Goals
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Indicator Measures
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How are we doing?
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1.1 Metro Boston’s Competitive Edge in Civic Health |
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1.1.1 Racial and ethnic diversity |
Boston is 25% foreign born for the first time since 1940, immigrants were responsible growth in the 1990s, and Boston is more than 50% of color |
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1.1.2 Massachusetts ranking on the United Way Caring Index |
Massachusetts ranked third overall among all states on the United Way’s Caring Index, but 44nd in income inequality — a major factor in the index |
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1.1.3 Opportunities for civic discourse in Boston |
Opportunities and participation are growing |
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1.2 High Rates of Social Capital |
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1.2.1 Boston residents’ trust in neighbors |
Results vary across neighborhoods -- from 68.7% in Allston-Brighton to 88.7% in Roslindale in 2001 |
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1.2.2 Civic engagement and social and racial trust, Boston compared to other cities |
Bostonians lack social and racial trust and civic engagement but rank high in diverse friendships and political engagement |
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1.2.3 Volunteer activity in Boston |
Volunteerism has risen steadily from 1992 to 2002 |
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1.3 Representative Leadership |
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1.3.1 Leadership of Metro Boston’s top 100 companies, by race and gender |
Metro Boston’s corporate boards and management continue to be overwhelmingly male and white |
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1.3.2 Diversity of elected leadership, Massachusetts Legislature and the Boston City Council, by race and gender |
More candidates of color and women are running and winning, but are still vastly underrepresented |
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1.4 High Rates of Voter Participation |
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1.4.1 Registered voters and participation rates, Boston, 2000 – 2002 |
Voter participation increased, rising dramatically in communities of color |
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