ROCKVILLE, MD (09/21/2021) – Clear Impact, along with key sponsors PolicyLink, Living Cities, and San Francisco Foundation, is excited to announce the Racial Equity Turn the Curve Poster Contest. The contest will award $25,000 to an individual or group’s racial equity initiative of choice. Interested individuals must register for the Measurable Equity 2021 conference and [...]
**Submissions for the Racial Equity Turn the Curve Poster Contest are now CLOSED and Finalists Have Been Chosen** Five finalists have been selected to present their racial equity turn the curve action plans at the Measurable Equity 2021 conference. You can view the finalists here. We still need your help! All Measurable Equity 2021 attendees [...]
You may have heard the phrase "unprecedented times" an unprecedented number of times over the past year and a half - especially as COVID-19 and its variants continue to wreak havoc across communities, industries, and economies worldwide. But it's true - direct service providers, businesses, governments, foundations, and communities alike currently face many challenges [...]
August 16, 2021By: Henry MaloneThe term “equity” is defined as the fair and impartial treatment of all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, income, geography, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability. However, for as widespread of a population that equity tries to treat, too often such demographics are limited by their backgrounds and not provided [...]
We would like to join hands with you in commemorating Juneteenth (aka Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Liberation Day). Clear Impact will recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday for the organization. We hope that our decision, as well as the recent establishment of Juneteenth as a national federal holiday, can serve as a [...]
On Jan. 20, 2021, President Joe Biden took a step towards leveling the playing field of opportunity for people of color. The newly inaugurated president signed Executive Order 13985 into law, which sought to advance racial equity in underserved communities through the help of the federal government. “Equal opportunity is the bedrock of American [...]
The following is the third in a 3-part blog series on the benefits of measuring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in your organization. Read part 1 here. Read part 2 here. This blog will explore 3 equity measures for businesses. What is Equity? A society is equitable when all people have the opportunity to participate, [...]
In one of President Biden’s first executive orders, the White House seeks to increase equitable workforce practices in the federal government and nonprofits. One of the more interesting sections of this order notes that federal employers have collected insufficient data regarding underserved populations in the past, and creates an interagency group which seeks to remedy [...]
Race continues to predict how well someone will do, and how much suffering they will endure. This blog originally appeared as a guest post on govexec.com. Equity, as defined by the research and advocacy group PolicyLink, is “just and fair inclusion into a society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential.” But [...]
The following is the first in a 3-part blog series on the benefits of measuring Diversity Equity and Inclusion in your organization. You can stay up to date by signing up for our newsletter to the right of this post. Read part 2 here. What is Diversity? Diversity represents the mixture of one or [...]
