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Growing Together As Allies (GTAA)

Supporting Systems and Communities in Achieving Racial Equity: A Groundwater Analysis

Session 4: December 2, 2021, 6-8pm Global and Community Practice Annual Barbera-Villegas Lecture  

Joyce James

SUPPORTING SYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES IN ACHIEVING RACIAL EQUITY:
A GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS

Session description: In this presentation, Ms. James will share her journey in developing the Texas Model for addressing Disproportionality and Disparities and the Groundwater Analysis for Addressing Racial Inequities© as the foundation for creating antiracist organizational cultures for undoing institutional and structural racism and improving outcomes for all populations. Participants will gain an increased understanding of the importance of cross systems collaborations and building partnerships with poor communities of color to remove the barriers that contribute to racial inequities. The session will include discussion of the pitfalls of well-meaning and well-intentioned leaders, who in isolation of an analysis of institutional and structural racism, and a racial equity lens, continue to unconsciously contribute to sustaining and often perpetuating racial inequities in the design and delivery of programs and services.

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