Senior Services Coalition and our members understand that meaningful improvements to the system of aging services can only happen when stakeholders unite to address injustice and the economic, social and health inequities that are deeply rooted in structural racism. We must insist on equity in health, housing and services while holding the public and private sectors accountable on these issues.
Each and every one of us has a hand in the work of centering equity – through our direct services, our votes, our advocacy, and our random acts of kindness. Here are some resources and tools we’ve found useful.
Equity Basics
What is Equity and How Does it Differ from Equality
Why We Need to Talk About ‘Aging While Black’
Anti-racism and pro-aging: A Stonewall Legacy
Equity & Aging
For Community-Based Organizations
Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Organization (pdf)
Using Racial Equity Impact Assessments for Effective Policymaking (pdf)
Why Diversity Equity and inclusion Matters in NonProfit (pdf)
Racial Equity Impact of Economic Policies and Public Budgets (pdf)
Adopt Justice In Aging’s pledge to do everything we can to break down the systems that oppress, harm and deprive people of their liberty and justice.