WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING?

  • We sought REI's training because we feel our team needs to be leaders in their understanding of issues of race and ethnicity in the U.S. in order to fulfill our mission, and the Groundwater training was one of the most fact-based and therefore compelling overviews of data that would impact our understanding. The Groundwater training will have very long-term influence on our thinking, input into our organization's strategies and programs, and influence on the role we play in our home community and others in the US.

    Cathy Belk, President, JumpStart Inc, Cleveland, OH

  • It was deeply moving. To the point where I'm a 51-year old black woman and I had a conversation with two 50+ white men afterward that were meaningful. We can have conversations that don't get emotional and think with the front of our brain and not the back.

    Val Tate, Indianapolis Inclusive Innovation Council

  • Completing Phase I of the Racial Equity Institute was nothing short of life changing for me. In addition to radically reorienting the way I view myself, others, and the problem of race, REI gave me a competent vocabulary for understanding and articulating the realities of race in our nation. This starting point has allowed me to engage in anti-racism work more authentically and effectively.

    Josiah M. Daniels, Charlotte Family Housing

Race Matters for Juvenile Justice, is a collaborative leadership group that works within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community in North Carolina to reduce disproportionately negative outcomes for children and families of color through institutional organizing, education, and workforce development. 

RMJJ has had thousands of people in their network go through the REI Phase 1 training. From the training, RMJJ realized the disparities they were seeing were a systems problem, and so they took a collective approach. 

RMJJ embraced the training as a first step. From there, RMJJ tried a variety of change strategies to look at the pieces of each organization in the coalition, to help them own their role in the disparities. They developed cross-system collaboration, shared language, and mutually reinforcing activities that they implemented through all sectors of their collective. 

For over two decades, The Partnership Project (TPP) has been a driving force in the Greensboro and Guilford County region, working to deepen community understanding of why, despite decades of progress, racial disparities remain pervasive across every indicator of well-being.

Since 2012, the trainings offered by the Racial Equity Institute (REI)—have provided local leaders with powerful tools and insights that have led to substantial, measurable changes. This Impact Report (left image) are four key impacts illustrating TPP’s commitment to systemic transformation.

The Partnership Project’s enduring mission—to equip communities with the understanding and tools needed to dismantle systemic racism—has driven measurable progress in housing, healthcare, child welfare, and economic development. Each of these successes underscores the transformative power of centering race to close disparities and create lasting, equitable change.

WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING?

One of REI’s core objectives for participants in our workshops and trainings is to empower them to create meaningful impact within the systems they are part of. These sessions offer a powerful analysis that has transformed the way individuals approach their work. Below are some examples of this impact in action: