Racial Equity NOW

The Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Racial Equity NOW Cohort for Non-Profits is a deep learning experience for organizations ready to grow in their racial equity journey. Racial Equity NOW is designed to provide organizations with racial equity training, coaching, case study presentations, policy review and development, outcomes development and a community-based history tour.

Apply for the Racial Equity NOW Fort Worth Cohort!

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The Racial Equity NOW Cohort offers three key outcomes for participating organizations. Participants will:

Increase their knowledge of race, racism, racial healing, racial equity and racial justice, and improve their leadership capacity on racial equity policies and practices within their organization and for their communities;
Draft a racial equity organizational assessment, a racial equity theory of change, and a racial equity policy statement;
Create a racial equity project/program and receive up to $10,000 in grant funding to implement their organizational racial equity strategy plans.

Racial Equity NOW will provide learning opportunities for personnel at all levels of the organization with a requirement that participants include a Board member, Executive Director/President/CEO, and a direct service-level staff member.

A cohort group of 14-16 nonprofits will be selected through an equitable application and interview process and will be asked to make a 7-month commitment to this program. Participants will attend a series of workshops, as well as be provided with one-on-one racial equity coaching. All training and coaching expenses will be provided by Dallas TRHT.

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS

The sessions will be held on:
2/21/2023
3/21/2023
4/18/2023
5/16/2023
6/20/2023
7/18/2023
8/15/2023
9/19/2023
10/17/2023
11/14/2023

Participants will be provided with up to 60 hours of time during the year-long program to work with their racial equity coach. The hours can be used according to each organization's preference through December 2023.

All workshops (with some exceptions) will be held in a Fort Worth location. One-on-one coaching can be conducted in-person, by phone or by email. In-person coaching should be considerate of up-to-date CDC guidelines and social distancing requirements. Accepted participants will be provided with advance notification of session dates & times, location and type of attendee required.

ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS

To be eligible to participate in the Racial Equity NOW Fort Worth Cohort, organizational applicants must meet the following criteria:

At least 51% of the total population served by the organization must be residents of Tarrant County.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

Dallas TRHT is looking for applications that will:

Make the case for your organization’s need and readiness to engage in capacity building and leadership development to address racial equity;
Describes your organization's ability to be an organization that will benefit from the training and bring about transformative change in our local and regional community;
Focus on building organizational effectiveness to conduct internal and external racial equity policy and systems change;
Describe the anticipated difference the cohort will make on your organization;
Offer insight on the organization’s knowledge gaps about racial equity and the impact it has on the organization and the community it serves;
Complete the application having answered the questions fully and with transparency on the organization’s readiness to address racial equity.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

The most complete application will:

Make the case for your organization’s need and readiness to engage in capacity building and leadership development to address racial equity;
Describes your organization's ability to be an influential organization that will benefit from the training and bring about transformative change in key areas of society;
Focus on building organizational effectiveness to conduct internal and external racial equity policy and systems change;
Describe the anticipated difference the cohort will make on the organizations;
Offer insight into the organization’s knowledge gaps about racial equity and the impact it has on the organization and the community it serves.
Complete the application having answered the questions completely and with transparency on the organization’s readiness to address racial equity.

RE NOW COHORT APPLICATION PROCESS

Completed applications must be submitted on or before December 16th at 7:00 p.m. to racialequitynowtx.org. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Applicants will be notified by e-mail if more information is needed. Please contact Laura Quintero Chavez (lauraq@dallastrht.org) or Veronica Alvarez (veroa@dallastrht.org) if you have any questions about guidelines or application requirements. All applicants will be required to attend a panel interview as the final step in the application process. Panel participants should include the CEO, Board member, and one additional staff member. Panel interviews will begin in early January. Panel interviews will be 30-45 minutes in length and held with the TRHT application review team.

Final decisions on cohort selection will be emailed by mid to late January.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Complete the online application
A letter signed by the Chair of the Board and Executive Director articulating organizational commitment to racial equity and RE Now for Nonprofits participation
Attachments should be uploaded with the application as a PDF.
Submit your application below:

NOTE: It is important that you answer the question succinctly and transparently. It is important for the TRHT application review panel to understand your organization’s current level of racial equity understanding and readiness. Application responses will also assist in providing specific support, resources and coaching expertise to participating organizations.

The following items will be required for online application submission. If additional information is needed, you will be notified via email.
Organization
Mailing Address
Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code
Name (Contact Person)
First Last
Title (Contact Person)
Phone
Email
Website
Social Media (Twitter)
Social Media (Facebook)
Social Media (Instagram)
CEO/Executive Director
First Last
Board Chair
First Last
Application Questions
Organization’s mission and vision
Provide a brief description (no more than four sentences) of your organization.
From any of your latest grant submissions, marketing materials, or social media posts, how do you describe the people you serve, members of your community and your community?
Is racial equity a strategic priority within your organization?
- Yes
- No
If yes, how is it detailed in your strategic plan?
If no, how do you envision prioritizing racial equity?
Is your Board having conversations about race and racial equity? Who on your Board has been leading these conversations? What sparked these conversations and what are they doing about it?
What has been your organization’s barriers to addressing racial equity?
Describe how race and racism affect the community you serve?
What was your organization's response to the disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic and the global reckoning with racism during 2020?
What changes do you want to see within your organization at the completion of the RE NOW Cohort?
Has your organization attended racial equity training in the past?
- Yes
- No
**Note: we are seeking information on racial equity specific training and not diversity and inclusion training.
If yes, what key learnings did you gain from the training and what additional learnings are you seeking from your participation in RE NOW?
If no, what key learnings are you seeking as a RE NOW cohort member?
We require participants in the RE NOW Cohort to be a Board member (attending ½ of the sessions), senior level staff member with decision-making power and a direct service staff member, explain the extent to which you expect your organization will be able to participate in and take advantage of these offerings, along with any supports you may put in place to enable your organization and Board member to fully participate.
On a scale of 1-10 (1=not aware at all, 10-aware and influencing internal and external racial equity policy), how aware is your Board on the issues of discrimination, racism and segregation.
Briefly describe why you gave this rating
On a scale of 1-10 (1=not aware at all, 10-aware and influencing internal and external racial equity policy), how aware is your staff on the issues of discrimination, racism and segregation?
Briefly describe why you gave this rating
On a scale of 1-10 (1=not aware at all, 10-aware and influencing internal and external racial equity policy), how aware is your community on the issues of discrimination, racism and segregation?
Briefly describe why you gave this rating
Attachments
Please upload in PDF format
Official letter of interest and commitment (on letterhead and signed by Executive Director) for participation in the cohort
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 300 MB.
501C3 Determination letter
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 300 MB.
Board Roster, including racial and ethnic identity
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 300 MB.
Staff Roster, including racial and ethnic identity
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 300 MB.
Proposed participant names, title, area of focus and short (150 words or less) bio
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 300 MB.
Current financials (audit or most recent financials)
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 300 MB.

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