Town provides funding for racial equity training
BAR HARBOR Bar Harbor town officials have agreed to fund a request by the MDI Racial Equity Working Group (REWG) for town staff to participate in a two-day virtual workshop in January, led by the North Carolina-based Racial Equity Institute, about historical and structural racism.
MDI REWG asked the town of Bar Harbor to pay to send a total of 19 participants, a mix of 14 town employees and councilors as well as an additional five community members, to the training. The cost is $400 per person.
A motion to fund the $7,600 for all requested attendees passed unanimously at last week’s Town Council meeting.