Racial Equity Group Awarded Contract from The Metropolitan Council of St. Paul Minnesota to Advance DEI
March 25, 2025: REG will provide comprehensive diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism consultancy services for the Council’s Community Development Division.
REG will initially conduct a disparity analysis, which is a process of analyzing demographic group data to identify significant disparities, or “inequities.” This includes performing statistical analyses against validated benchmarks. In addition, REG will perform a barrier analysis, which is a process that involves evaluating all policies and practices to investigate if barriers exist that may be unintentionally influencing or contributing to any disparities or inequities. Once all analyses have been performed, we will synthesize the quantitative and qualitative data from the disparity analysis, barrier analysis, focus group interviews, and other relevant data to conduct a DEI SWOT analysis, along with a DEI action plan and scorecard to ensure accountability and sustainability and equal opportunity for the Councils internal and external stakeholders. If you don’t have data, all you have is an opinion.
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