Racial Equity Institute

Racial Equity Institute National alliance of trainers, organizers, and institutional leaders devoted to the work of creating racially equitable organizations and systems.

The Racial Equity Institute is an alliance of trainers and organizers who have devoted themselves to the work of anti-racist transformation. In our contemporary society, racism shapes the outcomes of all institutions. The trainers and organizers of the Institute help individuals and organizations develop tools to build capacity to understand and work toward the elimination of inequity. We provide

the individuals and organizations with whom we work:

• an analysis of racism and its cultural and historical roots
• assistance in accessing their organization to determine its progress on the journey to become racially equitable
• assistance in creating structures to hold the anti-racist work
• assistance in developing an anti-racist vision and plan for change
• coaching for traditional and emerging leadership in the principles and practices of racial equity

The trainers and organizers of the Institute have a combined 50 years of experience in community organizing and anti-racist training. We work from a movement approach to organizational transformation, recognizing the interconnectedness of all institutions and, therefore, the organizations that compose them. This principle centered approach relies on collective wisdom, returning power to communities served, reflection and evaluation.

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04/06/2026

There's still time to join us for an In-Person Training this month. Register Today.

Our brains are wired to recognize patterns. That’s neuroscience. These patterns develop into assumptions, which are form...
03/26/2026

Our brains are wired to recognize patterns. That’s neuroscience. These patterns develop into assumptions, which are forms of implicit bias. The patterns that cause unfair disparities are neither neutral nor accidental and must be challenged; otherwise, people, teachers, lenders, and doctors will unknowingly treat others differently, even if they don't intend to.

Those assumptions shape expectations, and expectations influence how people are treated. That’s the Pygmalion effect. Remember the experiment from the 60s when teachers were told that randomly selected students were high achievers? Those students showed greater improvement and higher scores compared to others. This wasn't about ability; it was about what people believe about who they're teaching, treating, or sentencing.

And when those expectations are embedded into systems like education, healthcare, and housing, they consistently produce the same outcomes.

That’s where REI comes in. Awareness is the first step, but it's not the final goal. It’s about understanding how deeply these patterns are ingrained and what it takes to change them.

Upcoming Trainings We are thrilled to present new opportunities for individuals and groups to learn and grow with us at the Racial Equity Institute.Explore our public schedule to register for:Upcoming 2-Day Phase 1 Workshops: a thorough exploration of the history, data, and systems that influence ra...

“Silence supports systems.” Anti-racism requires participation. Not perfection—participation.Where will you show up?Comm...
03/18/2026

“Silence supports systems.”

Anti-racism requires participation.

Not perfection—participation.

Where will you show up?

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Upcoming Trainings We are thrilled to present new opportunities for individuals and groups to learn and grow with us at the Racial Equity Institute.Explore our public schedule to register for:Upcoming 2-Day Phase 1 Workshops: a thorough exploration of the history, data, and systems that influence ra...

03/09/2026
03/07/2026

MYTH: Racism is only individual
TRUTH: Racism is systemic

It’s bigger than individual actions—it’s embedded in policies and structures.

That’s why education matters.

Come learn with us:

“Why racial equity matters TODAY.” Racial inequities impact education, healthcare, housing, and opportunity—every single...
03/05/2026

“Why racial equity matters TODAY.”

Racial inequities impact education, healthcare, housing, and opportunity—every single day.

Doing nothing maintains the system.
Doing something changes it.
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Hosted by Racial Equity Institute REI's 2-day workshop is designed to develop the capacity of participants to better understand racism in its institutional and structural forms. Moving away from a focus on personal bigotry and bias, the workshop presents a compelling historical, cultural, a

“Anti-racism is not a moment—it’s a movement.”At the Racial Equity Institute, we believe understanding racism is the fir...
03/04/2026

“Anti-racism is not a moment—it’s a movement.”

At the Racial Equity Institute, we believe understanding racism is the first step toward dismantling it.

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Hosted by Racial Equity Institute REI's 2-day workshop is designed to develop the capacity of participants to better understand racism in its institutional and structural forms. Moving away from a focus on personal bigotry and bias, the workshop presents a compelling historical, cultural, a

***Women Who Made History. Women Who Made Change.~Sojourner Truth ~ Ida B. Wells ~Ella Baker ~Fannie Lou Hamer ~Angela D...
03/03/2026

***Women Who Made History. Women Who Made Change.
~Sojourner Truth ~ Ida B. Wells ~Ella Baker ~Fannie Lou Hamer ~Angela Davis
***Their fight continues through us.

Because of them, we can.
Because of them, we must.

These women didn’t just speak about justice—they challenged systems, organized communities, and risked everything to move us forward.

Their work is not finished. It lives on in each of us.

At Racial Equity Institute, we continue that legacy by educating, equipping, and empowering others to do the work of anti-racism.

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Many of us were raised to believe that success meant leaving our neighborhoods behind.We grew up on the story: “Movin’ o...
02/25/2026

Many of us were raised to believe that success meant leaving our neighborhoods behind.
We grew up on the story: “Movin’ on up… to the East Side… to a deluxe apartment in the sky.”
The Jeffersons captured the aspiration of generations, that achievement meant distance from where you started.
Move up and move out. Get away from where you came from. Measure success by the distance from your starting point. In Reclaiming Your Community, Majora Carter offers a different vision: you don’t have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one. She uses the ecological concept of monoculture, in which vast land is planted with a single crop. In nature, monocultures are fragile. They invite disease, pests, and collapse. Biodiversity is what creates resilience.
Carter argues that many low-status communities have been created as economic monocultures, places where disinvestment leads to poverty, low-performing schools, environmental burdens, limited parks, and poor health outcomes.
From a Racial Equity Institute lens, this is classic groundwater.
If too many fish are getting sick, we don’t blame the fish; we examine the lake.
But when many lakes produce the same sick fish, we must ask: what’s in the groundwater?
Low-status communities aren't accidents or failures of people.
They're the predictable outcome of past and current policies and practices that concentrate disadvantages in some areas while focusing opportunities elsewhere.
Monocultures create vulnerability. Socioeconomic diversity builds resilience. That’s why we focus on withintrification (Pastor Cynthia Wallace), not gentrification: revitalization led by and for existing residents, keeping both people and power.
Because another form of monoculture is brain drain, communities lose the very people with the creativity, innovation, and cultural grounding and capital needed to regenerate. We send talent elsewhere while attracting disinvestment. True regeneration reverses that pattern. It keeps talent, ownership, culture, and opportunity rooted in place, allowing communities to evolve without being erased.
This is the work many of us are doing in places like Greensboro’s MLK Corridor and other historically disinvested communities: transitioning from concentrated poverty to concentrated opportunity, without displacement.
You don’t have to move out to move up. We can build communities where staying is success.

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