A Higher, Deeper Way
Lessons in Racial Equity
Lessons in Racial Equity
In a short time Equity in the Center has
become a leading organization for racial equity work, coining the term Race Equity Culture™, which is now used as the standard for driving racial equity in organizations. How did a five-year-old organization identify culture as the site for race equity and create a framework for how to build it?
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Lessons in Racial Equity
Lessons in Racial Equity
Lessons in Racial Equity
While there are many lessons, they can be organized around three key areas. At the top of the list is what the organization has learned about the work of advancing racial equity in the nonprofit sector. Its second most critical lesson is about the thorny aspects of leadership, particularly for Black women. The third is about the learnings that come from being a startup, in rapid growth building and modeling the Race Equity Culture™ it coined.
The Power of a Framework
Lessons in Racial Equity
What’s Next for Equity In The Center?
When one asks Equity In The Center leaders, partners, and clients what the organization’s biggest contribution to the field of racial equity to date is, at the top of that list is its Awake to Woke to Work framework. A conceptual framework is a roadmap for understanding a topic. However, it seems that Equity In The Center’s framework does a lot more than that. It changed behavior in the field.
What’s Next for Equity In The Center?
What’s Next for Equity In The Center?
What’s Next for Equity In The Center?
What could be the next biggest contribution that Equity in the Center can make in the next five years? What is emerging falls along three axes. The first is whether EIC will prioritize a North Star or continue to be responsive to the field. The second is the role that EIC could play in coordinating racial equity work in the field. The third, how to develop sustainable pushback to backlash.
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What’s Next for Racial Equity?
What’s Next for Equity In The Center?
What’s Next for Racial Equity?
In a time of backlash to powerful social change, the question many are asking is what’s next for racial equity? At the top of the list is the need for both a public and underground game plan. Second, the field is ready for more intentional, coordinated work. Third, there is much internal work to be done within organizations. Finally, some are looking forward to what the next uprising on the side of the people might look like.