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31 Ways in 31 Days to Celebrate Latine Children, Youth, and Families
From September 15th to October 15th, our nation celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month to observe and recognize our Latine* culture and the milestones and contributions of our community. The observation originated as a week-long celebration and was later extended by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to be celebrated over a full month. Rightfully so, as our U.S. Hispanic…
La encuesta “Enfocar la equidad racial a través de la colaboración”
La encuesta “Enfocar la equidad racial a través de la colaboración” evalúa sus percepciones sobre las
fortalezas de la colaboración en un proyecto entre los socios de la organización y dentro de los grupos
de trabajo (por ejemplo, comité directivo, junta asesora, equipo de implementación, equipo de gestión).
Centering Racial Equity in Collaboration Survey
Collaboration is a fundamental strategy to accomplish a common purpose. It is not an end to itself, but instead a strategy to achieve goals and positive outcomes. This strategy, however, will be ineffective if it does not assess variables such as barriers to community-led participation, structural oppression, and cultural humility. The Centering Racial Equity in…
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Consolidar una Cultura de Confianza
Un error que comúnmente cometen las organizaciones es embarcarse en el diseño de un marco de equidad o intentar analizar temas espinosos relacionados con la cultura y la opresión cuando no hay confianza y sí temor a la vulnerabilidad. No es posible mantener una conversación dura si no existe confianza. En este contexto, la confianza…
Transformational Collaborations: Considerations to Apply a Racial Equity Lens
There is a strong interest and movement towards collaboration in the victim services field. A critical analysis of collaboration efforts that involve culturally specific organizations, however, show they often amount to little more than a referral network, function independently, and centralize leadership and control. Traditional collaboration concepts fail to critically examine how power is conceptualized,…
Strategies to Recruit, Hire, and Sustain Diversity in the Workplace
There is strong empirical confirmation that effectively recruiting, hiring, and retaining a diverse staff is positively correlated with increased organizational performance. Many studies and surveys show however, that recruiting, hiring, and retaining a diverse staff is a challenge that many organizations face. Strategies to Recruit, Hire, and Sustain Diversity in the Workplace responds to this…
Building a Culture of Trust
Workplace discussion on issues such as racism, ageism, and heteronormativity can be difficult even in circumstances where people have strong relationships and can assume goodwill. Too often, efforts to address culture, oppression and equity fail to recognize the absence of trust or fear of vulnerability that limit the ability to generate the learning and positive…
Understanding Oppression and Promoting Equity
Ruby White Starr To build effective and sustainable alliances with historically marginalized communities, organizations need a clear understanding of culture and oppression. Here we will get grounded on concepts related to culture and oppression, gain a better understanding of the intersection of our own identity and how it impacts relationships with others, and explore the…
Community Connections: Men, Gender, and Violence
Caminar Latino began in 1990, as the first support group for Spanish-speaking battered Latinas in Georgia. The agency affirmed from the beginning that the voices of battered Latinas would be the guiding force behind the program. This began to rapidly generate program innovations. The first of these had to do with children and teenagers. The…
Latinas Create Own Domestic Violence Strategies
Read the full article here: https://womensenews.org/2001/05/latinas-create-own-domestic-violence-strategies/#.VCQtWitdXzY