A Mayor and Council discussion on Monday, May 1 will revisit the success of the city’s diversity town hall and continue celebrating Rockville’s multicultural community.
The discussion, part of the 7 p.m. Mayor and Council meeting at City Hall, is a follow-up to a Feb. 9 town hall meeting on diversity that brought more than 150 people to the Rockville Senior Center.
Four themes that emerged from the town hall will be discussed at the May 1 meeting. They are:
- Promoting inclusion in the community and in city staff diversity, programming and outreach efforts.
- Supporting greater connectivity between the city government and the community, through continuing conversations and increased opportunities for community interaction with city police, with the Mayor and Council and with neighbors.
- Enhancing communication about services, initiatives, resources and events offered by the city government and by other organizations in Rockville.
- Engaging young people in dialogue about diversity and inclusion through education, youth activities and recreational programming.
These themes will guide next steps in celebrating diversity and supporting inclusion.
Rockville is the ninth most diverse city in America, according to WalletHub, with more than one-third of the city’s residents born outside the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011-2015 American Community Survey, of the city’s total population of 64,331:
- 20.5 percent are Asian.
- 15.7 percent are Hispanic or Latino.
- 9.8 percent are black.
- 43.2 percent speak a language other than English.
Visit www.rockvillemd.gov/diversitytownhall to sign up to receive updates on Rockville’s ongoing conversation about diversity in our city.