The plan includes using data to push policy change, identifying causes of disparities in health outcomes and engaging with historically marginalized communities to identify problems.
The initiative also calls for the reporting of race and ethnicity data publicly to document health inequities, improved access to prevention and treatment, the development of services and programs for specific populations and advocacy against systemic racism at the state and federal levels.
"In Boston, we embrace the opportunity this moment and this movement offers us," Walsh stated.
"We stand with our Black community and communities of color to lead the change toward a more just and equitable society."
As part of its commitment to dismantling racism, the mayor said Boston will honor the Obama Foundation's Mayor's Pledge, which calls for "mayors, city councils, and police oversight bodies to address police use of force policies."
