Environmental justice group SSR calls out the Dallas City Council for not informing the public and rushing a vote on their proposed equity plan.
, a firm that has been contracted by SSR to assist the group in expanding their environmental justice efforts, said the SSR wrote to the city manager, the mayor, the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the 13 council members in an effort to delay the vote.
But it seems as though the council is not making a large enough effort for the equity and inclusion that SSR is looking for. By email, SSR co-chair Allen McGill said"equity and inclusion were not foundational" to the city plan. “Dallas residents, specifically those in the southern sector who are facing disparate social circumstances from our neighbors north of I-30, deserve a level of self-determination when working with the City to rectify the discriminatory decision-making that fuels the racial disparities we're experiencing today," he added.
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