Movement in Omaha for Racial Equity

lished. Genuine linkages between communities of color and the practices of public policy making must be nourished. For that to happen, communities must feel safe, heard, appreciated and recognized as the experts they are in the policies and practices that effect their own well-being. Slowly but surely, we can encourage and strengthen social and communication networks, prompt the emergence of common concerns and hopes, and affirm and advance mutual interests. Through planning and decision-making driven by communities of color, we will adopt antiracist policy recommendations as well as changes in organizational practice. In this manner, we will cooperatively replenish the stock of vital social capital required to expand and animate meaningful multi-racial civic engagement, and positively contribute to the evolution of responsive, forward acting, antiracist public and private institutions. By expanding the capacity of communities of color to become public policy makers, we can re-energize the human infrastructure necessary to support more dynamic and vibrant communities that are antiracist to the core.