Racial Equity as

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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 
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Policy Advisory Committee Policy Advisory Committee
Name Organization
Dr. Shelagh Camak- Chair Riverside Community College
Dr. Bradley Gilbert, M.D. Inland Empire Health Plan
Dr. Carlos Cortes Retired Educator, UCR
Ms. Jennifer Vaughn-Blakely The Sundance Company
Mr. John Mealey Coachella Valley Housing Coalition
Mr. Ramon Alvarez Alvarez Lincoln Mercury Dealership
Mayor Ron Loveridge, Phd City of Riverside
Dr. Yolanda Moses University of California, Riverside
Mr. Gary Christmas Riverside County Executive Office
Kevin McCarthy, CEO United Way of Inland Valley

Technical Advisory Committee Technical Advisory Committee
Name Organization
Ms. Deborah Clark-Crews Chair Riverside County Child Care Consortium
Ms. Debbie Whitaker-Meneses Riverside Community College
Ms. Debbie Cournoyer Riverside Executive Office
Ms. Diana Walsh-Reuss Riverside County Office of Education
Ms. Laurie Schoenberg First Five Riverside
Ms. Lois J. Carson CAP Riverside
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
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Code of Conduct

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

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BIG VIEW MEETING
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ARTIICLES RELATED TO STRUCTURAL RACISM
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• The Community Action Network makes an appropriate
  vehicle to design a response to structural racism
  for the following reasons
• CAAs are charged with considering hiring the
  poor and minorities.
• CAAS advocate for and monitor fair housing,
  environmental justice and safe neighborhoods.
• CAAs recognize that poverty comes in all colors.
• CAAs monitor communities for changes such as
  emerging populations.
• CAAs are governed by a tripartite Board which is
  diverse economically, racially and socially.
• CAAs look for new and creative solutions to old
  intractable problems as a matter of design.
• CAAs are change agents which are reflected in
  design.
• CAAs adhere to the principle of Maximum
  Feasible Participation.
• CAAs are advocates for equal opportunity.
• CAAs 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.

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BIG VIEW MEETINGS
Human Relations Council of Hemet- San Jacinto-Menifee 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