Partnership for Racial Equity

Creating a Community United for Equality

Join us in forming a broad alliance dedicated to promoting equality across races in Long Island and further afield. Together, we can break down the barriers that prevent fair treatment and opportunities for all.

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Our Mission

To expose forms of racial discrimination, advocate for laws and policies that eliminate racial disparities, increase understanding of how structural racism and segregation impact our communities and region, and engage the public in fostering equity and inclusion.

Our Vision

Transformed, integrated communities in which no person’s access to opportunity is limited by race or ethnicity.

Areas of Work

The faculty, staff, researchers, and affiliates of the Erase Racism Institute work together with multidisciplinary approaches to learn, research, and construct solutions for society’s most pressing issues. Our programs and initiatives are all designed to effect transformative change.

All Areas Of Work

Youth Development and Leadership

Education Equity Initiative

Affordable and Inclusive Housing

Training and Consultations

Current School Funding Report

ERASE Racism’s new interactive, research report, “Empire State Inequities: A Decade of School Funding Disparity and Its Effects,” is a longitudinal review of the impact of inequitable traditional public school funding in New York State. Specifically, the report finds that inequity in funding is compounded by racial segregation and disproportionate tax burdens.More importantly, this report finds that traditional public school funding and student performance are closely aligned. The findings provide an opportunity to dispel long standing myths about the performance of students of color…

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