Race Equity Task Force News Today

When Brenda Fantroy-Johnson was a kid living in inner-city Detroit, seeing the mayor drive by was a big deal.

The university had planned two listening sessions Tuesday of this week for students of color and planned similar sessions for white students Tuesday, April 19. None of the sessions have

The Rainbow Times' endorsements  for Salem and Lynn, Mass.  are in; Boston Mayoral endorsement to come. For the November 2nd ...

North Shore municipalities publish first diversity catalog.

Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll announces finalists for police chief Four finalists to meet with diverse community stakeholder group Wicked Local Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll has made public the names of four finalists vying to be the citys next police chief.   The city kicked off the search for the next police chief last month. In early December, the Salem City Council OK’d a $30,000 request from Driscoll to fund what she has described as an intensive and robust assessment center for evaluating...

February 22, 6:00 p.m., www.salem.com/raceequityforum – Click on the link on Monday to attend Salem’s RETF forum SALEM, Mass.—Salem’s Race Equity Task Force will hold its first public forum to share updates on the progress of their work and take questions from the public. The event takes place online on Monday, February 22nd at 6:00 p.m. at www.salem.com/raceequityoforum (link available Monday) and is open to all. The Race Equity Task Force was convened in June 2020 by Salem Mayor Kim ...