Category: Human Rights, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
City Appoints Neighborhood Ambassadors
The City of North Liberty enthusiastically welcomes 41 residents to the Neighborhood Ambassador program. They are the first volunteers selected for the new program and will be key players in the city’s Great Neighborhoods Initiative. These on-the-ground local leaders, listed below, are passionate about advancing the quality of life for their neighbors. Their duties–which officially…
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City Commits to Racial Disparity Traffic-Stop Study
The City Council has approved a two-year agreement to study traffic-stop data for racial disparities. North Liberty will work with Chris Barnum, a professor at St. Ambrose University in Criminal Justice and Sociology, to analyze the North Liberty Police Department’s annual traffic-stop data in 2021 and 2022. The data will be presented annually and coincide with the…
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Public Invited to Share Experiences Through New Storytelling Project
Today, the City of North Liberty is launching a new first-person storytelling project, I Remember When. This series aims to inform, inspire and challenge the community to put themselves in their neighbors’ shoes by amplifying those stories. The series focuses on stories told through crucible moments, experiences through which an individual comes to a new or an…
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Library Providing Access to Hundreds of Multilingual Children’s eBooks
The North Liberty Library is partnering with Unite for Literacy, a non-traditional publishing company, to provide a multilingual collection of children’s eBooks. Hundreds of books on a variety of topics, and languages are now available through the library’s website. These books and stories are told by native speakers in celebration of their language and culture.…
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City Recruits Residents to Serve as Neighborhood Ambassadors
https://vimeo.com/460582280 Good neighbors build great neighborhoods, and great neighborhoods make for a more connected and resilient community. Knowing more people in town makes it easier to ask for or offer help, understand someone else’s perspective, raise a concern in a productive way, or lean on one another when a pandemic throws a curveball. It is…
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On-Demand Course Available to Build Capacity for Social Justice
The North Liberty Library is partnering with Captivate, a local business owned and operated by Black women, to offer the online, on-demand course “Walking on Eggshells, Stepping on Toes,” as we work to build community capacity for issues of social justice, to North Liberty residents. The course works to introduce allyship, review the stages of ally development, and…
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The City’s Next Steps Towards More Social Justice and Racial Equity
Following conversations among staff, with council and throughout the community on social justice and racial equity, the North Liberty City Council discussed next steps at its Aug. 25, 2020, meeting. This list was initially included for discussion at the council’s meeting on July 29, and has been updated with current status, and is not all-inclusive of actions…
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Social Justice & Racial Equity Discussion Rescheduled to August 25 Council Meeting
Given the fact that many North Liberty residents are still without power, including some Council members, the social justice and racial equity discussion planned for tonight’s City Council meeting will be removed from the agenda with the intent to include it on the August 25 agenda. On August 25, staff will provide a summary of…
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Citation and Arrest Data 2019 Report
A report concerning social justice and racial equity, including 2019 citation and arrest data from the North Liberty Police Department is now available. It will be presented to the North Liberty City Council at its July 28, 2020, meeting.
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North Liberty Schedules Listening Posts on Racial Equity
North Liberty city leaders announced today that they will engage the community to discuss social justice and racial equity through a series of listening posts. The listening post sessions will be held online and in person, at a variety of times, between July 29 through Aug. 9. Each listening post will be a public-comment format,…
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