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LISTENING TOUR REPORT 2023 - 2024
BLACK FUTURE CO-OP FUND
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Invest in Black leadership. Black people want
to see other Black people in their workplaces as
peers, collaborators, mentors, and role models.
For centuries, societal systems and policies have
intentionally barred Black people from economic
opportunity and mobility. It’s past time we level the
playing 昀椀eld and accelerate investment in education,
training, apprenticeship, and other professional
development. Hand in hand, employers must pay
equitable wages, while making their workplaces
welcoming and inclusive environments.
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Fund advocacy and systems change. To create the
change we want to see, there needs to be downstream
and upstream efforts. There needs to be funding for
downstream services and programs that support
people struggling to make ends meet, help people
recover from emergencies or disasters, nurture
children in their development, make up for past harms,
and more. At the same time, we must fund policy
advocacy to change the systems and structures that
perpetuate racial disparities — moving us toward an
equitable world.
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Go where Black folks are going. Across our state,
we’ve heard that funding needs to address shifting
demographics. Using census and other data, we can
examine where Black people are moving, and consider
how to put more resources into those places so their
entry into predominantly non-Black spaces is easier.
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