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Racial Equity as a lens for Anti-poverty Program Design Lois J. Carson, CCAP Executive Director Community Action Partnership of Riverside County Thursday, September 3, 2009 Policy Advisory Committee Name Organization Dr. Shelagh CamakRiverside Community College Chair Dr. Bradley Gilbert, Inland Empire Health Plan M.D. Technical Advisory Committee Name Ms. Deborah ClarkCrews Chair Ms. Debbie Whitaker-Meneses Organization Riverside County Child Care Consortium Riverside Community College Dr. Carlos Cortes Retired Educator, UCR Ms. Debbie Cournoyer Riverside Executive Office Ms. Jennifer Vaughn-Blakely The Sundance Company Ms. Diana WalshReuss Riverside County Office of Education Mr. John Mealey Coachella Valley Housing Coalition Ms. Laurie Schoenberg First Five Riverside Mr. Ramon Alvarez Alvarez Lincoln Mercury Dealership Ms. Lois J. Carson CAP Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge, Phd City of Riverside University of California, Dr. Yolanda Moses Riverside Riverside County Executive Mr. Gary Christmas Office Kevin McCarthy, United Way of Inland Valley CEO Ms. Maria Y. Juarez CAP Riverside Mr. Richard Lemire CAP Riverside Ms. Sayori Baldwin Dept. of Pub. Soc. Serv. Ms. Jean Booth Alexander First Five Riverside Mr. Kevin Meconis Dept. of Public Health 1. LET US TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT 2. LET US KEEP AN OPEN MIND 3. LET US SEARCH FOR CONSENSUS 4. LET US NOT INTERRUPT OTHERS 5. LET US STRIVE FOR HONESTY 6. LET US REFRAIN FROM PERSONAL ATTACKS 7. LET US SHARE PERSONAL STORIES FOR ENLIGHTENMENT 8. LET US SEARCH FOR NEW WAYS TO DISCUSS RACE INTELLECTUALLY 9. LET US RECRUIT GROUPS TO HOST A BIG VIEW MEETING Racial Equity and Economic Security Riverside Community College University of California, Riverside La Sierra University Cal Baptist University College of the Desert Cal State University, San Bernardino (Palm Desert Campus) Palo Verde Community College Mt. San Jacinto College Colleges Human Rights Groups The Community Action Network makes an appropriate vehicle to design a response to structural racism for the following reasons: 1. CAA’s are charged with considering hiring the poor and minorities. 2. CAA’S advocate for and monitor fair housing, environmental justice and safe neighborhoods. 3. CAA’s recognize that poverty comes in all colors. 4. CAA’s monitor communities for changes such as emerging populations. 5. CAA’s are governed by a tripartite Board which is diverse economically, racially and socially. 6. CAA’s look for new and creative solutions to old intractable problems as a matter of design. 7. CAA’s are change agents which are reflected in design. 8. CAA’s adhere to the principle of “Maximum Feasible Participation.” 9. CAA’s are advocates for equal opportunity. 10. CAA’s are committed to the principle of “second chance” for the poor and minorities who may have sketchy work experiences wherever possible. These practices have withstood the test of time and served to develop the agency and the people who work there and communities and the people who live there. BIG VIEW MEETINGS Human Relations Council of Hemet- San JacintoMenifee Human Relations Commission City of Riverside Human Rights Commission City of Palm Springs July 8 September 9 October 27 To be followed with dialogues at Colleges/Universities, In Churches and other Venues