In search of racial equity, Met Council creates advisory committee

StarTribune

Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Met Council forms an advisory committee to help it confront worsening racial disparities. 

They will confront ways of doing business in the Twin Cities that have led to some of the nation’s worst racial disparities in income, housing and education, and they’ll volunteer their time to do it.

And they’ll be working with the Metropolitan Council, the regional planning agency embroiled in a federal fair housing complaint with two of the state’s most racially diverse cities.

Despite those challenges, the Met Council’s new Equity Advisory Committee has drawn more than 100 potential candidates ranging from neighborhood activists to college professors.
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Source: StarTribune

Link: http://www.startribune.com/in-search-of-racial-equity-met-council-creates-advisory-committee/371477641/

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