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Evelyn Burnett
VP, Economic Opportunity
@CLEProgress
Mordecai Cargill
Director of Strategy,
Research & Impact
@MCargill28
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

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CLEVELAND’S YEAR OF AWARENESS BUILDING
TOWARDS AN ANTIRACIST COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PRACTICE
Evelyn Burnett, Vice President of Economic Opportunity
Mordecai Cargill, Director of Strategy, Research & Impact

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key themes
 Our work is focused on People + Place and People in Place
 Understanding the lasting impact of historical, institutional, and structural
racism is essential to our work.
 Our deeply held assumptions must be challenged and revised.
 Complex problems require multidimensional solutions.
 Multidimensional solutions require multidisciplinary partners.
 Multidimensional solutions require creativity and courage.
 Awareness building is Action.
 Awareness building is constant work.

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HOW WE GOT HERE:
TOWARDS A NEW VISION FOR COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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who we are
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress is a local community development
funding intermediary with nearly thirty years of experience
advancing neighborhood revitalization strategies throughout our city.
MISSION:
To foster inclusive communities of choice and opportunity throughout
Cleveland.
VISION:
Cleveland’s neighborhoods are attractive, vibrant, and inclusive communities
where together, people from diverse incomes, races, and generations thrive,
prosper, and choose to live, learn, work, invest, and play.

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As a citywide intermediary, we provide
funding, shared services, training and
capacity building support to all
neighborhoods in the City of Cleveland.
Size: 77 Sq. Miles
Population: 388,072 (2015 estimate)
what we do: strengthening Cleveland’s
CDC system

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CDCs: a definition
“Community Development Corporations (CDCs) are
nonprofit, community-based organizations focused on
revitalizing the areas in which they are located,
typically low-income, underserved neighborhoods
that have experienced significant disinvestment.”
Definition from: Community-Wealth.org
http://community-wealth.org/strategies/panel/cdcs/index.html

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PARADIGM SHIFT:
ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY & INCLUSION

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what we do: comprehensive community
development

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people + place
The future of Cleveland’s (and America’s) neighborhoods
depends on our collective efforts to transcend the
limitations of the popular imagination and consider what
will be possible if we insist on the beauty of forgotten
places, the value of the people who live there, and seize the
opportunity to realize our shared vision for an equitable
and inclusive society.

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race matters.
We must apply a Racial Equity & Inclusion lens to the work
community development (and economic development, historic
preservation, environmental conservation, public policy, etc.) to
ensure that historically—and currently—marginalized members of
the community:
– feel connected to the fabric of their neighborhoods
– have equal access to opportunities, and
– are engaged in decision-making processes that affect their lives.

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understanding Racial (in)Equity

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understanding Racial (in)Equity

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definitions
Racial Equity is the systematic fair treatment of people of all races that results in
equitable opportunities and outcomes for everyone. All people are able to achieve
their full potential in life, regardless of race, ethnicity or the community in which they
live. Racial equity — or racial justice —goes beyond “anti-racism.” It’s not just about
what we are against, but also what we are for. A “racial equity” framework can move
us from a reactive posture to a more powerful, proactive and even preventative
approach.
Inclusion is the action or state of including or of being included within a group or
structure. More than simply diversity and numerical representation, inclusion involves
authentic and empowered participation and a true sense of belonging.

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Racial Equity & Inclusion Framing Questions
As we challenge ourselves (and those with whom we work) to confront
structural racism and inequality, consider the following framing questions in the
development and implementation of innovative Neighborhood Solutions:
1) "Are there racial disparities that might be addressed through this (action, activity,
strategy)?"
2) "How might this (action, activity, strategy) do more to help counter prevailing
narratives of dysfunction, dependence and inferiority, commonly associated with people
of color in my neighborhood?“
3) "How might this (action, activity, strategy) do more to promote "equal status contacts“
between people of color and others?“
4) "Might the way we are planning to do this (action, activity, strategy) inadvertently
perpetuate racial inequity or exclusion in any ways?"

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YEAR OF AWARENESS BUILDING 2017

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Year of Awareness Building 2017
Purpose: To build an inclusive, interdisciplinary
coalition of civic stakeholders, community
development practitioners, and grassroots leaders
committed to advancing Racial Equity & Inclusion

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why Awareness Building?
Awareness is simply a starting point for our efforts to embed Racial Equity &
Inclusion as the unifying principle of a comprehensive community development
practice. To do so we must:
Establish a basic understanding of where we are; how we got here; and the
language to describe the complexity of racial inequity
Challenge our deeply held assumptions about:
– The nature of “the problem”
– The primacy of any one cause over another
– The right solution
– The right organization or individual to lead The Work
Build coalitions of partners willing to confront the legacy of historical, structural,
and institutional racism—and see themselves (and their
organizations/institutions/industry) in this analysis

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the ACTION Wheel

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YEAR OF AWARENESS BUILDING 2017:
BY THE NUMBERS

