National Community Action Partnership Equity Summit

Posted by VACAP
on March 23, 2021

The national Community Action Partnership is hosting its first ever Equity Summit on April 19-21, 2021.  The theme for this virtual event is “Centering in Truth, Activating Community Healing and Resiliency”.  The objective of the summit is to become centered in key concepts like racial equity, systematic racism, health equity, belonging, gender equity and immigration justice.  The summit will offer peer learning to develop and strengthen understanding of equity, belonging, power, resilience, and social and economic mobility.  The event will connect organizations advancing equity, particularly racial equity.

Click here for additional information on the Equity Summit and to register for the event.

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