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When multiracial boards struggle to center racial equity

Our community board includes people across racial lines and we're trying to address racial equity in our programs but the white members keep centering their own learning process instead of focusing on outcomes for community members of color.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A governance group is discovering that good intentions around racial equity don't automatically translate into effective decision-making across racial differences.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Racial identity — lived experience?”

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