ProgramsDespite the significant achievements of the Civil Rights era, racial and ethnic disparities persist across various social, economic and political indicators. Today, civil rights advocates must implement strategies that dismantle the structural conditions perpetuating race and class inequality. Using a structural racism analysis, civil rights advocates are unraveling the complex relationships between institutions, laws, and policies that perpetuate racial and class inequality. Established in 2004, the Racial Justice Initiative seeks to fund civil rights advocacy that eliminates barriers to equality and opportunity for historically-marginalized racial groups in the United States. Through its funding, the Racial Justice Initiative supports emergent and established civil rights organizations and projects that utilize legal strategies, community organizing, research, and policy advocacy.
The Racial Justice Initiative funds in three interdependent areas to address systemic race and class disparities in the United States:
- Race and Democracy
- Civil Rights Innovation
- Public Policy and Research
