Governor Tim Walz signed his administration’s first Executive Order in January 2019, Executive Order 19-01, which established the One Minnesota Council on Inclusion and Equity (One Minnesota Council or OMC) to set goals and work collaboratively to address diversity, inclusion, and equity in state government practices—including recruiting, retaining, and promoting employees; state government contracting; and civic engagement.
The order stated that the OMC would develop a long-range plan to achieve its goals. In March 2021, Executive Order 21-13 amended Executive Order 19-01 and established the Governor’s Community Council on Inclusion and Equity (Governor’s Community Council or GCC). The GCC was created to advise and collaborate with the OMC to design, create, and implement effective, inclusive, and equitable practices for the State of Minnesota to address disparities, inequities, and systemic racism in Minnesota communities.
The Governor’s Community Council recommends per the Long-Range Plan that the OMC and State of Minnesota enterprise pursue the following goals and visions to address systemic racism and achieve more equitable outcomes for Minnesota’s communities.
The Office of Inclusion will act as lead on the issue areas of humans resources policies and practices, training and leadership development, and policy review and equity assessments.
The Office of Equity, Opportunity, and Accessibility with act as lead on the issue areas of equity in procurement and grant-making, equitable community engagement, and transparent accountability.
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To create human resources policies and practices for state government that proactively and consistently promote a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace that values and uplifts employees of color.
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To transform Minnesota into a place of racial justice where every state agency infuses anti-racism principles and practice through training and leadership development.
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The State of Minnesota envisions a strategic policy review process that enables state agencies, partners, and communities to collaboratively incorporate equity assessments to ensure that diversity, equity, and inclusion values are embedded throughout policies and practices.
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Grant making and procurement within state government are critical tools in ensuring the equitable delivery of government services and economic development. Government grants and contracting play a key role in determining what kinds of organizations receive funding and which businesses grow within our state. In order to support the administration's work toward achieving the One Minnesota goals, state agency procurement and grantmaking policies and practices must prioritize equity, transparency, and accessibility as part of each agency’s unique grantmaking and procurement responsibilities.
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The State of Minnesota will be a leader in community engagement by cultivating a community of practice within state government that will engage all communities through an equitable and inclusive lens. This practice will prioritize giving voice to communities, in both formal and informal power structures, and empowering those who have been historically marginalized.
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The vision for transparent accountability is to first build credibility and trust internally—with state employees—then by extension the public, and to develop an understanding of and confidence in the work that the state is doing to address systemic racism. Thus, the vision is specifically for a state employee audience: State employees are aware of and can clearly communicate why it is important to end systemic racism (connected to the training and leadership development issue area) and how their individual work contributes to ending it in state government.
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