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Local Advocacy and Community Building in Battle Creek, MI
Since 2003, the Kirwan Institute has been working with the National Resource Center for the Healing of Racism in Battle Creek, Michigan to develop a series of presentations on structural racism and communities of opportunity for public outreach, advocacy and education. In addition to conducting analysis that examined the structural causes of regional dispari¬ties, Kirwan staffers have assisted with regional convenings focused on the need to connect all residents to communities of opportunity and to address housing and economic development disparities that disadvantage the entire region.
For more information, please visit:
- The National Center for the Healing of Racism at http://www.nrchr.org/aboutus.asp
Reference materials:
- Achieving Equitable Education in Calhoun County
Presented by Rebecca Reno at Calhoun County Summit on the Healing of Racism, Battle Creek, MI - Communities of Opportunity: A Framework to Produce Greater Racial, Social and Regional Equity
Presented by Jason Reece at Calhoun County Summit on the Healing of Racism, Battle Creek, MI - Color-Blind Racism
Presented by Philip Mazzocco at Calhoun County Summit on the Healing of Racism, Battle Creek, MI - Equitable Economic Development: Examples From The Field
Presented by Denis Rhoden Jr. at Calhoun County Summit on the Healing of Racism, Battle Creek, MI - Race and Calhoun County: What Does The Data Say?
Presented by Jason Reece at Calhoun County Summit on the Healing of Racism, Battle Creek, MI
