| Resolution Number: | 1985-A078 |
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| Title: | Conduct a Racial Audit and Report on Implementation of Affirmative Action |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 68th General Convention call on all dioceses and related institutions and agencies of the Episcopal Church to establish and publicize an Equal Employment and Affirmative Action Policy and to provide a means for effective monitoring of the same; and be it further
Resolved, That the Board for Theological Education is directed to develop, in consultation with the Council of Seminary Deans, an instrument and process to make an audit of racial inclusiveness to be found in the respective student bodies, faculty and trustees as well as in their curricula and field work; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council use its existing program agencies and staff to ascertain what specific steps the dioceses and local congregations, the seminaries, and other agencies of the Church have taken to implement the 67th General Convention resolution on racism which called for implementation of Affirmative Action programs, and report the findings to the Church at large by 1988.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 160. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Human Affairs and Health |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A078)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 68th General Convention call on all dioceses and related institutions and agencies of the Episcopal Church to establish and publicize an Equal Employment and Affirmative Action Policy and to provide a means for effective monitoring of the same; and be it further
Resolved, That the Board for Theological Education is directed to develop, in consultation with the Council of Seminary Deans, an instrument and process to make an audit of racial inclusiveness to be found in the respective student bodies, faculty and trustees as well as in their curricula and field work; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council use its existing program agencies and staff to ascertain what specific steps the dioceses and local congregations, the seminaries and other agencies of the Church have taken to implement the 67th General Convention resolution on racism which called for implementation of Affirmative Action programs, and report the findings to the Church at large by 1988.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #53)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #53: A078 (Affirmative Action Policy and Racial Inclusiveness).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #86)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 10.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Human Affairs and Health, Reports to the 68th General Convention, 1985, pp. 118-149. |
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| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention calls on dioceses, institutions, and agencies to establish and publicize equal employment and affirmative action policies. |