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Office of Equity and Belonging
“The Office of Equity & Belonging is working to eliminate systemic and institutional racism from the city's policies, programs, and practices. As stewards of democracy, we strive to transform Boulder into a more inclusive, safe, and welcoming environment for all who live, work, learn and play in our community.” source as of 2026-10-30
Who runs it
AI-read · unreviewed read by a model from the city's pages, the Charter, the code and the budget books; every quote checked against its saved source; not reviewed by a person. Hover a source for its words.Researcher's note: The office has no phone line on its pages; the contact is its mailbox. The Racial Equity Guiding Coalition (guiding-coalition-for-racial-equity) was not given a staffs entry: the 2024 Equity Report says only that the city implemented it and phased it out in 2023, not who staffed it.
- Head
- Aimee Kane, Officer of Equity and Belonging as of 2026-06-02 source source
- Part of
- City Manager's Office
- Answers to
- City Manager's Office. The office is a division of the City Manager's Office and is budgeted there as the Equity & Belonging program; the city manager appoints the officers and employees of the departments under the manager. Head appointed by City Manager. source source as of 2025-11-18
- Legal basis
- Contact
- OfficeofEquityandBelonging@bouldercolorado.gov · 1777 Broadway · contact page source as of 2026-10-30
Boards and commissions it staffs
- Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee · staff (the Equity Program Manager, with an Assistant City Manager and the Independent Police Monitor) source source
Budget
from the city's approved budget books; each figure printed, to the dollar, in its source (hover a source for its words). A year may come from a different book or table than the next: the table says what each covers| Year | Basis | Amount | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | approved | $620,969 | The Equity & Belonging program line (printed "Equity") inside the City Manager's Office table; the office is not a separate department in the budget books. FY2024 budget, 2026 book's Department Budget by Expense Type table; the PDF text prints the figures before the program names, read in printed row order (Economic Vitality first, Equity second), which the FY2026 pie chart confirms. source |
| 2025 | approved | $883,595 | The Equity & Belonging program line inside the City Manager's Office table: FY2025 budget, 2026 book's Department Budget by Expense Type table (row order as for 2024). source |
| 2026 | approved | $724,302 | The Equity & Belonging program line inside the City Manager's Office table: FY2026 budget, 2026 book's Department Budget by Expense Type table, and the same figure in the book's FY2026 program pie chart. source source |
Divisions
in the city's own words; heads only where an official source names themnot applicable: The office is itself a division (a budget program) of the City Manager's Office and has no divisions of its own; the city lists focus areas instead: City staff training; Equitable Workforce and Workplace; Community Partnership Strategy; Policy, Process and Program Improvement; Immigration Support; Business Equity; Equitable Community Engagement. source
What a resident can do here
services and programs, linked to the city's pages- Tribal Consultation “The City of Boulder appreciates the opportunity to engage and consult with Tribal Representatives from federally recognized American Indian Tribal Nations.” source
- Immigration Resources “The City of Boulder's Office of Equity and Belonging organizes certain services aimed at assisting the area's immigrant community.” source source
- Data and Racial Equity “The city adopted its first-ever Racial Equity Plan in 2021. The plan formalizes our commitment to collecting and analyzing meaningful data.” source source
- Outreach Community Connectors “Outreach Community Connectors (OCC) are a group of neighborhood leaders who work to share important information and resources with their networks of connections (friends, family, neighbors, etc.).” source source
- Disparity Study “In 2023-24, Boulder County and the City of Boulder completed a disparity study to identify whether there is a level playing field for small and diverse businesses in public contracts and in the local marketplace.” source source