Resources | Racial Equity Here

Three Steps Forward

Racial Equity Here is a commitment to LEARN, ACT and PARTNER to advance racial equity and improve outcomes for all. We hope you will make this public commitment with more than 200 organizations, local governments, businesses, foundations, schools and universities across the country. Here are the core resources we recommend for each of these steps:

Learn

Develop shared understanding of key racial equity concepts.

This 2-hour train-the-trainer deck can be used as-is, adapted, and contains links to many other great resources.

LEARN: Intro to Racial Equity

Act

Make racial equity an explicit part of your work by using a simple racial equity tool in your daily work and decision-making. The tool itself will take 10-15 minutes to read through, and is set up as a template for you to start using right away.

ACT: Racial Equity Tool Template

Partner

Work with organizations locally and nationally to advance racial equity in your community.

PARTNER: Explore Resources and Get Connected

Why Racial Equity?

As we grapple with near-constant stories and experiences of racism, we see the gaps between our country’s core values — justice, equality, freedom — and lived reality, and we see the pervasive gaps between people of color and white people on nearly every indicator of wellbeing.

These outcome gaps are not accidental: they were deliberately created by our government and institutions, through laws, rules and practices. While many explicitly racist laws have now been overturned, “race neutral” laws are not enough: we must actively and explicitly advance racial equity.

Although each of us is only one person, when we work to transform and align our organizations and institutions toward a common vision, we can change our communities and our country, creating an inclusive, vibrant democracy. You have the power to make shifts in your organization toward better outcomes for people of color and stronger, more inclusive communities for all.

We hope you will find Racial Equity Here accessible — the site provides simple tools to help your organization:

LEARN about race, racism and racial equity
ACT to advance racial equity by using a simple racial equity tool
PARTNER locally and across the country to drive a common agenda

Across the country, organizations are committing, together, to dismantle structural racism, accelerate better outcomes for people of color, and improve outcomes for all. Please join us.

History & Founding Partners

To learn more about GARE’s history supporting local governments to dismantle structural racism and improve outcomes for all residents, please visit our website.

To view the tools to learn, act and partner, please visit our resources page.

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