Advancing Equity in Times of Polarization and Division

Without proactively removing the structures and systems that have contributed to inequity, place-based collaboratives can not make a meaningful impact on the lives of those most excluded and underestimated in communities. However, given the increasing anti-DEI political and cultural headwinds unfolding in the US and several other countries, communities are facing increased challenges pursuing their equity work.

To explore this topic, we share an audio recording from the Day 3 opening panel discussion at the 2024 Collective Impact Action Summit. The panel discusses the challenges collaboratives are facing in their work to advance equity and how collaboratives can navigate through this adversity to continue making progress towards their collective goals. This session was originally held on May 2, 2024.

Featuring:

• Jennifer Splansky Juster, Executive Director, Collective Impact Forum
• Monique Miles, Managing Director, Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions
• Paul Schmitz, Senior Advisor, Collective Impact Forum
• Junious Williams, Senior Advisor, Collective Impact Forum

Resources and Footnotes

• Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions
• Leading Inside Out
• Junious Williams Consulting, Inc.
• Targeted Universalism
• Centering Equity in Collective Impact
• Racial Equity Toolkit
• CIAS 2024 Keynote 2: Power Building, Trust, and Relationships: Supporting Movement Beyond Moments of Reckoning'

More on Collective Impact

• Infographic: What is Collective Impact?
• Resource List: Getting Started in Collective Impact

The Intro music, entitled “Running,” was composed by Rafael Krux, and can be found here and is licensed under CC: By 4.0.

The outro music, entitled “Deliberate Thought,” was composed by Kevin Macleod. Licensed under CC: By.

Have a question related to collaborative work that you'd like to have discussed on the podcast? Contact us at: https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/contact-us/