Racial Justice Content Topic Results
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March 2018
6 Steps for Building an Inclusive Workplace
Publisher(s):Diversity and inclusiveness are not the same. When employees from diverse backgrounds and communities are supported and allowed to flourish, the organization benefits from their ideas, skills and engagement, and retention rate of those workers also rises. To that end, this article outlines six practical strategies for creating an inclusive workplace environment.
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March 2018
Showing Up: How We See, Speak, and Disrupt Racial Inequity Facing Survivors
Publisher(s):This report shares themes and issues from the Racial & Economic Equity for Survivors Project's 2017 listening sessions in order to aid in self-reflection, challenge dominant narratives, support improved data collection and analysis, and to begin, continue, or advance conversations and work toward racial equity for domestic and sexual violence survivors.
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March 2018
Have Christianity and Islam Helped Black Americans Survive?
Publisher(s): In this piece, Sana Saeed explores how black Americans have relied on religion – especially Christianity and Islam – to survive and liberate themselves for over three centuries.
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March 2018
Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities (SPARC) Phase One Study Findings
Publisher(s):In September 2016, the Center for Social Innovation launched SPARC (Supporting Partnerships for AntiRacist Communities) to understand and respond to racial inequities in homelessness. Through a mixed-methods (quantitative and qualitative) study, the SPARC team documented high rates of homelessness among people of color and began to map their pathways into and barriers to exit from homelessness. This report presents key findings from this study.
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February 2018
WEBINAR: Rights4Girls: Cyntoia Brown, Bresha Meadows and the Abuse to Prison Pipeline
Publisher(s): In recognition of Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month, this webinar highlights the work of Rights4Girls. Presenters explore how the intersections of race, gender and violence cause the most marginalized girls to be criminalized for their experiences of sexual violence and sexual exploitation.
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January 2018
Over-Incarceration of Trans Survivors & Immigrant Detention as Part of Mass Incarceration
Publisher(s): Reflecting the expertise of advocates and survivors, this report from the field broadens the scope of mass incarceration to be culturally responsive to survivors in communities of color.
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January 2018
Day-to-Day Experiences of Emotional Tax Among Women and Men of Color in the Workplace
Publisher(s): For Asian, Black, Latinx, and multiracial employees, decades of research tells us that exclusion, discrimination, and bias can be daily experiences. This report examines the Emotional Tax levied on employees of color and actions that organizations can take to address and reduce the consequences and ensure that employees of color can thrive, advance, and contribute their best talents.
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January 2018
Why Am I Always Being Researched?
Publisher(s): In this publication, Chicago Beyond explores how researchers can work to level the playing field and reckon with unintended bias. Chicago Beyond created this guidebook to help shift the power dynamic and the way community organizations, researchers, and funders uncover knowledge together.
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January 2018
Healing on Our Terms for Survivors in Communities of Color & Indigenous Communities
Publisher(s): Reflecting the expertise of advocates and survivors, this report from the field broadens the scope of healing modalities to be culturally responsive to survivors of color and indigenous survivors.
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January 2018
Defining Economic Justice for Survivors in Communities of Color & Indigenous Communities
Publisher(s): Reflecting the expertise of advocates and survivors, this report from the field broadens the scope of economic justice to be culturally responsive to survivors in communities of color and indigenous communities.
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December 2017
Forgotten and Left Behind: Shifting Narratives and Exploring Policy Solutions for Vulnerable Youth and Young Adults
Publisher(s): This report provides key insights and next steps from CLASP’s 2017 convening, which discussed the need for a multi-generational, multi-racial, youth-centered dialogue around policy change. Participants recognized that young people should drive the agenda for a stronger, healthier, more just, and more equitable future.
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December 2017
Online Harassment Is a Social Problem That Requires a Social Response
Publisher(s): In this piece, feminist writer Soraya Chemaly examines the ways in which women’s rights and expression are affected by persistent and often violent online harassment related to their gender, class, race, sexuality and more through an intersectional lens.