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• Find organiations with lived experiences driving racial equity work in Santa Cruz County. • Support local organizers of color advocating for systemic change in Santa Cruz County. • Learn tips from the Community Foundation on how to give locally for racial equity.(https://www.cfscc.org/articles/tips-on-giving-locally-for-racial-equity)

• Buy from and hire local People of Color: • Day Workers(http://dayworkercentersc.org/) • Youth and adults overcoming obstacles(https://cabinc.org/2017/04/01/alcance/) • Make your hiring process more equitable (https://theavarnagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Recruitment-Hiring-updated-Nov-15-2021.docx.pdf) • Create workplace structures that support the leadership and compensation growth of People of Color within your organization.(https://www.npr.org/2020/09/03/909274979/workplace-diversity-goes-far-past-hiring-how-leaders-can-support-employees-of-co)(https://www.npr.org/2020/09/03/909274979/workplace-diversity-goes-far-past-hiring-how-leaders-can-support-employees-of-co) • Support access to higher education opportunities for youth of color.

• Attend local community events that are led by and share stories by people of color. • Listen to, learn from, read, and share the stories of local People of Color. • Celebrate and support local artists and musicians of color. • Share a land acknowledgement. (https://nativegov.org/news/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/)

• Continuously educate yourself in how you, as an individual, can be anti-racist.(https://www.santacruzmah.org/blog/black-lives-matter)(https://www.santacruzmah.org/blog/black-lives-matter) • Understand the race and ethnicity demographics (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/santacruzcountycalifornia)in Santa Cruz County. Use it as a measure to evaluate equitable representation in your organizations’(https://www.ofbyforall.org/assess-now) leadership, staff, board, vendors, and participants. • Learn about local racial disparity data,(https://www.racecounts.org/county/santa-cruz/) the root causes,(https://www.racialequitytools.org/resources/fundamentals/history-of-racism-and-movements) and identify ways you or your organization can contribute to decreasing the local disparities. • Support, learn from, and vote for trusted leaders of color in local government and positions of power. • Commit resources to equity, ongoing racial equity training, and including personnel dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion in your workplace (https://equityinthecenter.org/so-you-want-to-hire-an-equity-consultant/)and organizations you’re involved with.

• Make information about essential services easy to understand, accessible in different languages: Spanish, Native languages (Mixtec, Zapotec, Chatino, Mixe, Nahuatl, Triqui), Tagalog, Cantonese, and Khmer, and in non-digital formats too. • Support local advocacy and anti-racist policies that increase equitable affordable housing, food access, health care, immigration reform, and worker rights.