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Trainings & Workshops – Total (YTD)
Groundwater Training
REI organizers will use stories and data to present a
perspective that racism is fundamentally structural
in nature. By examining characteristics of modern-
day racial inequity, the presentation introduces
participants to an analysis that most find
immediately helpful and relevant. The Groundwater
Presentation dovetails with REI’s Phase I workshop,
and is recommended as an introduction or follow-
up to a full two-day workshop
Racial Equity Workshop – Phase I
This two-day long process helps to provide
talking points, historical factors and an
organizational definition of racism. REI
believes that organizations are often
working in very intentionally civil ways, yet
operating from multiple understandings
that rely more on personal feelings and
popular opinion. This creates
complications to the goal of eliminating
racial and ethnic disparities and producing
equitable outcomes.
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81
173
273
377
502
594
660
770
873
1136
Total number of attendees
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49
92 100 104
125
92
66
110 103
263
January February March April May June July August September October November
Number of attendees - by month

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Trainings & Workshops:
Demographics (Total)
Man - 28%
Woman - 65%
Gender Non-Conforming
/ Prefer not to answer -
8%
Gender
Man Woman Gender Non-Conforming / prefer not to answer
Caucasian /White - 54%
Asian - 1%Latino/a/x - 3%
Black/African American - 26%
More than one race - 3%
No answer - 13%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian / White Asian Hispanic or Latino/Latina/Latinx Black or African American Native / First Nation More than one race Choose not to respond
19-24 - 5%
25-64 - 82%
Over 65 - 3%
No answer – 10%
Age
19-24 25-64 Over 65 no answer

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Trainings & Workshops:
Sector/Industry (Total)
CDCs - 13%
NonProfit - 33%
Government - 15%
Foundation - 10%
Private Sector - 6%
Academic - 12%
Religious - 1%
CNP - 2%
Other - 8%
What type of organization do you work for?
CDCs Nonprofit Government/ Public Foundation Private Sector Academic Religious CNP Other/No answer

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Trainings & Workshops:
Engagement (Total)
A Colleague/My Organization -
69%
Another Organization - 18%
How did you hear about the training?
A Colleague / My Organization CNP Newsletter or Email Another Organization Social Media CNP Website Other or no response
Groundwater Training - 10%
Phase I Workshop - 3%
Film Screening & Discussion
- 3%
No previous participation -
84%
Previous YoA Programming
Groundwater Training Phase I Workshop Film Screening Film Screening & Discussion No previous participation / no response

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NEIGHBORHOOD SOLUTIONS AWARDS 2017
AWARENESS TO ACTION

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Fostering Racial Inclusion through
Comprehensive Community Development
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress will support the most
creative projects or programs designed to foster Racial
Inclusion in neighborhoods throughout Cleveland.
Applicants were invited to submit proposals that
demonstrated the ways in which traditional community
development approaches could be reoriented to
intentionally interrupt patterns of othering, and create a
sense of belonging for historically marginalized members
of the community.

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Othering
Othering is a set of common processes that
engender marginality and persistent inequality
across any of the full range of human differences.

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a sense of belonging…
Cleveland’s neighborhoods are attractive, vibrant, and
inclusive communities where together, people from diverse
incomes, races, and generations thrive, prosper, and
choose to live, learn, work, invest, and play.

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fostering Racial Inclusion
Change narratives of racial hierarchy
Raise awareness of racial disparities that exist in a given
neighborhood
Engage previously marginalized members of the community in
critical decision-making processes
Identify new opportunities to collaborate with nontraditional
community-based organizations and/or institutions to address racial
disparities
Create “liberated spaces” for honest, empathetic, and civil dialogue
about a neighborhood’s racial history and present (permanent or
temporary)

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proposal evaluation criteria
Innovation – Creates an innovative approach to authentically engaging
traditionally excluded individuals and/or groups into processes, activities,
and decision-making in a way that shares power.
Impact – Demonstrates efficacy of new or refined approach to
comprehensive community development
Collaboration – Convenes diverse groups of partners to inform all
aspects of the project—from planning to implementation to evaluation
Leadership - Motivates and inspires others to create similar activities and
is recognized by others for their commitment to the success of the initiative
Replication – Creates a clear course of action with definitive outcomes
that can be replicated elsewhere

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NEIGHBORHOOD SOLUTIONS AWARDS 2017
WINNERS

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DISCUSSION

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a new vision for community
development
“Without new visions, we don’t know what to build, only
what to knock down. We not only end up confused,
rudderless, and cynical, but we forget that making a
revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers and tactics, but
a process that can and must transform us”
Robin D.G. Kelley, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical
Imagination

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envisioning an Antiracist Community
Development Movement
What are the essential elements of an antiracist
community revitalization praxis?
– People
– Organizations
– Institutions

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CONNECT:
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
11327 Shaker Blvd. #500W
Cleveland, Ohio 44104
216.453.1441
REI@ClevelandNP.org
@CLEProgress
/NeighborhoodProgress