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Racial equity tools, action plans and reports are integral to advancing racial equity in government. They help operationalize, or make real, a larger vision, and in doing so create a pathway for accountability, tracking, data, and metrics. 

Plans can drive institutional and structural change. However, the goal we seek is not a plan. The goal is institutional and structural change, which requires resources to implement -- time, money, skills, and effort. It requires the will of local government and expertise to change our policies, the way we do business, our habits, and cultures. Racial Equity Plans are both a process and a product. A successful process will cultivate community partnership, develop staff capacity, and build a shared racial equity vision and theory of change.