i'm the deputy drshth of policy and communications here with guillermo perez. i have a hard copy of the action plan for our new commissioner. and let's see. so this quarter low report to to the office of racial equity due on monday. we presenting this presentation to the sas commission on may 15th the report is somewhere to the twhoon we submit to the office of racial equity then submitted to the mir and the board of supervisors. this one will be a little bit will have less detailed information as per their request. >> just to those are quarter low updates we have not met for 6 months. as the commission gets started. i wanted grounds us all in the mifthz racial equity initial than i was started summer 2019. so, the mission is that the racial equity seeks to build our understanding of historical and structure ral race sxichl impact on the organization and the communities we serve. and with a greater understanding we seek ton ~nd to the system of oppression internal and external low to e race it in the work accomplice and the way we provide services to the public

guillermo paris. good morning commissioners. and director um my name is caramel perezi'm the leadership and racial equity manager at operations. here's our mission for the racial equity initiative. as you can see, it's a two part mission that speaks and reflect to reflection and education, as well as making changes change to our policies and practices that you are interconnected. underline this work is the belief that positive organizational change can only happen with the combination of grassroots grassroots organizing and executive leadership. working towards racial equity can't rely on top down decision making if staff don't support the work, the workplace culture get stuck in all ways of doing things. on the other hand, it can't rely just on grassroots organizing as the department needs its leadership to approve and support policies and procedures. the initiative works to change hearts along change hearts and minds, along with policies and procedures. who's leading this work the racial, the working group is multiracial and multi gender and represents bureaus and jo