Day 19: Tools for the Racial Equity Change Process
“The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be anti-racist. Anti-racism…
UWSCMI Earns Top Merger Award
The merger that created United Way of South Central Michigan has been named the nonprofit M&A Deal of the Year…
Day 18: Being an Ally
“We all have a unique set of privileges that affords us special access and immunity that others may not have.…
Day 17: Building a Race Equity Culture
“And I saw that what divided me from the world was not anything intrinsic to us but the actual injury…
Day 16: The Impact of Racial Trauma on Black, Indigenous, and All People of Color
Recent events including the continued killings of unarmed Black people by law enforcement and the disproportionate rates of COVID-19 cases…
Day 15: Adverse Childhood Experiences
“Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom. But the personality formed in…
Day 14: Education
More than 65 years after the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education declaring racial segregation in…
FEMA Grants Available; $460K To Tackle Hunger, Homelessness
United Way of South Central Michigan has been awarded $460,437 in federal funds to support local food and shelter assistance…
Day 13: Racialized Outcomes in Early Childhood
“To teach in a manner that respects and cares for the souls of our students is essential if we are…
Day 12: The Racial Wealth Gap
“This history matters for contemporary inequality in part because its legacy is passed down generation-to-generation through unequal monetary inheritances which…