READ CHARLESTON'S 
Racial Disparities Report

We highly recommend reading The State of Racial Disparities in Charleston County, South Carolina, 2000-2015,  by the College of Charleston's Race and Social Justice Initiative. 

The researchers and authors of this report used a racial equity lens, a tool that has been used in many fields to identify injustice and structural barriers people of color face in education, employment, housing, healthcare, and philanthropy. By doing so, they were able to identify polices, practices, and structural arrangements of power that maintain a social environment where black residents are disproportionately impacted by pervasive inequities on a daily basis, not only in the areas above but in policing, incarceration, and racialized violence as well.

READ THE REPORT

​How you can help

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​If you own or lead an organization, send your board members, executives, staff, or volunteers to a Racial Equity Institute session! Sign up now and receive a discount for each person. 

If you're an individual, attend one or more of our Racial Equity Institute workshops — and invite your friends! 

Donate! A $400 tax-deductible donation will provide a scholarship for one individual to attend one of our Racial Equity Institute workshops... and if desired, participate in an REI sub-group afterward. 

BUILDING RACIAL EQUITY ​IN CHARLESTON 

Want to know more about the impact the Racial Equity Institute can have? 

Check out this May 2019 interview on Quintin's Close-Ups, where our executive director discusses our #WhatWomenBring power lunch and then the Racial Equity Institute. 

WATCH THE VIDEO

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