the Racial Equity Toolkit Materials (specifically Section 4, engage those most impacted within the RET Manual or the RET Training Presentation)
- The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership, Facilitating Power
- Collective Impact Forum Resources
- Equity: The Soul of Collective Impact, Michael McAfee, Angela Glover Blackwell, and Judith Bell, PolicyLink
- Community Engagement & Participation Checklist, PolicyLink
- Resource Guide on Public Engagement, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
- The Community Engagement Guide for Sustainable Communities, Danielle Bergstrom, Kalima Rose, Jillian Olinger, Kip Holley, PolicyLink and The Kirwan Institute
- City of Seattle 2009 Inclusive Outreach and Public Engagement Guide
- King County 2011 Community Engagement Guide
- 2011 King County Community Engagement Guide Continuum
- EPA Public Participation Process Planning Guide
- Ten ideas to encourage immigrant engagement – Institute for local governments
- Practical Approaches for Involving Traditionally Underserved Populations in Transportation Decisionmaking, David Aimen and Anne Morris, Transportation Research Board
- Civil Society and Authentic Engagement in a Diverse Nation, Angela Glover Blackwell, Stanford Social Innovation Review
- The First Steps to Meaningful Community Engagement, Neeraj Mehta, Next City
- A Path Towards Authentic Community Engagement, Jaylan Abd Elrahman and Jay Feldman, Living Cities
- Collaborating for Equity and Justice, Moving Beyond Collective Impact, Tom Wolff, Meredith Minkler, Susan M. Wolfe, Bill Berkowitz, Linda Bowen, Frances Dunn Butterfoss, Brian D. Christens, Vincent T. Francisco, Arthur T. Himmelman and Kien S. Lee, Non Profit Quarterly
- Participatory research as a path to equitable transportation, Jonna Mckone, The City Fix
- Chicago innovates urban planning with participatory communication, Jonna Mckone, The City Fix [post about participatory communication]
- Government by the people, the importance of public engagement, Garrett Bradford, The City Fix [post on the importance of public engagement]
- Most Public Engagement Is Worse Than Worthless, Ruben Anderson, Strong Towns
Civil Rights Title VI Complaints
The city of Portland will not discriminate against on the basis of race, color, or national origin (including limited English Proficiency) in its activities, programs, and services. If you are subject to discrimination by anyone acting on behalf of the city or any program plan or service provided by the city you have the right to file a complaint through our administrative process. You also have the right to complain to a higher authority. The following will help you navigate the complaint process.
- How to File a Civil Rights Title VI Complaint | Portland.gov
- Report Discrimination | Portland.gov
- Decision tree of the Civil Rights Title VI complaint process(856.32 Kb)
- Complaint process table of rolls(49.7 Kb)
- ADA title II and Civil Rights Title VI complaint process guidance(157.58 Kb)
- ADM-18.02 - Title VI Civil Rights Complaint Procedures | Portland.gov
Equity-related External Organizations and Information Sources
Links to external organizations that may provide relevant information, practices, tools, and proposed solution alternatives.
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE)
- The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) is a national network of government working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all. GARE is a joint project of Race Forward and the HAAS Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. The City of Portland is a member jurisdiction.
- PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity by Lifting Up What Works®.
- Urban Institute is a nonprofit research organizResults-Basedlieves decisions shaped by facts, rather than ideology, have the power to improve public policy and practice, strengthen communities, and transform people’s lives for the better. Their mission is to open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions through economic and social policy research.
- This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
- Living Cities harnesses the collective power of philanthropy, financial institutions and local governments to close racial income and wealth gaps in American cities.
- Next City is a nonprofit news organization that believes journalists have the power to amplify solutions and help spread them from one city to the next city.