Dear Friend, 

February has been busy, and we're not done yet!

Today, Race Forward released a new tool: Organizing for Racial Equity Within the Federal Government, which lays out a clear path for federal civil servants who are committed to helping their institutions achieve racial equity. The resource focuses on unifying strategies and structures that facilitate a deep, widespread, and sustained commitment to racial equity across the whole of government. Emerging and leading racial equity practitioners who understand it is important to continually bring more people together and to build staff and organizational capacity for change will find this resource helpful. 

In Case You Missed It: We also recently released two other tools to help advance racial equity in the federal government in response to the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Racial Equity:

• Advancing Equity in Year 2 of the Biden Administration - Download here
• Advancing Racial Equity: A Framework for Federal Agencies - Download here

And, earlier this month, along with PolicyLink we hosted “Racial Equity: “The Whole of Government Responsibility." Guests included Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and New Georgia Project CEO Nsé Ufot, both of whom discussed the need for these tools and the importance of the federal government working with communities of color to advance racial equity.

WATCH HERE.

Coming up!

Join us for Organizing for Strong Schools and a Multiracial Democracy, on March 30, 2022 at 7:00 pm EST. Register here.

H.E.A.L. (Honest Education Action & Leadership) Together, a new initiative of Race Forward, is partnering with local and national organizations to build a movement of students, educators, and parents in school districts across America who believe that an honest, accurate, and fully funded public education is the foundation for a just, multiracial democracy. Come learn how all of us have a stake in the future of America's education system and how we can #HEALTogether.

Speakers include President of Race Forward and Publisher of Colorlines Glenn Harris, National Education Association President Becky Pringle, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Emmy award winning social justice storyteller Sarah Eagle Heart, the #HEALTogether team and our partners.

Get Involved at Facing Race!

With so much at stake, we invite your participation at Facing Race to help chart the path for the future of the racial justice movement. Like those who came before us, we must strive and we must organize to create and build the society we want and deserve. It is a decisive moment in our movement, a time to press forward in solidarity as a coalition  of movement makers.

Find out how you can participate by presenting a session or your original  film,  volunteering, becoming a vendor or sponsor or attending!  

Staff Picks

During these trying times, it's important to share the things that keep us going. In this edition, we hear from our Senior Video Producer, Tiye Rose.

"Station Eleven is an HBO Max mini-series adapted from the novel by Emily St. John Mandel. While much of the story does revolve around life after a worldwide pandemic, it feels like catharsis and it is beautifully done. It also highlights something we never see in post-apocalyptic media: what happens to art when the world ends. Does art survive and endure? I highly recommend it for the acting and cinematography too." 

Credit: Salon

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In solidarity,

Team Race Forward