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Goals & Measures
1.1 Metro Boston’s Competitive Edge in Civic Vitality
1.2 High Rates of Social Capital
1.3 Demographically Representative Leadership
1.3.1 Leadership of top 100 companies by race and gender, Metro Boston and Massachusetts
1.3.2 Diversity of elected leadership by race and gender, Massachusetts legislature and the Boston City Council
1.4 High Rates of Voter Participation
1.5 Healthy Race and Community Relations
1.6 Stability and Investment in Neighborhoods
1.7 Welcoming and Inclusive Environment
1.8 Access to Information
1.9 Strength of the Nonprofit Sector
1.10 Public Support and Philanthropy
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1.3 Demographically Representative Leadership

Demographic representation in political, economic, educational and social realms means that people of color and women are represented in a community’s leadership roles in rough proportion to their percentage of the general population.  Lack of demographically representative leadership places Boston in danger of failing to attract or retain talented and innovative individuals from diverse backgrounds and garnering a reputation as a place with not much “room at the top.”