Build capacity of communities working for racial equity.
Huntsville Alabama Leadership Impact Program
Designed and facilitated a day-long workshop with key leaders from different sectors of the community to learn about the successes of communities’ racial equity initiatives and the strategies they employed to help shape an action plan produced by the participants. Also, designed and facilitated a half-day workshop with the Racial Harmony Coalition, an interfaith group, to discuss working toward good race relations and addressing racial inequities in Huntsville.
City of Morgantown, West Virginia
Co-facilitated a discussion with Gwen Wright, Change Matters between City of Morgantown, West Virginia University, and Monongalia County Schools District to co-create an inclusive community change process which incorporates each institution’s work.
Designed and facilitated a day-long workshop with key leaders from different sectors of the community to learn about the successes of communities’ racial equity initiatives and the strategies they employed to help shape an action plan produced by the participants. Also, designed and facilitated a half-day workshop with the Racial Harmony Coalition, an interfaith group, to discuss working toward good race relations and addressing racial inequities in Huntsville.
City of Morgantown, West Virginia
Co-facilitated a discussion with Gwen Wright, Change Matters between City of Morgantown, West Virginia University, and Monongalia County Schools District to co-create an inclusive community change process which incorporates each institution’s work.
Race Relations Center of East Tennessee
Facilitated an assessment process for the Race Relations Center of East Tennessee to learn more about the needs and issues regarding racism and race relations in a nine-county region. Developed a program matrix and provided organizational recommendations to address racial inequities and build an inclusive region. Facilitated educational sessions with the Board on the information received from the community, recommendations, and discussing strategic implementation.
Facilitated an assessment process for the Race Relations Center of East Tennessee to learn more about the needs and issues regarding racism and race relations in a nine-county region. Developed a program matrix and provided organizational recommendations to address racial inequities and build an inclusive region. Facilitated educational sessions with the Board on the information received from the community, recommendations, and discussing strategic implementation.
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley
Co-facilitated with Carolyne Abdullah, an assessment process for Columbus, Georgia, and made recommendations to ensure that every resident will have access to all opportunities, which resulted in a state of race relations report.
Report: Columbus, Georgia: Moving Forward Together Initiative
Co-facilitated with Carolyne Abdullah, an assessment process for Columbus, Georgia, and made recommendations to ensure that every resident will have access to all opportunities, which resulted in a state of race relations report.
Report: Columbus, Georgia: Moving Forward Together Initiative
City of Selma
Partner with the National League of Cities on the Selma, Alabama Community Improvement Initiative to address issues of race, education, governance and economic development through a community assessment process, which resulted in a state of race relations report.
Partner with the National League of Cities on the Selma, Alabama Community Improvement Initiative to address issues of race, education, governance and economic development through a community assessment process, which resulted in a state of race relations report.
Researched and wrote Lessons Learned: How Communities are Addressing Racial Inequities, partnered with the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change and National League of Cities. In recent years, a body of knowledge has emerged about CCIs (comprehensive community initiatives) that use community-building strategies and principles, typically with a focus on poverty issues. Less is known about community change initiatives that focus explicitly on racial inequities using a more diverse set of strategies—identified as CCIRs. The research in this report marks the first attempt to document the growing trend of these initiatives.
Researched four communities’ work: Seattle, WA; St. Cloud, MN; Long Island, NY; and Charlotte, NC on racial equity. These sites were selected from the original study because of their use of unique and/or sophisticated strategies; their explicit focus on addressing racial inequities; their ability to show outcomes; and their collective diversity in terms of region, institutional entity, community demographics and community size. The research is documented in Community Change Processes and Progress in Addressing Racial Inequities, partnered with the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change.
Researched four communities’ work: Seattle, WA; St. Cloud, MN; Long Island, NY; and Charlotte, NC on racial equity. These sites were selected from the original study because of their use of unique and/or sophisticated strategies; their explicit focus on addressing racial inequities; their ability to show outcomes; and their collective diversity in terms of region, institutional entity, community demographics and community size. The research is documented in Community Change Processes and Progress in Addressing Racial Inequities, partnered with the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change.
Past Work Experience
Director of the Dismantling Racism Program, National Conference for Community Justice (NCCJ), St. Louis, MO. 1995-1999
Co-developed and directed CommUnity-St. Louis, a comprehensive community initiative to dismantle racism. Included writing grants, chairing a community collaboration council, and coordinating the evaluation process. This initiative was chosen as a promising practice by President Bill Clinton’s Initiative on Race.
Director of the Dismantling Racism Program, National Conference for Community Justice (NCCJ), St. Louis, MO. 1995-1999
Co-developed and directed CommUnity-St. Louis, a comprehensive community initiative to dismantle racism. Included writing grants, chairing a community collaboration council, and coordinating the evaluation process. This initiative was chosen as a promising practice by President Bill Clinton’s Initiative on Race.