• Race has been a principal force in building, sustaining and shifting social and political structures.
• It plays a significant role—explicitly or implicitly—in many of the decisions that we make in our personal, professional and social lives: where we live, who our children’s friends are, who our friends are, etc.
• Our understanding of race has been incomplete and distorted.
• A transformative dialogue on race can shine light on the structural dynamics of social and economic disparities.
• When we start with race, we start from the bottom of social disparity –hence we are building equity for all when we work on racial equity.
The systemic fair treatment of people of all races and ethnic backgrounds that produce equitable access to opportunities for all.
As of January 2022 the MCTEH is partnering with the Racial Equity Design and Implementation (REDI) Team from C4 Innovations (C4) to create and implement a Racial Equity Strategic Plan to transform homeless service delivery systems statewide, as well as the structures of the MCTEH itself, through a racial equity lens. As part of the process of creating the strategic plan, the REDI Team will engage and assess the homeless and housing service systems across the state and use this information to create the strategic plan. Given the current limitations on in-person gatherings much of this work will be done remotely, and successful planning and implementation will require an equitable process as well as leadership and participation from stakeholders across all 20 Continua of Care.
C4’s REDI Team will engage and support stakeholders from Michigan’s 20 participating CoCs, to assess their homeless response systems; deepen learning within and beyond the representative stakeholder group; create a community-driven, statewide Racial Equity Strategic Plan; and implement and evaluate actionable next steps.
In an effort to make it easy to access all the materials related to this project, the MCTEH has created a resource library.
MCTEH Tipsheet for Providers Compensating PWLE
MI Lived Experience Focus Group Protocol
Timeline of Upcoming CERT Work
