Creating racial and economic equity is our northstar. We prepare congregations, organizing networks, institutions, and their leaders to do justice, so that when they invest in the communities around them, the benefit is shared equitably by all. An equity strategy understands that all communities are interconnected, and the wellbeing of one community in relationship to another community has an effect on the wellbeing of all communities.

 

Income inequality has reached historic levels, and we gather and equip faith-based institutions to resist and reverse this trend. For the wealthiest sectors, the economy is thriving, but growth has left many people and whole communities behind. In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, unemployment soared, leaving many individuals and families unable to meet their most basic needs. The jobs created during the resulting Great Recession are often low-wage and part-time, an inadequate replacement for the full-time jobs lost. We are also in the midst of a much longer economic trend toward a service economy that keeps workers contingent and without benefits while concentrating wealth in the hands of fewer and fewer CEOs and shareholders. The middle class is shrinking. Wages for the lowest-paid workers are declining. All communities of color have higher rates of poverty and unemployment than white people. These trends endanger families and decimate communities of color. 

 

PEOPLE: Expanding access to opportunity by tackling inequalities in the criminal justice, education, and immigration systems and by investing in training, skill building, and jobs for people facing the greatest barriers to employment.

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PLACE: Anchoring communities, preventing the displacement of low-income people and communities of color, and ensuring that diverse neighborhoods are places where all residents can live, work, and thrive.

 

POWER: Nurturing equity movements to build power that can demand investments in people and place and ensure a political voice for all.