Articles Tagged: Diversity, equity and inclusion

Buch recently started as the city’s first Diversity, Equity, Inclusion manager and will help guide long-term systemic change of the organization with the support of the city team

The district adds an equity director and equity advisory committee to further anti-racism work.

As Iowa continues to face workforce shortages, accepting diversity could make the difference between surviving and thriving

With special art installations throughout the city and newly incorporated festivals, Cedar Rapids is making new efforts during Welcoming Week to support immigrants who will be critical to the future of Cedar Rapids.

A year after George Floyd’s death, two organizations that gained visibility took different tracks on the trail to their goals.

The program is a part of the district’s diversity, equity and inclusion plan to retain more underrepresented teachers, administrators and staff

Other laws taking effect Thursday cover child care, protests, diversity training, crimes

A new mural in downtown Cedar Rapids, inspired by the rallying cries after George Floyd’s murder last summer, celebrates diversity and unity in the city.

After demands last year for more artistic opportunities for people of color, the city has responded.

With every stroke of a brush, every thread of a bobbin and every snap of the shutter, people of color experienced a form of autonomy and freedom many had never known before coming into the Black Liberation Space.

The panel -- created this year in response to demands for police reform from racial justice advocates -- will begin meeting in July to chart a path forward for improved community-police relations.

Inspired by their experiences seeking police reform last year after George Floyd’s murder sparked a reckoning with systemic racism, Advocates for Social Justice members Amara Andrews and Tamara Marcus now look to lead change on the Cedar Rapids City Council.

Angelina Ramirez, 21, and Harold Walehwa, 22, are Coe College rising seniors leading efforts to push for racial justice on campus, in Cedar Rapids and across Iowa.

Black students in the Cedar Rapids district are far more likely to have allegations of criminal wrongdoing made against them than are white students -- and the disparity has been worsening,

City Manager Jeff Pomeranz said the city was “unable to come to a mutually satisfactory agreement as to employment terms” with a candidate who was offered the job.