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FOR PUBLIC NOTICE – final 07.13.20
The City of San Luis Obispo is seeking SLO County residents to serve on its newly-created Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion Task Force. The task force will be comprised of 9-13 members with diverse
representation and varied perspectives.
Any SLO County resident over 18 years old with formal or informal experience - lived, personal,
educational, community, volunteer and/or professional - is encouraged to apply.
The Task Force is charged with improving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), belonging, and
racial justice in San Luis Obispo. It will work with City Leadership to:
1. Collect information and insight about what marginalized racial, ethnic, and cultural groups
are experiencing in San Luis Obispo, and how to best advance DE&I.
2. Participate in a grant-making process to distribute up to $120,000 in City funding for local
DE&I activities, projects, or programs.
3. Provide recommendations to strengthen the City’s Human Relations Commission and for
creating a potential DE&I major city goal.
The Task Force service term is September 2020 through January 2021.
For further information, please visit:
https://www.slocity.org/government/advisory-bodies/agendas-and-minutes/dei-task-force
Applications are due by 5pm on Monday August 3, 2020.
Apply online at: https://forms.slocity.org/Forms/V0FDg