Welcome to the City of Edmonds Diversity Commission whose purpose is to promote an environment that accepts, celebrates, and appreciates diversity within the community.   The nine-member volunteer advisory Commission is intended to:

• Serve as a resource for City government and the community by providing   information, education, and communication that facilitates a better understanding and celebrates our differences.
  
  
• Provide recommendations to the Mayor and City Council that would identify opportunities to address diversity issues, promote diversity programs, and/or provide guidance to create a more accessible, safe, welcoming and inclusive government and community.
  
  
• Assist the City of Edmonds in supporting and challenging all areas of government and the community to eliminate and prevent all forms of discrimination.

 
Commissioners are appointed for three-year terms.

Diversity Commission Open Positions. The City of Edmonds is currently accepting applications for two positions on the Diversity Commission. For more information click here. For an application please click here. 

"I am Edmonds. This is my Story" story-telling project. Capstone event to be held Saturday, November 2 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Edmonds Library Plaza Room. Click here for more information. 

Diversity Commission Grant Program. For more information on the grant program click here.  

Diversity Film Series - FREE film screenings October through April (except December) on Third Saturdays at Noon at the Edmonds Theater. Click here for 2019-2020 schedule.

From the Calendar of Observances: October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, National Bullying Prevention Month, and LGBT History Month.

Upcoming Regional Events Intended to Embrace Diversity and Encourage Inclusiveness:

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October 22. Vision House holds "No Homeless Kids Benefit Breakfast" at Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th St. SW., Lynnwood, 7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. For more information and to register please click here. 

October 26. Edmonds Center for the Arts presents Jeremy Dutcher. A classically-trained Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist, performer and activist sponsored in part through a Diversity Commission grant. For more information and tickets click here. 

OPPORTUNITIES: Leadership Snohomish County is excited to announce the new Leadership for Racial Equity Cohort!, a five-month certification program that was co-deigned by Racial Equity expert Bernardo Ruiz. For more information click here. 

Social Justice Book Group meets at the Edmonds Library, 650 Main St., Edmonds on most 4th Thursday of the month. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room. 

Sno-Isle Regional Library, click here for information on events held throughout the Snohomish and Island County libraries.