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Racial Equity Solutions for California Community Colleges

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.

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Racial Equity Tools Online Resources

In July of 2022, RacialEquityTools.org (RET) added 118 new resources to their already robust online datatbase 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: 

1. Fundamentals
2. Plan
3. Act
4. Evaluate

We are sharing these new additions below, 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.

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FUNDAMENTALS 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   Intersectionality Toolkit A. Giorgadze, D. Prisacariu, E. Rise, et al., IGLYO   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   Examples of White Antiracism in U.S. History Cross Cultural Solidarity   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

 

 

PLAN 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   New Economy Project   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   Experiment in Liberation Courtney Ng, Wayfinding Partners   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

 

 

ACT 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   Pop Culture Collaborative   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   Building Civic Power & Practicing Co-Governance: Equitable Access to Flood Recovery in Harris County, TX Demos   “Nobody's Coming to Save Any of Us”: Lessons from Grassroots Power Building in West Virginia Mat Hanson, The Forge   People’s Action   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

 

EVALUATE 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   Using Data to Move Racial Equity Conversations Forward Dusty Olson and Alissa Parrish, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning & Development

 

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.