USDA Equity Commission

The Equity Commission will meet up to four times each year, either virtually or face-to-face. All Equity Commission meetings are open to the public.

Equity at USDA

USDA's Equity Commission is an independent body with 41 Commission and Subcommittee members charged with evaluating USDA programs and services and developing ...

USDA Releases Updated Equity Action Plan

This includes USDA's Equity Commission, an independent body with 41 Commission and Subcommittee members charged with evaluating USDA ...

USDA Equity Commission; Meeting - Federal Register

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and ...

Advancing Equity at FSA | Farm Service Agency - USDA

Resources. FSA Programmatic Equity Selected Resources. USDA Equity Links: Equity Website · Equity Accomplishments · Equity Commission · Equity ...

USDA's equity commission urges 'sweeping and generational change'

The goal of the independent equity commission, established in 2022, was “to identify additional steps for embedding equity into USDA's policies, ...

USDA Hosts National Equity Summit - YouTube

... equity in its programs and services. As part of this event, USDA's Equity Commission, co-chaired by Ambassador Ertharin Cousin and United ...

USDA Hosts Final National Equity Convening Focused on Power of ...

The USDA Equity Commission was established through the American Rescue Plan Act and reauthorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. Its ...

It's Time to Institutionalize Equity at the Department of Agriculture

What is the USDA Equity Commission? ... In January 2021, President Biden signed an executive order committed to closing the racial wealth gap and ...

USDA wraps equity commission, vows to continue work

The commission launched in 2022 to help the department try to address historical discrimination in American agriculture by rooting out internal ...

HEAL Statement on USDA Equity Commission's Final Report

HEAL Statement on USDA Equity Commission's Final Report ... Below is a statement from Nichelle Harriott, Policy Director at the HEAL Food Alliance ...

Takeaways from the USDA Equity Commission Regional Convening

The event highlighted the power of rural partnerships, alongside conversations on natural resource management, climate adaptation, forest restoration, ...

Final Report of the USDA Equity Commission - Roanoke Cooperative

Final Report of the USDA Equity Commission. June 17, 2024 at 4:10 p.m.. Roanoke Forestry News. In January 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order On ...

Some USDA programs have been mired in inequity. A panel's final ...

The USDA Equity Commission was born from a Biden executive order in 2022 — and subsequent congressional funding — calling for federal ...

FACT SHEET: USDA Activities to Promote Equity

Standing Up an Equity Commission: USDA is standing up an independent Equity. Commission to examine USDA programs and services. The Commission will be charged.

Equity Commission report calls for 'sweeping' changes at USDA

The Equity Commission has worked to identify how changes to USDA programs, policies, systems and practices can help lift barriers to inclusion ...

USDA Final Equity Convening - YouTube

This event will mark seven months since the release of the USDA Equity Commission's Final Report at the National Equity Summit and the ...

USDA Equity Commission - Federal Register

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and ...

Equity Commission Recommends 'sweeping and Generational ...

“The recommended changes seek to interrupt the perpetuation of any and all USDA discriminatory and unfair systems, operations, policies, and ...

Voices from the USDA Equity Commission Report - Aspen CSG

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