INTENT TO DISCRIMINATE NOT REQUIRED: UNDERSTANDING A STRUCTURAL RACE LENS EPIP Webinar September 24th, 2014 EPIP Host: Michael Barham Panelists: Angela Brown & Nahir Torres, The Hyams Foundation Dennis Chin & Julia Beatty, Center for Social Inclusion

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Today’s Panelists • Angela Brown, Director of Programs, The Hyams Foundation

• Nahir Torres, Teen Development Program Officer, The Hyams Foundation

• Julia Beatty, Coordinator for Leadership Initiatives, Center for Social Inclusion

• Dennis Chin, Communications Coordinator, Center for Social Inclusion

SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE

Intent to Discriminate Not Required: !Understanding!the!Structural!Race!Lens!

A"Presentation"for"Emerging"Practitioners"in"Philanthropy"(EPIP)"

Presenters:((Julia(Beatty(and(Dennis(Chin(September(24th(2014(

About!the!Center!for!Social!Inclusion:!

Ideas"

Leadership" Communications"

What we do:

The"Center"for"Social"Inclusion"(CSI)"works"to"identify"and"support"policy!strategies"to"transform"structural"inequity"and"exclusion"into"structural"fairness"and"inclusion.""

3 pillars: •  Ideas"•  Leadership"•  Communications"

SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE

Understanding the Structural Race Lens

Current!Context!of!Race:"

Structural"

Institution"

Individual"

•  Individual!racism:!PreDjudgment,"bias,"or"discrimination"by"an"individual"based"on"race.""

•  Institutional!racism:!Policies,"practices"and"procedures"that"work"to"the"benefit"of"white"people"and"to"the"detriment"of"people"of"color,"often"unintentionally"or"inadvertently."

•  Structural!racism:!A"history"and"current"reality"of"institutional"racism"across"all"institutions."This"combines"to"create"a"system"that"negatively"impacts"communities"of"color."

Different!kinds!of!racism:"

Structures!are!a!part!of!our!lives:!

“Structural Racism” points to multiple institutions The"ways"our"public"and"private"institutions"interact"to"produce"barriers"to"opportunity"and"racial"disparities."

Intent to discriminate is irrelevant Structures"just"do"what"they"do"and"reinforce"disinvestment"and"disparities."

What!we!mean!by!“structural!race”:!

Policies!matter:!

White!

People!of!Color!

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2010:!Majority"of"new"births"are"people"of"color"

2042:!Majority"of"all"Americans"are"people"of"color"

Demographic!shifts!mean!a!new!majority:"

SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE

Applying the Structural Race Analysis

Identifying!structural!problems:!

Identifying!structural!problems:!

Identifying!structural!problems:!

Stay Connected: www.centerforsocialinclusion.org(

facebook.com/centerforsocialinclusion((@theCSI(

Julia"Beatty " " " " " " " "Dennis"Chin"

jbeatty@thecsi.org " " " " " "dchin@thecsi.org""

THE HYAMS FOUNDATION RACIAL JUSTICE LENS:

Today, we will address: •  Question: How did Hyams – which is focused on social/economic justice

in Boston and Chelsea – get here? Why did we choose to apply a structural race analysis?

•  Case study: application of Hyams’s racial justice definition to our current goal -- “long-term success of youth of color/low income youth in Boston and Chelsea.” How applying the definition led to choosing new and fair public revenue (a/k/a progressive tax policy) as our RJ “entry point.”

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BUILDING ON HYAMS’ TRAJECTORY OVER TIME

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Youth-Led Organizing Diversity in philanthropy

Economic Justice “wins”

The Inclusion Initiative Intermediaries

Legislative Redistricting /Drawing Democracy

Org. Capacity Building

Constituent-Driven Policy Change

Grantee board and staff diversity

Inclusive Practice /Increased Div. At Hyams

Immigrant Leadership Fund

WORKED WITH

“Racial justice is when systems and structures create the conditions for increased collective well-being and produce equitable power, access, opportunities and outcomes regardless of race.”

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HYAMS FOUNDATION RACIAL JUSTICE DEFINITION:

RACIAL JUSTICE ENTRY POINT

New and Fair Revenues – What we did: ! 2012- 2013: special grants totaling $317,000 to three adult-based

and 9 youth-based organizing and advocacy grantees.

! 2014: special grants totaling $170,000 to 10 youth organizing

grantees. To strengthen activities to educate peer youth and community

members about the need for progressively raised public revenue in

order to fund youth jobs, public education, and other youth-identified

priorities.

RACIAL JUSTICE ENTRY POINT

New and Fair Revenue/Progressive Tax- Why we did it: ! Changes to state tax to “increase the pie” -- offset use of local taxation

that currently funds the bulk of education expenditures

! The 2012- 2013 policy environment created a window

! Youth-led groups began to see links. Opportunities in other areas/

institutions. Sets the stage for array of desired policies (e.g. K-12 /

alternative ed.; alternatives to expulsion/suspension in education; youth

jobs)

STAY IN TOUCH! Angela Brown Nahir Torres

Abrown@hyamsfoundation.org 617-426-5600 Ext 310

Ntorres@hyamsfoundation.org 617-426-5600 Ext 312

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