Tomorrow, Austin City Council will consider adopting the report of the Mayor’s Task Force on Institutional Racism and Systemic Inequities which is co-chaired by AISD Superintendent Paul Cruz and Huston-Tillotson University President Colete Pierce Burnette. The Task Force provided a briefing of their report to the Austin City Council yesterday in a Council Work Session.
The report makes recommendations for improving equity in our community across five issues:
- education
- real estate and housing
- health
- finance, banking and industry
- civil and criminal justice
Watch the presentation to City Council by Dr. Pierce Burnette and Dr. Paul Cruz