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System Leaders and Experts Providing Forwardthinking Solutions, Insights, and Policy Change
College Futures Foundation awarded USC a generous grant to advance racial equity across California’s community colleges. One key aspect of this investment entails assembling deeply experienced equity experts to author Research in Translation Reports and also a series of 3-4 page Solutions Briefs intended to be concise responses to racial equity questions submitted by community college employees. Downloadable PDFs of the briefs and reports will be uploaded to this site to allow open access to these resources.
In July of 2022, RacialEquityTools.org added 118 new resources to their already robust online database of tools. These tools fall into four categories that RET uses to help users identify resources for whatever we may encounter in our daily equity journeys:
The Ransom | The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers
C. Porter, C. Méheut, M. Apuzzo and S. Gebrekidan, The NY Times
Introduction to Power
Cyndi Suarez, Nonprofit Quarterly
Fractals: A Black Feminist Organizing and Movement Building Timeline
B. Ransby, C. Carruthers, C. Labiran, et al., Black Feminist Future
Monitor: Global Intelligence on Racism
European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
Data Capitalism and Algorithmic Racism
Yeshimabeit Milner and Amy Traub, Data for Black Lives; Demos
What Do Justice and Democracy Require? Towards a Vision of Liberation
Kyle Strickland, Nonprofit Quarterly
BIPOC? ¡Basta!
Bill Fletcher Jr. and Bill Gallegos, The Nation
Moving Toward Antibigotry: Collected Essays
BU Center for Antiracist Research
This “New” Feminism Has Been Here All Along
Dani McClain, YES! Magazine
Understanding Antisemitism: An Offering to Our Movement
L. Ferguson, D. Kent, K. Soffer Sharon, et al., Jews For Racial & Economic Justice
Beverly Guy-Sheftall: All Our Oppressions are Interconnected
Sheri Davis and Steven Pitts, Convergence
Texas’ White Guy History Project
James Dobbins, Texas Observer
The Long Shadow of Eugenics in America
Linda Villarosa, The NY Times
Virginia Was Primed to Teach Black History. Then the Nation's First Anti-Critical
Race Theory Governor Took Office
Sonia Rao, Scalawag Magazine
Researchers Should Understand and Adapt Race and Ethnicity Data That Change Over Time
A. Flannigan, R. Rosenberg, A. Liehr, et. al., Child Trends
Trends in Racial/Ethnic and Economic School Segregation, 1991-2020
A. Owens, s. f. reardon, D. Kalogrides, et. al., Segregation Index
K-12 Education: Student Population Has Significantly Diversified, But Many Schools
Remain Divided Along Racial, Ethnic, and Economic Lines
United States Government Accountability Office, Report to the Chairman, Committee
on Education and Labor, House of Representatives
2020 Hate Crime Statistics
United States Department of Justice
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the United States: An Interactive Chartbook
Economic Policy Institute
School Segregation in Cities Across America Mapped
Halley Potter et al., The Century Foundation; Segregation Index
Gun Violence Archive 2022 - Evidence Based Research Since 2013
Anti-Protest Lobby Tracker: 2022 Legislation
Center for Media and Democracy
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker
Harvard Law School, Environmental & Energy Law Program
SPLC Poll Finds Substantial Support for ‘Great Replacement’ Theory and Other Hard-Right
Ideas
Cassie Miller, SPLC
Historian Uncovers the Racist Roots of the 2nd Amendment
Carol Anderson et al., NPR: Fresh Air
Read, Watch, Listen, Do: An Abolitionist Media Guide
Scalawag Magazine
The Other Side of the Storm: What Do Black Immigrant Domestic Workers in the Time
of Covid-19 Teach Us About Building a Resilient Care Infrastructure?
