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Who We Are
RacEquity360 is a nonprofit organization created to build a movement of racial equity champions who take everyday actions toward racial equity.
GET TO KNOW US
Who We Are
RacEquity360 is a nonprofit organization created to build a movement of racial equity champions who take everyday actions toward racial equity.
Our Story
The roots of RacEquity360 were planted at The Unity Center in San Diego during the summer of 2017
Reverend Wendy Craig-Purcell and the world reacted in horror as hundreds of White nationalists rallied over plans to remove a Confederate statue. In response, Rev. Craig-Purcell began a six-month series of intimate, tender and devastating conversations with her Black congregants about the impact of racism in their everyday lives, and what might be mobilized to address it. At the end, wanting to bring Blacks and Whites together, she was told by the Black group “Not so fast!” They cautioned her that the White folks had to first do some essential personal study and preparation. They had to learn about the Black lived experience in America in order to avoid the pitfalls that so frequently occur when well-intentioned but naïve Whites try to work with Blacks.
So for the next two years, Craig-Purcell created a unique environment where her White congregants discovered “what they didn’t know they didn’t know” about systemic racism in America. They studied White cultural dominance, privilege and fragility, and racism’s true history, deep roots, and undeniable pervasiveness.
Then in 2020, the tragic and brutal killing of George Floyd brought racism to the national spotlight once again, and a passionate congregant donated a sizable contribution to establish a new nonprofit focused on ending racism. Today, RacEquity360 continues to create spaces for uncomfortable, yet profoundly transformative, conversations that open minds and consciousness to actions supporting racial equity.
Our Story
The roots of RacEquity360 were planted at The Unity Center in San Diego during the summer of 2017
Reverend Wendy Craig-Purcell and the world reacted in horror as hundreds of White nationalists rallied over plans to remove a Confederate statue. In response, Rev. Craig-Purcell began a six-month series of intimate, tender and devastating conversations with her Black congregants about the impact of racism in their everyday lives, and what might be mobilized to address it. At the end, wanting to bring Blacks and Whites together, she was told by the Black group “Not so fast!” They cautioned her that the White folks had to first do some essential personal study and preparation. They had to learn about the Black lived experience in America in order to avoid the pitfalls that so frequently occur when well-intentioned but naïve Whites try to work with Blacks.
So for the next two years, Craig-Purcell created a unique environment where her White congregants discovered “what they didn’t know they didn’t know” about systemic racism in America. They studied White cultural dominance, privilege and fragility, and racism’s true history, deep roots, and undeniable pervasiveness.
Then in 2020, the tragic and brutal killing of George Floyd brought racism to the national spotlight once again, and a passionate congregant donated a sizable contribution to establish a new nonprofit focused on ending racism. Today, RacEquity360 continues to create spaces for uncomfortable, yet profoundly transformative, conversations that open minds and consciousness to actions supporting racial equity.
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RacEquity360
Learning. Connecting. Action!
A movement by and for racial justice advocates. Creating experiences to more clearly see, fully understand, and take action to end racial injustices.
RacEquity360
Learning. Connecting. Action!
A movement by and for racial justice advocates. Creating experiences to more clearly see, fully understand, and take action to end racial injustices.
What We Believe
Our work rests on our foundational values of respect, integrity and trust. We understand that our environment, upbringing and culture have created blind spots that have prevented us from seeing how racism could ever be dismantled. Overcoming those blind spots requires black and white collaboration—which is powerful, possible and necessary—to move racial justice forward. We value the expertise and lived experiences of people of color. So we seek connection and embrace the opportunity to listen to, and learn from, our brothers and sisters of color and each other.
What We Believe
Our work rests on our foundational values of respect, integrity and trust. We understand that our environment, upbringing and culture have created blind spots that have prevented us from seeing how racism could ever be dismantled. Overcoming those blind spots requires black and white collaboration–-which is powerful, possible and necessary—to move racial justice forward. We value the expertise and lived experiences of people of color. So we seek connection and embrace the opportunity to listen to, and learn from, our brothers and sisters of color and each other.