Empower DC: working to strengthen organized political power among DC’s lowest income communities to address issues of critical importance.
DC Fiscal Policy Institute: promotes opportunity and widespread prosperity for all residents of the District of Columbia through thoughtful policy solutions.
US Department of Energy: a cabinet-level department of the United States Government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material.
Solar United Neighbors: a national organization dedicated to representing the needs and interests of solar owners and supporters.
Race Forward: catalyzes movement building for racial justice. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, we build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture.
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Unequal Opportunity Race – The African American Policy Forum: Watch an animated video demonstrating racial inequity.
Cracking the Code: The Systems of Racial Inequity – World Trust: Six short films discuss racial inequity, including Dr. Joy DeGruy, author and professor, discussing interpersonal relationships; Aeeshah Clottey, Co-Founder of Attitudinal Healing Connection Inc., describing an uncomfortable situation that made her feel like “speaking was not the right thing to do;” Ise Lyfe, hip hop and spoken word artist, and Tilman Smith, teacher and activist, both reveal how our educational system fails to serve everyone equally; Tim Wise and others.
Multi-ethnic Identity: Shakti Butler – World Trust: Shakti Butler was celebrated by EarthHeart Foundation as a compassionate change maker and peace builder. Listen as she discusses her life growing up in a society that did not embrace her multi-ethnic identity and how that gave her the fire within to promote racial equity.
Racial Equity Slam Poetry – ReadySchoolsMiami: Watch a video of poets performing works about racial equity.
Unnatural Causes – Produced by California Newsreel with Vital Pictures, Inc.: A seven part documentary series exploring racial and socioeconomic inequalities in health, including an online companion to the film.
Race: The Power of an Illusion – PBS: In producing this series, we felt it was important to go back to first principles and ask, What is this thing called "race?" - a question so basic it is rarely raised. What we discovered is that most of our common assumptions about race - for instance, that the world's people can be divided biologically along racial lines - are wrong. Yet the consequences of racism are very real. (Online companion to the PBS film series.)
Guides
Racial Equity Impact Assessment from Race Forward - A Racial Equity Impact Assessment (REIA) is a systematic examination of how different racial and ethnic groups will likely be affected by a proposed action or decision.
Contracting for Equity – Race Matters Institute: The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) joined forces with the Insight Center for Economic Development and author Tim Lohrentz to produce this hands-on issue brief that provides a common approach to furthering the field of practice of contracting equity within government.
The Business Case for Racial Equity – Race Matters Institute: “Children who grow up in a society where their health, education, and well-being are considered valuable and important have higher achievement in school and more opportunities for employment and financial stability as adults. And just as advancing racial equity has a profound effect on children and their families, it also has tremendous influence on the potential for profound positive economic growth.”
Race Forward – The Center for Racial Justice Innovation: Race Forward defines racial justice as the systematic fair treatment of people of all races that results in equal opportunities and outcomes for everyone.
The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity: The Kirwan Institute supports racially equitable policy and capacity building through its Opportunity Communities Model. This research model brings an intersectional analysis to focus areas such as housing, education, jobs, transportation, health, and criminal justice.
Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society: The faculty, staff, researchers, and affiliates of the Haas Institute work together with multidisciplinary approaches to learn, research, and construct solutions for society's most pressing issues. Our programs and initiatives are all designed to effect transformative change.
Discriminatory Housing Practices in the District – DC Policy Center: In an essay on tax practices that amplify racial inequities, D.C. Policy Center Executive Director Yesim Sayin Taylor examines how property tax treatment of owner-occupied housing amplifies existing inequalities in wealth, both today and in generations to come.
Racial Equity in Washington, DC – The DC Policy Center: The D.C. Policy Center, with support from the Consumer Health Foundation and the Meyer Foundation, is producing a series of publications examining racial inequities in D.C., ranging from housing to workforce practices.
Mapping Segregation DC – Prologue DC: Mapping Segregation in Washington DC reveals the profound impact of racially restricted housing on the nation’s capital.
The Color of Wealth in the Nation’s Capital – Urban Institute: This report explores racial and ethnic differences in net worth, focusing on Black families in Washington, DC, and shows, through a chronicle of their history in the city, how discrimination and systemic racism have contributed to today’s wealth gap in the nation’s capital.
Racial Inequities in Washington, DC – Urban Institute: The Washington, DC, region is increasingly diverse and prosperous, offering many opportunities to its residents. Yet, decades of systemic racism and discriminatory policies and practices have produced significant inequities in education, income, employment, and housing for people of color—the majority of the population in the region.
Battling Racial Discrimination in the Workplace – DC Policy Center: Employment is a major factor in economic opportunity and economic stability, but there are major disparities in employment and wages by race and ethnicity in D.C. and across the country.
Civil Rights Protesters Recount the Little-Told Story of the Fight to Desegregate Glen Echo – DCist: While attending Howard, Saunders, Diamond, and Griffin all joined the Nonviolent Action Group, a student-run protest group aimed at ending segregation. Inspired by the February 1960 sit-in at the whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, the group looked to conduct a similar wave of sit-ins across the D.C. region.
Hillcrest Has Long Been A Haven For DC's Black Middle Class. Will It Stay That Way? – DCist: If D.C.’s history of segregation, forced displacement, protest, reconciliation, and occasional cross-cultural unity is any indication, these changes to Hillcrest could go either way. The story of the community—and its elders like Gross and the Banks—makes it clear that there is as much cause for concern as there is cause for confidence.
Renewing Inequality | Family Displacements through Urban Renewal, 1950-1966 – University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab: For a quarter century, the federal government provided funding for cities large and small to raze "blighted" or "slum" neighborhoods. Though improved housing opportunities was the ostensible goal, over time, cities used federal funds to stimulate commercial and industrial redevelopment.
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