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Lesson 1: Upset the Set Up (thanks @MichaelDTubbs)
Overcoming the unequal impacts crises have on ppl of color requires race-conscious and anti-racist responses to racialized problems. We have to reimagine our economy with racial equity, not white supremacy, at the foundation.
Overcoming the unequal impacts crises have on ppl of color requires race-conscious and anti-racist responses to racialized problems. We have to reimagine our economy with racial equity, not white supremacy, at the foundation.
Lesson 2: Racial equity is not just a commitment. It is also a practice.
@JoeBiden/ @KamalaHarris must embed equity in the:
1. Mission of their plans,
2. How they build equity in their process,
3. How they ensure equity outcomes,
4. How they measure and analyze equity.
@JoeBiden/ @KamalaHarris must embed equity in the:
1. Mission of their plans,
2. How they build equity in their process,
3. How they ensure equity outcomes,
4. How they measure and analyze equity.
To make equity real they have to build the right team and that team needs authority. So, they need a National Office of Racial Equity that reports to the President.
Here is our proposal for an statewide office of racial equity in CA https://greenlining.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Task-Force-Recommendation-for-Office-of-Racial-Equity.pdf
Here is our proposal for an statewide office of racial equity in CA https://greenlining.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Task-Force-Recommendation-for-Office-of-Racial-Equity.pdf
Lesson 3: Identify priority communities. Resource them. Assists them. Measure success.
We need mapping tools, $ for capacity building and technical assistance, targeted $ to most impacted (more than 40%), and we need to measure equity success for transparency and accountability.
We need mapping tools, $ for capacity building and technical assistance, targeted $ to most impacted (more than 40%), and we need to measure equity success for transparency and accountability.
Lesson 4: Maximize benefits and avoid burdens.
We need strategies that are specifically designed to overcome the obstacles of priority communities.
When designing all approaches we must also consider potential economic, environmental, and health burdens so we can avoid them.
We need strategies that are specifically designed to overcome the obstacles of priority communities.
When designing all approaches we must also consider potential economic, environmental, and health burdens so we can avoid them.
Lesson 5: Definition matter. A lot.
The administration must, through an inclusive process, define words like benefit, burden, climate justice, disadvantage communities, and priority communities, among others, so staff can begin planning and implementing.
The administration must, through an inclusive process, define words like benefit, burden, climate justice, disadvantage communities, and priority communities, among others, so staff can begin planning and implementing.
There’s a lot more of course but these are foundational lessons that must be core to their work.
What they are saying sounds promising and know I want to see concrete actions.
What they are saying sounds promising and know I want to see concrete actions.
Thanks to @aekbarnes @BruceMirken @eminwang @joelespino_24 @RandallJWinston @sonamohnot @SonrisaCooper and Sekita Grant for their help writing this blog 
