PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING COMMUNITY-BASED

RACIAL EQUITY POLICIES & PRACTICES

Thanks to a two-year grant from the Ford Foundation and the deft, expert leadership of project director Mary Virtue, the Community Action Partnership is compiling the lessons learned from its seven-site “Racial Equity and Economic Security” project (REES).  Mary will lead a webinar discussion featuring two of our leading Community Action leaders, John Edwards of Northeast Florida Community Action Agency (and chair of the Partnership board of directors) and Lois Carson of Community Action Partnership of Riverside County (CA).  Sign up now for this no-cost webinar scheduled for Thursday, July 15th.

Free Webinar

Community Action Agencies Working With Racial Equity Outcomes

Thursday, July 15, 2010 from 3:00 - 4:00 pm eastern time

REGISTER TODAY for the first REES webinar with Lois Carson and Mary Virtue:

"Community Action Agencies Working With Racial Equity Outcomes"

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Racism persists because it is built into our institutions and it determines who gets a good education, who gets a job opportunity, and who has access to capital, healthcare and childcare.  It continues to hurt and disadvantage Americans. Community Action can play a role in ending it.  The seven projects in the Racial Equity and Economic Security (REES) initiative are using a racial equity lens to address the issues of race in new ways in their communities.  In these webinars, they will be sharing their experiences and presenting how Community Action Agencies can work to dismantle racism. Major funding for the Partnership’s Racial Equity and Economic Security project is from The Ford Foundation.

• Lois J. Carson, CCAP, is Executive Director of Community Action Partnership of Riverside County.  The REES project at this Community Action Agency focuses advocacy through community dialogues and on providing accessible, quality child care to the hard working residents of the County.

• John Edwards is Chair of the Community Action Partnership board and Executive Director of Northeast Florida Community Action Agency. The REES project at this agency uses the ROMA tools and ARRA funding to address African American male joblessness in a comprehensive way.

• Mary Virtue is the National Project Director for REES.  She has recently written Advancing Racial Equity: Lessons for Philanthropy.  This report is being disseminated by the Ford Foundation and through the Council on Foundation’s social justice project.

System Requirements:

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer)

SECOND REES WEBINAR SCHEDULE:

"Tools to Help You Get Started Using the Racial Equity Lens"

A SEPARATE REGISTRATION will be created for the second REES webinar with John Edwards and Mary Virtue to be held on Thursday, August 5, at 3pm EDT.

Contact:
Lil Dupree
Director of Training and Technical Assistance
Community Action Partnership
1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1210
Washington, DC 20036
202-449-9775 - Direct

CLICK HERE to register for the first REES webinar.