Kim Freeman Brown and Marc Bayard, Institute for Policy Studies; National Domestic
Workers Alliance
Resistance and Radical Love: The Call-Forward of a Pro-Black Sector
Dax-Devlon Ross, Nonprofit Quarterly
A Democracy Crisis in the Making: How State Legislatures are Politicizing, Criminalizing,
and Interfering with Election Administration
States United Democracy Center; Protect Democracy; Law Forward
A Legacy of AAPI Cross-Racial Solidarity
Steph Hsu, Common Future; Medium.com
From Implicit to Explicit: Lessons for Supporting Funders in Advancing Racial Equity
in Philanthropy
Iowa Council of Foundations; See What I Mean
How Private Equity Looted America
Mother Jones
Making Justice40 a Reality for Frontline Communities: Lessons From State Approaches
to Climate and Clean Energy Investments
C. Callahan, D. Coffee, J. R. DeShazo, and S. R. González, UCLA, Luskin Center for
Innovation
10 Principles for Embedding Racial Equity in Real Estate Development
Diana Schoder, Urban Land Institute
Op-Ed: Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Abortion Reaffirms the Role of Reproductive
Justice in Black Liberation
Paris Hatcher, NewsOne
Beautiful Solutions
This Changes Everything
How Growing Gardens Went From a Nonprofit That Ignored Racism to One That Is Actively
Practicing Antiracism
Alice Skipton, Community-Centric Fundraising
The Normalization of White Male Violence
Brittney Cooper, The Cut, Vox Media
Renewing the Lineage of Nonviolent Movement
Deepak Bhargava and Harry Hanbury, The Forge
This Is Not a Drill: Why the Race Crisis and the Democracy Crisis Are One and the
Same
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, The Forum
The Chisholm Legacy Project: Black Femme Leadership on Climate Justice
The “Great Replacement” Conspiracy Theory: From the Fringe of White Supremacist Circles
to the Mainstream
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
Overcoming Toxic Polarization: Lessons in Effective Bridging
john a. powell, Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality
The Struggle for Black Land: Preserving Heirs’ Property by Building Trust
Jennie L. Stephens, Nonprofit Quarterly
Technologies for Liberation: Toward Abolitionist Futures
P. Emmer, C. Rivas, B. Salas Neves, and C. Schweidler, Astraea Lesbian Foundation
for Justice; Research Action Design
How Cops Get Off | Part 2: The Protectors
Advancement Project
Police Reform, Defunding, and Abolition, Explained
Aaron Ross Coleman, Vox
Interrupting Criminalization
Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, et al.
Banking for the Public Good: Public Bank NYC
Demos
Liberation in a Generation: Envisioning an Economy Where People of Color Belong
PolicyLink
The Racial Wealth Gap Is a Legacy of Slavery — But We Have the Power to Build a Better
Future
Cristina Díaz Borda, Common Future; Medium.com
Inequality.org
Institute for Policy Studies
Beyond Capitalism: Owning Our Economy, Owning Our Future
Steve Dubb and Emily Kawano, Nonprofit Quarterly
Behind the Curtain: The Corporate Plot to Upend Democracy
People’s Action; Demos
Policy Review with an Equity Lens
Fitchburg State University
Water as a Public Good: Pittsburgh’s Our Water Campaign
Demos, Economic Democracy; Pittsburgh United
Climate Change and Systemic Environmental Racism
Emily Sample and Regina M. Paulose, Stanley Center for Peace and Security; Women of
Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation
To Bridge Health Equity and Infrastructure, We Must Harness Grassroots Power and Creativity
Jazmyn Blackburn and Vanessa Barrios, Nonprofit Quarterly
Collective Real Estate: Land Without Landlords?
The Laura Flanders Show
Roe vs Wade, and a Wake-up Call to Progressive Funders Everywhere
Vu Le, Nonprofit AF
Freeing Ourselves from Colonial, White Savior Models of Philanthropy
Nicolette Naylor and Nina Blackwell, Nonprofit Quarterly
Centering Equity through Flexible, Reliable Funding
Seema Shah and William H. Woodwell Jr., Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Resource Hub for State Based Organizations
Liberate Abortion
#BeyondChoice: Funding Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice in Uncertain Times
Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund
We Need Racial Solidarity to Restore Abortion Rights
Loretta Ross, YES! Magazine
How Companies Can Support Employees in a Post Roe v. Wade World
Y-Vonne Hutchinson, ReadySet
Taking Stock of the Dobbs Disaster
Rafia Zakaria, The Forum
Invisible Wounds: Gun Violence and Community Trauma among Black Americans
Everytown Research & Policy
Rebalancing Power to Build Solidarity: Lessons from the BIPOC ED Coalition
Ananda Valenzuela and Andrea Caupain Sanderson, Nonprofit Quarterly
Charting the Journey: Strategies to Guide Racial Equity Organizational Change
Judy Lubin and Elise F. Goldstein, et al., Center for Urban and Racial Equity
Learn How to Apologize
Nicole Cardoza, Anti-Racism Daily
Accountability Principles
Women’s Earth Alliance
Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground
S. Howard, G. Bennett, S. Wyatt, S. Hudson, M. Coston Jr., P. Cullors, et al.
King County Equity Impact Awareness Tool
King County Office of Equity and Social Justice; Headwater People Consulting
The City of Dubuque: Racial Equity Toolkit
Dubuque, IA
The Report of the UK Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, United Kingdom Government
Evanston Policies and Practices Directly Affecting the African American Community,
1900 - 1960 (and Present): Draft
Morris Robinson, Jr. and Jenny Thompson, City of Evanston, IL
For Indigenous Peoples, Abortion Is a Religious Right
Abaki Beck & Rosalyn Lapier, YES! Magazine
Roe’s Reversal and the Specter of American Fascism
Jeanelle K. Hope, The Forum
So Is This Actually an Abolitionist Proposal or Strategy? A Collection of Resources
to Aid in Evaluation and Reflection
Interrupting Criminalization; Project Nia; Critical Resistance
California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans:
Interim Report
State of California Department of Justice
Black Joy in Pursuit of Racial Justice
Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts, YES! Magazine
Towards Decolonization and Settler Responsibility: Reflections on a Decade of Indigenous
Solidarity Organizing
Liza Minno Bloom and Berkley Carnine, CounterPunch
Reimagining the Request for Proposal
D. Davey, H. Hiscox, and N. Markwick, Stanford Social Innovation Review
To Tackle Racial Justice, Organizing Must Change
D. Martinez HoSang , L. Hall , and L. Della Piana, The Forge
Racial Equity Decision-Making Tool (REDT)
Maggie Potapchuk, MP Associates; Contributor: Raquel Gutierrez, Blue Agave Partners
Black Women Thriving Report
Ericka Hines and Mako Fitts Ward, Every Level Leadership
Building Economic Power by Changing the Narrative
Allison Jones, Nonprofit Quarterly
Popping the Immigration Bubble: Tips for Reaching the Moveable Middle on YouTube
Shauna Siggelkow et al., Define American, Digital Storytelling
Resource Library: Enabling Nonprofits to Shape the Public Debate on Important Social
Issues
Bolder Advocacy
“Nobody's Coming to Save Any of Us”: Lessons from Grassroots Power Building in West
Virginia
Mat Hanson, The Forge
Building Tenant Power: A Growing Movement Rises in Baltimore
anneke dunbar-gronke, Nonprofit Quarterly
H.E.A.L. Together Toolkit - Part 2: Building a Campaign
Race Forward
What We Lose When We Win: Exhaustion and the Fight Against Racist Repression
Camille Bennett, Nonprofit Quarterly
To Build a Public Safety That Protects Black Women and Girls, Money Isn’t the Only
Resource We Need
Shanelle Matthews, Nonprofit Quarterly
4 Antidotes for Scarcity Mindset
Yura Sapi, Community-Centric Fundraising
Walking the Talk: Reclaiming Dignity through Humanistic Management
Elizabeth Castillo, Nonprofit Quarterly
7 Liberatory Signs That Made Me Apply for My Job
Michelle Dominguez, Community-Centric Fundraising
Community Remembrance Project
Equal Justice Initiative
Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation - Videos
adrienne marie brown et al.
The School Board Elections Toolkit for 501(c)(3) Organizations
K. Hamaji, K. Terenzi, and L. Zhong, et al., Youth Mandate for Education and Liberation;
The Center for Popular Democracy; Race Forward
Shared Decision-Making toward a Just Transition
Rosita Lucas, Justice Funders; Medium.com
Mapping Baltimore’s Fiscal Sponsorship Landscape
Jonalyn Denlinger and Erika Seth Davies, Open Society Institute, Baltimore; Annie
E. Casey Foundation
Somatics, Trauma, Healing and Social Change
S. K. Haines, R. Lavina, P. Hemphill, et al., Bioneers
Measuring Is an Act of Power: A Call for Pro-Black Measurement and Evaluation
A. Romans, C. Stanciel, and T. Harley, Nonprofit Quarterly
Learning and Unlearning: Centering Equity in Our Evaluation Practice
Kelci Price, The Colorado Health Foundation
The Data Equity Framework
Heather Krause et al., We All Count
East Baltimore Research Project: Community Study Guide
S. Wallace, E. Harrison, L. Randall, et al., Urban Institute; The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Data Equity: What Is It, and Why Does It Matter?
Joyce Lee-Ibarra, JLI Consulting
Toward Evidence-Based Antiracist Policymaking: Problems and Proposals for Better Racial
Data Collection and Reporting
N. A. Khoshkhoo, A. Geiger Schwarz, L. Godinez Puig, et al., BU Center for Antiracist
Research
We are sharing these new additions above, and invite you to view the Racial Equity Tools main site for their full library of over 3,600 Equity Resources for your review and use.
Laying the Groundwork: Concepts and Activities for Racial Equity Work
Center for Urban Education. (2020). Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California.
View the 86-page Online PDF Guide
The inquiry tools presented in this guide are the product of the staff who worked at the Center for Urban Education (CUE) from 1999 to 2018. The tools evolved over time, in response to what CUE staff learned from using the tools at campuses across the country, as well as from research on race, racism, and racial equity. Presented here is a collection of CUE’s most impactful tools, organized and edited by Cheryl D. Ching, PhD., who served as a research assistant at CUE from 2012 to 2017 and as a post-doctoral scholar from 2017 to 2018.