![GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government artwork](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/c3/5b/d2/c35bd203-8edd-3ad0-b262-42cf20eff4b7/mza_8816767591045328415.png/100x100bb.jpg)
#261 The Municipal Equality Index with Xavier Persad, Human Rights Campaign
GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government
English - June 21, 2019 11:57 - 25 minutes - 29.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsGovernment Business Careers cities government local management Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: #260 High Performance Government with Nick Kittle, Cartegraph
Examining the inclusiveness of cities. Xavier Persad, Sr. Legislative Counsel for the Human Rights Campaign, joined the podcast to talk about the Municipal Equality Index. Each year cities are rated based on non-discrimination laws, the municipality as an employer and the city leadership's public position on equality. He also shared what cities have made strides on the index and what policies cities should look at to improve how inclusive they are.