In the first phase of the initiative, the founding partner organizations identified a suite of policies and practices that are being implemented at the local level to promote racial healing and address social inequities.

  • Executive orders, resolutions, ordinances, and declarations to advance racial equity
  • Mapping, data collection, and analysis efforts to understand and address inequities and measure progress
  • Racial impact assessments, frameworks, and other systems to achieve accountability
  • Redesigning public spaces to equitably honor our shared history
  • Creating curricula that are respectful, inclusive, and honor the diverse communities in schools

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  • Resolutions, dialogue models, racial healing circles, and restorative justice practices aimed at understanding historical harms and repairing relationships
  • Training and capacity-building for practitioners, educators, and service providers around overcoming bias and healing
  • Local truth commissions that promote racial healing
  • Acknowledgement, public apologies, and commitments to redress by localities for their role in slavery and/or advancing systemic racism

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  • Zoning innovation for health and equity
  • Displacement and eviction protections to preserve the right to housing
  • Equitable transportation and planning to improve access to opportunity
  • School integration to promote social justice and social mobility

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  • Endorsement and implementation of 21st Century Policing recommendations and other comprehensive police reforms
  • Diversion of police funding to support alternatives to policing and prevention programs, such as investments in behavioral and mental health services
  • Reclassification of violations, decriminalization, and bail, probation, and fees reform to address racial and socioeconomic biases
  • Immigrant-friendly policies and practices to promote equitable opportunity

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  • Income and asset strategies to promote economic mobility of individuals and families of color
  • Equitable investment and development that prioritizes community voice and assets
  • Compensatory redress to rectify historical injustices that economically disadvantage communities of color

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