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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;background:white">Join the Public Sector Sustainability Roundtable (PSSR) for a free virtual workshop led by staff from the City of Portland</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">
Bureau of Planning and Sustainability<span style="background:white">.</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;background:white">The PSSR is a network of sustainability practitioners in the public sector across Oregon and Washington that organizes quarterly events and workshops.
The PSSR furthers professional development and networking in the sustainability field.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;background:white">Please share this within your agencies for those who may be interested.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">RSVP is required – please register here:
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Meeting Registration - Zoom</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Background Information<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) was an early adopter of an equity framework for decision making. With the support of the Bureau’s first Equity Manager, a suite of tools and resources
were developed to support staff in understanding the language and theory of racial equity work; and to support project managers, coordinators and team leaders in thoughtfully applying a racial equity lens to their projects and programs. After five years of
use, the Bureau engaged in a year-long collaborative process to update and refine the existing tools based on user experience and the changing landscape. The newly redesigned
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BPS Equity Toolkit</a> provides for ease of use during virtual or in-person work sessions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">About This Event<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">It will consist of: 1) background on the development of the Equity Toolkit and experience applying it to projects within the Bureau; 2) a tour of the first three sections of the Toolkit; 3) an
interactive breakout group exercise on a mock land use project; and 4) a short panel discussion with the Equity and Engagement Team.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Measurable Learning Objectives<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Understanding of when and how to use the Toolkit. Increased motivation to hold yourself and those around you accountable to using a</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">n<span style="color:black">
equity lens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Outcomes<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Belief that equity tools can make a difference and practical knowledge for applying such tools in decision making.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Featured Speakers:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Harmonee Dashiell</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> (she/her/hers) is the Community Engagement Strategist for the City of Portland – Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
Harmonee has extensive experience in the design and delivery of community-facing workshops. She specializes in outreach and equity and has a passion for working with youth. She has committed her career to evaluating and changing the way that the City interacts
with and incorporates the voices of the people it serves. Harmonee grew up in Portland and started working for the City of Portland at 15 years old and has been able to shape the work that she does to serve the communities that have historically been overlooked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Nikoyia Phillips
</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(she/her/hers) is a multi-disciplinary equity practitioner, trainer and community organizer with over 15 years of experience. Her special areas of interest include; exploring internalized oppression, building
diverse teams and popular education methods of teaching. As an Equity Manager, her role is to design and guide the bureau and its first Equity and Engagement team, in the implementation of their 5-yr Racial Equity Work Plan strategies. Nikoyia is a second-generation
Portlander, identifies as Black and uses she/her pronouns. She lives and organizes in East Portland with her 2 dogs Gemini and Aries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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