Sherri Jordan is a Deputy Director in the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) at Milwaukee County. DAS deals with IT, budgeting, finances, economic development, procurement, risk management - some of the more important aspects of Milwaukee County. Sherri talks about what they are doing through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Milwaukee County’s vision is to become the healthiest county in Wisconsin. They are very strategic and very intentional about all of their policies. What are the steps they have been taking to reach this goal? Listen to this episode and find out.

What we talk about:

03:53 – We issue an employee engagement service every two years. We issue a racial equity survey as well.

07:11 – One of the most important things that we have in place is that in 2019 we declared racism a public health crisis in Milwaukee County. In everything we do, we use the equity lens.

16:10 – I think a lot of people feel that if we’re uplifting one group of people, another group of people is getting left behind. That’s not what we’re doing. We’re just trying to move from equity to equality.

26:10 – One of the things we are doing as a County, all County employees are responsible for taking racial equity training. It is mandatory.

36:00 – The racial equity budget tool is not the only factor for making decisions, but it is an important factor.

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