Racial Equity

Resources on Racial Equity

Why Black Women, Infants Lag In Birth Outcomes by Michele Norris.  From the July 8, 2011 NPR broadcast of "All Things Considered," this story reports on the statistics showing "there is a whopping disparity in birth outcomes based on race." Read more or listen to the podcast.

How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to Racial Justice. This paper, developed by Leadership Learning Community, is a collaborative project to understand how leadership development needs to change to more effectively address racial equity.

View the slides from a webinar on Race and Social Justice given by Dr. John A. Powell at the Kirwan Institute.




Know Your Rights! How to Protect Yourself in Case of an Immigration Raid English Version. This booklet provides basic information on legal rights of immigrants to promote fair treatment of immigrants. It encourages immigrants to create deportation plans to handle their affairs, particularly the care of children, in the event families are separated in this process. A list of legal advocates and local resources is provided. Written by the Roca Immigrant and Refugee Initiative team in Chelsea, MA. 25-pages.

¡Conozca Sus Derechos! Cómo Protegerse en el Casa de una Redada de Immigración. Spanish version.

Continuum on how to make your organization an anti-racist organization. This chart outlines different levels of organizational development along a continuum of becoming an anti-racist multi-cultural institution.

Racial Equity Toolkit for Policies, Programs, and Budget is a document created by the City of Seattle's Office for Civil Rights and available for use by all city departments as a tool to create policy, programs and budgets for the City using a lens of social justice and racial equity throughout the planning and implementation process. This innovative piece can easily be adapted for almost any organizational planning/budgeting process.

The Washington State 2009 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity assesses the performance of the Washington Legislature and the Governor during the 2009 Regular Session on policies that address and strengthen racial equity in Washington State.

The Identifying Institutional Racism (IDIR) Folio contains tools to assist organizations identify and eliminate institutional racism in their organization. The folio includes readings, reflection questions, assessments, and resource lists.

This video of Robin Toma J.D., Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission in Los Angeles County, has him sharing his insights on where we stand with human equity, where we want to be, and some steps on how to get there. This is one of three video segments.