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Register now for Race Forward's Webinar #RaceAnd Pandemics: COVID-19 and global diseases through a structural lens.

The racialization of Covid-19 is not new and in fact continues a pattern present throughout the history of the racialization of diseases and pandemics in the United States.

This webinar will use a systemic racial analysis to dig into the structural roots of the racialization of global diseases. We will look at examples in history of when diseases have been racialized to show that:

1. The racialization of diseases is rooted in structural racism - in interconnected policies, practices, institutions, culture, and ideologies that disenfranchise Black and Brown people.

2. The racialization of diseases advance systemic racial inequities that cause long term harm to generations of Black, Indigenous, and POC (BIPOC) persons and their communities.

For more information, or to register for the webinar, click here.

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Register now for Race Forward's Virtual Building Racial Equity workshops!

The Building Racial Equity series, developed by Race Forward, are interactive trainings for those who wish to challenge and change institutional racial inequities. Building Racial Equity: Foundations is the first and “foundational” training of the series. This training will introduce participants to concepts, frames, and tools that are essential to a productive racial equity practice. Participants will build on and strengthen racial equity practices for themselves, their organization, and their networks.

If you work with organizations and communities that are seeking to build racial equity within and across institutions, then we would like to invite you to check out our Building Racial Equity (BRE): Foundations training series.

Virtual training will happen on May 5th.
Scholarships are available as needed and upon request. Email us at bre@raceforward.org to inquire about our scholarships.

For more information, or to register for the May 5th virtual BRE workshops, click here.

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The People Behind the Movement

Cutting Edge in Equity Policy: The City of San Francisco is Working Towards the Elimination of Fines and Fees.

A Conversation with The Financial Justice Project's Director, Anne Stuhlreder.

In the News

The Case for Racial Equity in Aging Has Never Been Stronger.
Given that older adults and people with serious medical conditions are at greatest risk of COVID-19 complications, this raises pressing questions. What are we doing to support older people of color, who might be disproportionately impacted by this outbreak? And why does COVID-19 disproportionately impact the health of older people of color and their paid caregivers, their direct care workers?

To read The American Society on Aging's full article, click here.

Coronavirus has hit Black people hard nationwide.
Many people have called the coronavirus a “great equalizer.” But while the virus might not discriminate, the impact on different communities is far from equal.

To register for an info session on the 1st Thursday of every month, click here.
To register for an info session on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, click here.

Help us meet our goal of getting 1,000 organizations across the country make a commitment to advancing racial equity!

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Join Racial Equity Here, GARE's new, cross-sector platform to align efforts across the country! Racial Equity Here is a movement of jurisdictions, community groups, foundations, businesses and schools committed to three steps forward on racial equity: to LEARN, ACT, and PARTNER, with tools provided.

For more information about our Racial Equity Here, Commit to Action site, or to join the more than 500 organizations that have committed to advancing racial equity, click here.