Principles for racially equitable policy platforms
The 5 Principles below were developed by Race Forward, People’s Action, the National Congress of American Indians, PolicyLink, the National Urban League, Demos, UnidosUS, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, and Rights & Democracy to provides guidance for the development and implementation of racially equitable policy platforms. The whole text can be found at the button above.
1. Fix systems, not people
2. Create racially equitable solutions that benefit all
3. Ensure that solutions are grounded in and emerge from the experience of communities of color, by engaging leaders of color who are accountable to those communities
4. Commit to collecting race/ethnicity data and use it to track and target the greatest needs
5. Set measurable, results-based equity goals with specific attention to racial impacts
“We believe that racial equity requires willful eradication of policies and practices in our government that deepen the ongoing harm from the legacies of slavery, genocide, segregation, and the myriad of racialized and often deadly oppression woven into our institutions across society. Our history requires those seeking elected office to make clear commitments to meaningful reparations for communities that have been harmed.”
