#FORUMCON1 9 JULY 1 5–1 7, 20 1 9 | CLEVELAND
Public Policy Peer Community Lori Villarosa , Executive Director, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity @RJGrantmakers Anthony Simmons , Manager for the Racial Equity Grantmaking Program, ABFE @ABFE Lauren Bennett , Director of Communications, Funders Together to End Homelessness @FundersTogether #FORUMCON19
Today’s Roadmap Welcome and Introductions Presentation from PRE, ABFE, and Funders Together To End Homelessness Break Table Breakout Discussions Open Discussion Conclusion #FORUMCON19
Introductions of Public Policy Peer Community Attendees #FORUMCON19
Ground Rules and Mutual Commitments • Be Present • Step up, step back • Build and maintain brave space • Don’t assume, clarify your understanding vs defining others’ points • Offer what you can, ask for what you need, & embrace your role in learning & leading process • Respect confidentiality/check to share lessons #FORUMCON19
Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity - Founded 16 years ago with mission to increase the amount and effectiveness of resources aimed at combating institutional and structural racism in communities through capacity building, education, and convening of grantmakers and grantseekers - Lori Villarosa, Founder and Executive Director - Guided by multiracial, mainly POC, intergenerational, diverse leadership of racial justice activists, advocates, think tanks, and organizers. www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
MORE PSO’S ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY/RACIAL JUSTICE According to United Philanthropy Forum’s 2018 Report Advancing Racial Equity in Philanthropy: A Scan of Philanthropy- Serving Organizations , 51% of survey respondents have been engaged in racial equity work, though don’t necessarily consider their efforts advanced. Below are just a few highlights: Connecticut Council for Philanthropy – Like many, has ongoing DEI committee, in past six months alone, CCP: • convened CEOs of Community Foundations & private foundation members for daylong session on racial equity/racial justice grantmaking with PRE; hosted focus group of racial equity NGOs to inform process and identify needs; provided training for membership on racial equity grantmaking with Race Forward; and highlighted racial equity throughout annual conference. • Funders Together to End Homelessness – Funders Together to End Homelessness brought in PRE and ABFE to work with Board and Staff, highlighted racial equity issues at annual convenings and developed their own program: Foundations for Racial Equity. This program is a two-year practice to “help funders move the needle toward greater racial equity in homelessness and housing.” • Grantmakers in the Arts – GIA offered a pre-conference workshop at their conference on RE and engaged a range of thought leaders in the space through workshops and trainings. • Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers – WRAG’s current work includes Putting Racism on the Table, ”a learning and action series for philanthropy” covering different topics related to structural racism. Phase two of their RE work includes evolving to engage nonprofit leaders. www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
www.racialequity.org Strengthening Philanthropy’s Capacity to Engage in Policy: Progress Report on United Philanthropy @RJGrantmakers Forum’s PolicyWorks Initiative United Philanthropy Forum, 2019
Strengthening Philanthropy’s Capacity to Engage in Policy: Progress Report on United Philanthropy Forum’s PolicyWorks Initiative United Philanthropy Forum, 2019 www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
www.racialequity.org Strengthening Philanthropy’s Capacity to Engage in Policy: Progress Report on United Philanthropy Forum’s PolicyWorks @RJGrantmakers Initiative United Philanthropy Forum, 2019
www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
Presented by Anthony Simmons, Manager (ABFE) – July 15, 2019
About ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities Mission: To Promote Effective and Responsive Philanthropy in Black Communities 17
Clarifying concepts: The Inter-related Forms of Racism Many of us tend to focus our Internali alized attention here White te privilege/ power Person onally ally mediated ABFE Institutio ional/ l/ framework Structural St focuses here 18
Policies and practices create barriers to opportunity: A historical example that shapes opportunity today Film clip from Segregated by Design Available from Silkworm Studio 19
THE BACKSTORY OF INEQUITY IN THE US 20
THE BACKSTORY OF INEQUITY IN THE US 21
Philip’s Story Consequences for Consequences for Child born Father’s GI Bill: FHA & VA child’s education child’s well-being right after status loans in adulthood WWII Family borrowed Philip gets White Able to use low- Low- from home professional job, income, veteran, interest equity to send buys own house, White high school mortgage child to college inherits diploma provisions to (first in family to appreciated move family go to college) house when from public father dies, is able housing to to save for segregated retirement suburban home ownership 22
Thomas’ Story Consequences for Father’s Consequences for Child born GI Bill : FHA & VA child’s well-being status child’s education right after loans in adulthood WWII Thomas works in Black Family could not Could not access Low- lower-wage jobs, veteran, afford to send income, home loan b/c of remains in rental high school child to college; Black racially home, has to diploma high school restrictive borrow $ when diploma is from underwriting father dies to give under-resourced criteria; family him decent school remained in funeral rental housing in the city 23
Philip’s & Thomas’ Story in Pictures 1948 1955 2005 Both Dads GI Bill in WWII 24
THE BACKSTORY OF INEQUITY IN THE US W H I T E I T E F FA M I L I M I L I E S B L A L AC K F FA M I L I M I L I E S Source: Rothstein, Richard. The Color of Law . 2017. * Reflect 1989 available data 25
Outmigration of Desegregation Racial Jobs from Inner Produces Class GI Bill Segregation, City, Resource Separation w/in City & Suburbs Disinvestment Communities of Color Ways the GI Bill contributed to Opportunity-Poor Heightened Disproportionate Neighborhoods that Surveillance & Stigma Expulsion from today’s racial Undermine the from Authorities: Mainstream Social Fabric for Hospitals, Child Institutions & Intake inequities in Lower-Income Welfare, Juvenile into Deep End Families of Color Justice, Police, School Systems employment Administrators, Etc. Zip code discrimination in hiring War on Drugs, Different laws for • Employment crack and powder barriers cocaine • Long-term housing instability 26
GIs & residents from other racial groups had inequitable experiences, too. Navajo Code Talkers, 1944 Aleut “scorched earth policy” & internment, 1942 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/bill-calls-congressional-gold- medal-chinese-american-wwii-vets-n757951 Herbert Miyasaki and Akiji Yoshima. Source: Franco Arcebal. Source: CNN.com WP:NFCC#4 Roberto Ruiz. Source: OC Register, 9/14/2011 27
For information about trainings or to discuss further, contact: ABFE (Association for Black Foundation Executives) Anthony Simmons, Manager asimmons@abfe.org www.abfe.org 28
Using the Principles of Equity and Inclusion to Guide our Policy Work www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
Using Choice Points to Advance Equity& Inclusion 1. Where are the decision-making points that affect outcomes? 2. What decisions/actions may be reinforcing the status quo, implicit bias and current inequities? 3. What alternative action options could produce different outcomes? 4. Which action will best advance equity and inclusion? 5. What reminders, supports and accountability systems can be structured into routine practices to keep equity as a high priority? www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
Systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take Policy Development effective action toward racial equity. Communications Institutional Narrative Change Capacity Building
-- Grassroots Policy Project
www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
“[Organization X] experts spent the last few months in conversations with leaders from across the country who are using a range of established strategies to promote equity and expand access to opportunity.” “Because [Organization Y] is also focused on these issues, I thought I would reach out personally to share the results of this deliberate process, which identifies areas where knowledge-building focused explicitly on overcoming the legacy of structural racism could accelerate solutions to the profound equity gaps that persist today.” “The [Organization X] team is available to meet with you and your team about finding solutions to structural racism…” www.racialequity.org @RJGrantmakers
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