REES Webinar: Tools to Get Started for Community Action Agencies Working With Racial Equity Outcomes

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, health care 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.

John Edwards, Jr., CCAP                         Mary Virtue         

• John Edwards, Jr., CCAP, 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.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY for the second REES webinar with John Edwards and Mary Virtue: Community Action Agencies Working With Racial Equity Outcomes

Thursday, August 5, at 3-4 pm EDT

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

Call or email Lil Dupree at 202-449-9775 with any questions.