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A Framework
for Equity
Making Equity real
Advancing equity in Portland means improving the way the
city works — starting with how the city government and its
partners make decisions, invest, and engage with Portlanders
and each other to measure success.
This chapter of the Portland Plan explains the
framework for advancing equity (longer-term
policies and short-term actions). It includes
information on what to do — close disparity gaps
and focus on equitable outcomes; how to do it —
improve participation, build partnerships and initiate
targeted social justice initiatives; and how to be
accountable. It sets forth a new way of working that
puts achieving equity front and center and identifies
some of the specific actions needed to ensure that
the Portland Plan’s equity framework is strong and
supportive.

The Framework for Equity includes “We will”
statements that set the ground rules for how the city
and its partners conduct ourselves, and it outlines
the ends we would like to achieve and the means
used to get there. It includes specific actions that
the city and its partners will need to take in the next
five years to move intentionally toward being a more
equitable and just city.
The City and Portland Plan partners will use the