CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The new city official charged with ensuring that Chicago government treats residents fairly said her job is going to wide-ranging, and she aims to have a big impact.Civil rights attorney Candace Moore is Chicago's new — and first-ever — Chief Equity Officer. She said it's new for the city but it's been done elsewhere. She said the first big city to create an office like hers was Seattle. Philadelphia and Austin also have similar officers in place. Moore will lead the city's efforts to address the racial and class disparities in employment, income, housing and economic development.
Among other things, Moore said, the aim will be to work with various city departments to evaluate the impact policies have on people of color or different communities, and evaluate new things the city wants to do.Moore oversaw the city's well-received commemoration of the historical 1919 race riots put on this week. But, her job goes well beyond that.Mayor Lightfoot has regularly said that city policies and practices should be viewed through the prism of equity. In some ways, Moore will be that prism. And she said officials should change policies that might do harm before they're enacted.Chief Equity Officer Candace Moore is the guest on our At Issue program this weekend.. You can hear more of her thoughts Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m.
