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Day 21: Take Action in Your Community
Congratulations on completing the United Way Racial Equity Challenge. We are thankful that you have come along with us on this journey and made time to learn and reflect on topics of racial equity. We know these conversations and the feelings they evoke are not always easy but making space for brave dialogue is one…
Read MoreDay 20: Final Reflections
Today’s challenge is to take time to reflect on your experience over the past 20 days. Research shows that a critical component to learning is taking time to reflect or being intentional about processing the lessons being taught by your experiences. Today’s Challenge Reflection More Group Discussion Prompts
Read MoreDay 18: Being an Ally
“We all have a unique set of privileges that affords us special access and immunity that others may not have. Through allyship, we can begin to close that gap by strategically using our privileges.” -Allyship (& Accomplice): The What, Why, and How by Michelle MiJung Kim What does it mean to be an ally? An…
Read MoreDay 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 in Black and Hispanic communities once again shed light on the deeply embedded systemic racism in this country and its institutions. It is important to recognize that People of Color often experience significant trauma as…
Read MoreDay 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 to provide the necessary conditions where learning can most deeply and intimately begin.” Bell Hooks Anti-racist education in early childhood classrooms is far more than a multicultural lesson or two. It requires educators to deeply…
Read MoreDay 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 make up a great deal of current wealth.” -Examining the Black/White Wealth Gap, Brookings Institute The racial wealth gap involves more than debt and payday lending. It’s about bias, discrimination, redlining and many other inequities…
Read MoreDay 9: Housing Inequality
The reality is that housing affordability and who experiences homelessness is largely influenced by our country’s history of racism. According to the Center for American Progress 2019 article, How America’s Housing System Undermines Wealth Building in Communities of Color, “For centuries, structural racism in the U.S. housing system has contributed to stark and persistent racial…
Read MoreBethany Stutzman Named to Lead Jackson Role
JACKSON – Bethany Stutzman has been named Senior Director of Community Impact for UWSCMI. The long-time Jackson resident will also serve as site leader at UWSCMI’s Jackson office. Stutzman previously served as Director of Community Impact, overseeing United Way’s impact work in Jackson County. She joined United Way of Jackson County in 2005, where her…
Read MoreDay 6: Levels of Racism
“Americans believe in the reality of ‘race’ as a defined, indubitable feature of the natural world. Racism—the need to ascribe bone-deep features to people and then humiliate, reduce, and destroy them—inevitably follows from this inalterable condition. In this way, racism is rendered as the innocent daughter of Mother Nature, and one is left to deplore…
Read MoreDay 4: Talking About Race & Racism
“Oftentimes people of color are asked to educate white people on issues that the person of color has lived with and thought about for their entire lives. That can be very psychologically and emotionally exhausting for a person to then have to care about the white person’s feelings and to take those extra efforts so…
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