Addressing racial equity through large-scale dialogue and collaborative action.
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We need to face racism head-on in order to have healthy communities and a strong country. Racism and gaps among racial and ethnic groups affect education, housing, health care, the justice system and job opportunities. If we're going to make progress in our communities and in our country, people from all backgrounds and views must work together to address racism and inequities.
Dialogue-to-change programs can help people from a variety of racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds examine the gaps among racial and ethnic groups where they live, explore approaches to creating greater equity, and create lasting change in their community.
Why addressing racism is important to building a strong democracy:
- Racism is rooted in our history and embedded in our culture
- Racism is one of the greatest barriers to solving all kinds of public problems
- Because of this, we help communities pay special attention to how structural racism and other structural inequities affect the problems they want to address
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Building trust in a divided community
Now that the dust has settled from allegations of racial discrimination by four police officers in East Haven, Conn., several groups are working to establish trust across racial lines. "Many places don't have an understanding of what it takes to build a relationship across the divide," said Martha McCoy. "People have to connect before they can actually do something."
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Planning for change
Making institutional change creates lasting effects, but it is no easy task. A participant in the Dialogue on Race initiative in Charlottesville, Va., reflects on progress and calls for a city-funded commission to help dismantle institutional racism.
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