Race Content Topic Results
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May 2017
Supporting Victims and Survivors of Faith: African-American Victims and Survivors
Publisher(s): This webinar, presented by Reverend Traci Jackson Antoine and Dr. La Donna Combs, specifically addresses how domestic violence advocates can better support African American victims who are faithful.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
October 2016
WEBINAR: Girls for Gender Equity: Centering Girls of Color within the Racial and Gender Justice Movement of the 21st Century
Publisher(s):In this webinar, presenters shared their radical and visionary approaches to promoting racial and gender justice and the critical importance it has to addressing and preventing domestic and sexual violence.
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October 2016
The Urgency of Intersectionality
Publisher(s): In this TED Talk, Kimberlé Crenshaw defines intersectionality and describes how race and gender-based violence impacts the lives of black women. She emphasizes importance of doing social justice work through an intersectional lens and uplifting the narratives of black women.
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September 2016
13TH
Publisher(s):Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, this film offers an examination of the U.S. prison system, looking at how the country’s history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in the United States.
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September 2016
The Intersection of Policing and Race
Publisher(s): This piece from the Center for American Progress discusses the history of the intersection between race and policing in the United States and offers policy recommendations to improve the relationship between communities of color and law enforcement.
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July 2016
Giving Birth Behind Bars: A Guide for Achieving Reproductive Justice for Incarcerated Women
Publisher(s):This resource is a collection of materials developed by and for communities most affected by the expansion of the prison industrial complex and confronting reproductive oppression within the confines of the walls of these institutions.
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June 2016
Black Mamas Matter: A Toolkit for Advancing the Right to Safe and Respectful Maternal Health Care
Publisher(s):This toolkit is a direct response to the call for advocacy tools focusing on a rights-based maternal health policy agenda, and includes materials that will support the work of state maternal health advocates as they mobilize their communities and communicate with state policy leaders.
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May 2016
#RaceAnd: Sonny Singh
Publisher(s):#RaceAnd is a special 8-part video series produced by Race Forward’s Video Production Specialist Kat Lazo, exploring the many ways that race compounds and intersects with all the other issues faced by people of color. In this video, Sonny Singh gives insight on how he navigates the world as a South Asian turban-wearing Sikh man, but also sheds light on how his privileged identities as a cishet abled-bodied middle-class man can be utilized to stand in solidarity with others.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
February 2016
How can we develop culturally specific programs to engage youth of color?
Publisher(s): In NRCDV's February 2016 TA Question of the month, Ivonne Ortiz discusses the importance of culturally specific programs for youth of color and offers examples.
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- General Material
January 2016
Ethnic and Racial Identity Development
Publisher(s):ACT for Youth Center of Excellence, Cornell University Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
This resource provides information on racial and ethnic identity development. It includes a link to a toolbox for additional resources.
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January 2016
End the War on Black Trans, Queer and Gender Nonconforming People
Publisher(s): This page outlines the problems that black trans, queer, and gender nonconforming people face with institutions such as police and prisons, employment, healthcare, housing. It also offers action steps for the federal, state, and local levels.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
October 2015
WEBINAR: Embracing the Intersectionality of Oppressions Lens: Bringing the Margins to the Center
Publisher(s):This webinar explored the significance, gifts, challenges, successes and the evolution of using an intersectionality of oppressions lens as the main approach to our work.