California Urban Partnership Focuses on
Two Pandemics:
COVID 19 and
Institutional Racism

At the California Urban Partnership, we are focused on the two pandemics of critical urgency in America.  COVID 19 and Institutional Racism.  As local, state and federal government policymaking bodies move quickly to deploy resources for children, youth, families, communities and businesses impacted by the virus and economic stagnation, we are helping marginalized communities have a voice and ensure their needs are prioritized by elected officials and agencies that are leaving them behind.  We are making the case for the data collection, analysis and market access work  necessary to help Black owned businesses who struggling on an unlevel playing field.  We believe that Black business health recovery in the age of COVID will require a triage, recovery and sustainability process.  As anti-Blackness shows up through fatal police violence, we are addressing structural racism in policymaking and empowering communities to speak with one voice so that harmful practices and budget decisions change.  We are organizing youth leaders to demand computer equipment, wireless access, meals and free transportation for low income students who lack tools for success in the new distance learning environment.

In the age of COVID-19, national civil and racial unrest, severe wealth gaps and income inequality, this kind of power building in the ECONOMIC JUSTICE space is what African Americans and communities of color will need to recover, survive and thrive.