Mayor hopes residents tune in to Tuesday meeting
Patton to present race relations, equality findings at city council
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net
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The group issued a 10-point directive for improving race relations and equality in Edwardsville:
First, the city should refine and repeat its race relations and equality survey every two years; this initial one should be used as baseline measurements.
Next, the city should continue to hire more employees from diverse backgrounds. Only 4.5 percent of current city employees identify as minorities while African Americans alone comprise 10 percent of the city’s residents.
The city plans to re-activate its Human Relations Commission and change membership to create true diversity. Proposed is a minimum of 10 members – city’s human resources director, an area employer, an administrator or educator from District 7, a clergy member, someone from the LGBTQ+ community, a person with disabilities awareness, a current SIUE student leader, someone from NAACP leadership, a social service organization, a city alderman and a law enforcement representative.