As equity is both an outcome and a process, use these cards to guide conversations about equity and using an equity lens.
EICs are our primary tool as we work to increase both the understanding and advancement of equity in our community.
Engage with CBI and our Charlotte-Mecklenburg community as you build your knowledge, skills, and courage for equity.
Updated for 2020, this guide is intended to provide a safe space for dialogue and the sharing of feelings, thoughts, and ideas in light of the “twin viruses” of COVID-19 and the racial injustice which has been brought to the forefront of our collective consciousness in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
TIME: 60 – 90 minutes
(participant dependent)
A year after Charlotte’s demonstrations, protests, and civil unrest that occurred in September 2016, CBI provided this framework for continued community conversation. Each of us has a chance to see ourselves somewhere within the story, and to work together for understanding, response and change.
TIME: 90 – 120 minutes
(participant dependent)
After the murders at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17th, 2015, CBI and OZS Consulting offered this simple guide to help us connect, reflect, and talk about what happened, and what it means for each of us, both personally and for our community here in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
TIME: 40 – 60 minutes
(participant dependent)
Charlotte: A Brief History
– by Mary Norton Kratt
Dream Long Deferred
– by Frye Gaillard (be sure get 3rd edition, carries the story thru 2005)
Thriving in the Shadows: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
– by Fannie Flono
Charlotte, NC: Global Evolution of a New South City (incl. Hanchett’s Salad Bowl Suburbs)
– edited by Bill Graves and Heather Smith
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