Center For Social Inclusion Inc

CENTER FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION HAS ALIGNED ITS PROGRAMMATIC WORK WITH ITSPARENT ENTITY, RACE FORWARD. RACE FORWARD BRINGS SYSTEMIC ANALYSISAND AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO COMPLEX RACE ISSUES TO HELP PEOPLE TAKEEFFECTIVE ACTION TOWARD RACIAL EQUITY.OUR VISION AND MISSION:VISION: RACE FORWARD IMAGINES A JUST, MULTIRACIAL, DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY,FREE FROM OPPRESSION AND EXPLOITATION, IN WHICH PEOPLE OF COLOR THRIVEWITH POWER AND PURPOSE.MISSION: RACE FORWARD CATALYZES RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT BUILDING. WEBUILD STRATEGIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, ANDSECTORS TO ADVANCE RACIAL JUSTICE IN OUR POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS, ANDCULTURE.OUR THEORY OF CHANGE DETAILS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL METHODOLOGIES. THETHEORY OF CHANGE CALLS FOR RACE FORWARD TO PURSUE RACIAL EQUITY IN FOURWAYS:GROW POWER: WE NEED CONNECTED AND ALIGNED NETWORKS OF PEOPLE,ORGANIZATIONS, AND MOVEMENTS TO BUILD THE COLLECTIVE POWER (ECONOMIC,SOCIAL, POLITICAL ETC.) NECESSARY TO COUNTER STRUCTURAL RACISM AND STEWARD TRANSFORMATIVE SOLUTIONSFOR RACIAL JUSTICE.TRANSFORM CULTURE: WE MUST HARNESS THE POWER OF NARRATIVE, ARTS, ANDCULTURE TO ASSERT THE FULL HUMANITY OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, CHALLENGERACIST IDEOLOGIES THAT FUEL STRUCTURAL RACISM, AND ENVISION A MORE JUSTAND EQUITABLE FUTURE.TRANSFORM POLICY: WE MUST POSITION COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OTHERHISTORICALLY OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES AS LEADERS AND DECISION-MAKERS INTHE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS TO CREATE RACIALLY EQUITABLE POLICIES AT ALLLEVELS.TRANSFORM INSTITUTIONS/SECTORS: INSTITUTIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS OFSOCIETY (E.G. GOVERNMENT, PHILANTHROPY, NON-PROFIT, PRIVATE, ETC.) MUSTOPERATIONALIZE RACIAL EQUITY IN THEIR POLICIES, PRACTICES, PROGRAMS,AND PRODUCTSCENTER FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION IS DISSOLVING, AND THIS IS THE FINAL TAX RETURN FOR THE ENTITY. ALL PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE AT ITS PARENT/TRANSFEREE ENTITY RACE FORWARD.