Opportune Timing Racial Equity Policy Tools and Opportunities for the Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity at Voices for Racial Justice

Loading...

View/Download File

Opportune Timing Final 2.pdf (1.14 MB)

Persistent link to this item

https://hdl.handle.net/11299/207629

Statistics

View Statistics

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Title

Opportune Timing Racial Equity Policy Tools and Opportunities for the Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity at Voices for Racial Justice

Authors

Bakerian-Devane, Luna

Published Date

2017-08-31

Publisher

Type

Thesis or Dissertation

Abstract

This policy project outlines racial equity policy tools and explores opportunities for furthering the impact of the Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity produced by Voices for Racial Justice in Minnesota. Voices for Racial Justice is a Minneapolis nonprofit organization that began in 1993 as the Organizing Apprenticeship Project, working to train community organizers and catalyzing work for social and economic justice. In 2014, the organization shifted focus exclusively to the work of racial justice. The Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity began in 2005 as an opportunity to evaluate the work of the Minnesota State Legislature in terms of racial equity. It provides accountability, education, and a community resource. This report makes the case for assessing governance and policy through a racial equity lens, lays the framework for racial equity reporting, details the longstanding report card model at Voices for Racial Justice, and explores new opportunities for the report card. Outside of the scope of this project are explanations of and opportunities for federal and local level racial equity assessments, although they are addressed. It is my hope that this analysis will be useful in informing racial equity reporting in Minnesota, and can be an informational and inspirational guide for those working for racial justice nationwide.

Keywords

racial equity, racial justice, policy, Minnesota, legislature, report card, assessment, social justice

Description

Related to

Replaces

License

Collections

Public Policy: Professional Papers

Series/Report Number

Funding information

Isbn identifier

Doi identifier

Previously Published Citation

Suggested citation

Bakerian-Devane, Luna. (2017). Opportune Timing Racial Equity Policy Tools and Opportunities for the Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity at Voices for Racial Justice. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/207629.

Content distributed via the University Digital Conservancy may be subject to additional license and use restrictions applied by the depositor. By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. Materials in the UDC may contain content that is disturbing and/or harmful. For more information, please see our statement on harmful content in digital repositories.