More than 90 federal agencies released a series of 'equity action plans' Thursday with the aim of advancing President JoeBiden's 'ambitious equity and racial justice agenda.'
More than 90 federal agencies released a series of"equity action plans" Thursday with the aim of advancing President Joe Biden's"ambitious equity and racial justice agenda."
Susan Rice, the director of Biden's Domestic Policy Council, is leading the administration's equity implementation and will expand on the agenda Thursday during a virtual event hosted by the White House. Biden will not take part in the event, as he is traveling to Greensboro, North Carolina, for the second stop on his rural infrastructure tour.
"This is delivering on his day one commitment. He stands behind this work, and he's personally committed to this issue," one official stated."Racial equity was the impetus for his run for office, and no president before him has charged agencies to take the steps they are announcing today, so this is very much a priority of the president."
The plans themselves are a follow action stemming from an executive order Biden signed on his first day in office. Officials admitted that Biden's agenda is not a"one-year project" but claimed that Thursday's announcement marked"an important step forward" in that"generational commitment."
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