21-Day Equity Challenge

21-Day Equity Challenge

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LWV AAA IS A PARTNER WITH UNITED WAY IN THE 21-DAY EQUITY CHALLENGE 

 

We are reaching out to personally invite you to sign up for United Way of Washtenaw County’s updated 21-Day Equity Challenge, launching on Juneteeth(June 19th, 2021). Our goal is for 5,000 people to lend their power to fuel a social movement.    

Challenge content has been updated to share collective wisdom and acknowledge the social injustices and racist events of the past year. Thank you for your willingness to deepen your understanding of and commitment to confronting racism, sexism, and other forms of inequity in Washtenaw County. 

 Reminders

  • The Equity Challenge is a commitment to devote 10-15 minutes a day for 21 days to learn about the history and impacts of racism in Washtenaw County and the different ways that bias, prejudice, privilege, and oppression show up in our everyday lives.
  • With this deeper understanding of the history and impacts of racism and how it shapes different people’s lived experience, we can all learn how best to do our part to make positive change in our community.
  • The Equity Challenge is an enlightening journey for everyone – no matter where you come from or how you identify yourself. Along with new perspectives, you’ll receive examples and tools of how you can help undo racism and build racial equity and justice.
  • Your participation is private and free.
  • Every morning of the 21-day Challenge, you’ll receive an email prompt with readings, videos, or podcasts that will take about 10-15 minutes of your time.  
  • Explore the resources on your own, and then reflect with a colleague, family member, or friend.
  • If you choose, you can share your reflections and “Aha!” moments using the hashtags #unitedforequity and #uwwcequitychallenge. Don’t forget to follow UWWC on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
  • Share this flyer promoting the Challenge - three ways to sign up!

 New this year 

  • FAMILY FRIDAYS - developed by Nuola Akinde, founder of Kekere Freedom School, each Friday of the Challenge will include activities on how to talk about race and equity with the children in your life. 

How it began

The Equity Challenge was originally developed by Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., Dr. Marguerite Penick-Parks, and Debby Irving and was adapted by Food Solutions New England. From there, it was made available to other organizations. The United Way of Washtenaw County committed to adapt the Equity Challenge with our community partners as an important part of broader efforts to build an equitable community for all.  

 Save the dates

On June 25, July 9, and July 16 we’ll be convening Equity Challenge participants in Community Conversations facilitated by our friends at Nonprofit Enterprise at Work. Our purpose? Create space for transformative dialogue, identify changes we can make as individuals and within our organizations in order to create the change we want to see within our community.

Thank you for your consideration, 

 Rich Chang, UWWC Board Chair, CEO New Foundry

 Pam Smith, CEO United Way of Washtenaw County

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