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Equaility

Economic & Social Equality

"Racism in America is like dust in the air. It seems invisible - even if you're choking on it - until you let the sun in. Then you see it's everywhere."

Kareem Abdul-Jabar

What is racial inequity?

Although the spirit of pursuing equality is still alive and well, equality as a concept neglects to fully factor in the racialized history of the United States and the cumulative toll it has taken on communities of color.

Equality presumes that society can achieve justice if the same response, treatment, or allocation of resources is provided to each individual and communities. "Equity" speaks to the cumulative effects of our racialized history into the envisioning of a more just and humane nation.

True racial equity asks that each of us abandon a one-size fits all approach and instead confront the multi-generational accumulation of wealth, resources, and advantages throughout history that creates the racial injustice we continue to see every day.

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the underbelly of structural racism by revealing how inequitable our systems are for Black, Indigenous, and communities of color. In the wake of civil unrest, the exposures are prompted by:

Murders of Black people at the hands of police,
- George Floyd,
- Breonna Tayor,
- Charleena Lyles,
- Riah Militon,
- Tamir Rice,
- Eric Garner,
- Freddie Gray,
- Philando Castile,
- and many others
Racialized emergency responses of Hurricane
- Katrina and
- Maria in Puerto Rico,
Toxic lead contamination
- Flint, Michigan water supply,
Families being separated by
- carceral centers and
- the border

STMC POC Mission is the aid in the Rehabilitation of BIPOC:

Working together with, take guidance from, be part of, and hold ourselves accountable to community-based movement in communities most affected by structural racialization and structurally racialized systems.

Change structures, policies, processes, and practices in the law, legal profession, and justice system that allow harm and disparate outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and communities of color to continue unabated.
Recognizing, Promoting and supporting that differently situated groups may require different strategies to achieve more equitable outcomes
Continuously examine whether we and our partners are operating in alignment with the race equity and justice values and goals.
- Race equality policies and practices
  - Recruitment and hiring
  - Work acceptance
  - Priority-setting
  - Governance,
  - Organizational culture, communications
  - Community partnership and accountability
    - Low-income Black, Indigenous and communities of color.

STMC projected to provide units of housing—30 percent occupied by homeless, 40 percent occupied by very low-income residents, 20 percent occupied by low-income residents, and 10 percent to be sold to market-rate buyers.

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