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Day 6: Mental Health Equity

September 25, 2023

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact, Other, Spokane Resources

| Tags: ACL Spokane, Advocacy, Anti-Asian Racism, Chinese Exclusion Act, community, Domestic Violence, education, impact, mental health, Mental health equity, mental wellness, Model Minority Myth, Racial & Social Justice, racial and social justice, racial justice, Racial Justice Challenge, resources, RJC, rsj, Spokane

| CHALLENGE | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 | Anti-Asian racism is on the rise, increasing by over 300% during the pandemic. Journalists, including Connie Chung, remark on the lack of …

Day 4: Housing Is a Multi-Issue Solution

September 21, 2023

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact, Other, Spokane Resources

| Tags: Advocacy, community, Domestic Violence, education, equity, Housing, Housing Justice, impact, Racial & Social Justice, racial and social justice, racial justice, Racial Justice Challenge, Redlining, resources, RJC, rsj, Spokane

| CHALLENGE | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 | In Day 3 of the Racial Justice Challenge, we talked about some discriminatory housing practices. Recognizing the interconnectedness of race, gender, and …

Day 3: Housing Justice

September 20, 2023

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact, Other, Spokane Resources

| Tags: community, Community Engagement, education, equity, Housing, Housing Justice, Housing reform, impact, Intersectionality, Racial & Social Justice, racial and social justice, racial justice, Racial Justice Challenge, Redlining, resources, RJC, rsj, Spokane, Wealth inequality, Yakima

| CHALLENGE | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 | Access to Housing Although overt discrimination in the housing market is no longer legal, there are still systemic barriers that prevent marginalized …

Day 2: Ableism & Disability Rights

September 19, 2023

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact, Other, Spokane Resources

| Tags: ableism, community, Community Engagement, disability, Disability Justice, Disability Justice Principles, education, impact, Racial & Social Justice, racial and social justice, racial justice, Racial Justice Challenge, resources, RJC, rsj, Spokane

| CHALLENGE | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 | In Day 1, we developed our understanding of disability as a social identity, challenged our conceptualization of disability, covered some bases of …

August RSJ Spotlight | Olivia Evans

August 9, 2023

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Events, Get Involved, Impact, Other, Spokane Resources

| Tags: Arts, equity, Racial & Social Justice, resources, rsj, RSJ Spotlight, Spokane, Spotlight, The Root Experience

Racial & Social Justice Spotlight Series Each month, our Equity Coordinator sits down with an organization or individual in our community to spotlight the work they do to create real and lasting change for a more equitable Spokane. 22 min. read/50 min. listen August Spotlight Olivia Evans, The Root Experience I had the privilege of …