Additional tools, readings & resources

The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is an innovative think tank that connects academics, activists and policy-makers to promote efforts to dismantle structural inequality. AAPF was co-founded by Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, intersectionality, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law.

Racial Equity: Getting to Results (GARE) is a resource guide that connects a racial equity lens to the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) methodology, empowering jurisdictions to make decisions that advance racial equity. Highlights root cause analysis to extrapolate the sources of racially inequitable outcomes and walks practitioners through best practices of stakeholder-driven implementation.

The Structural Racism Remedies Repository, developed by the Othering & Belonging Institute offers policy-based recommendations for addressing structural and systemic racism and advancing racial equity drawn from a vast array of published material. The repository cover the following thematic areas: 1) Policing, 2) The Criminal Justice System: Municipal Court Reform, 3) The Criminal Justice System: Incarceration, Probation, and Parole, 4) Youth Justice, 5) Education, 6) Economic Justice, 7) Housing and Transportation, 8) Health Care, Public Health, and Environmental Justice, 9) Arts and Culture, 10) Voting, 11) Immigration, 12) Operations: Administration, Implementation, and Evaluation, and 13) Odds and Ends. 

The Alliance for Justice Bolder Advocacy program offers a suite of helpful tools and resources, including an overview of advocacy related terminology and “Advocacy vs. Lobbying: Language Matters. Say What You Mean & Mean What You Say” developed by guest contributor Dr. Sara Watson to offer guidance on language to distinguish between non-lobbying and lobbying-related activities.

Resources & Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

• VetoViolence offers prevention strategies, tools, trainings, and resources to prevent and decrease multiple forms of violence. Resources include guidance to implement the strategies presented in the Division of Violence Prevention’s Resources for Action that represent the best available evidence to help prevent or reduce violence.
• Prevention strategies from the Division of Violence Prevention: Community Violence Prevention Strategies; Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Strategies; and Sexual Violence Prevention Strategies
• CDC’s Policy Process provides a systematic way to develop policies that can help you address public health problems in your community.
• Anti-lobbying Restrictions for CDC Grantees provides a general overview of lobbying restrictions on the work of CDC grantees, along with examples of restricted and permissible activities. The examples are provided for illustrative purposes, but should not be regarded as definitive legal guidance, as they may not apply to the specific circumstances of the work of any specific grantee.