Episode 07: Policy is Local, Local, Local! with Debra Gore-Mann from The Greenlining Institute

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

On this episode of Momentum, Debra Gore-Mann, President and CEO of The Greenlining Institute joins Chevon for an energizing conversation on Greenlining’s “The Solution to Redlining” work!

Debra talks about becoming the first woman to hold the leadership position of The Greenlining Institute in the organization’s 26-year history, and tells the stories of how the complexities of growing up in a biracial Black and Japanese family prepared her to lead Greenlining in 2021. She also talks about the history of Greenlining’s work in relation to the concept of “Redlining” and makes the historical parallels that have happened for communities of color during the (now year-long) COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination efforts. Debra and Chevon discuss the fraught topic of recent racial attacks by Black youths against Asian elders and the systemic ways the violence is perpetrated, Greenlining’s ongoing work supporting the Green New Deal and advocating for an Office of Racial Equity in California, and the clear ways advocating for/implementing racial equity policy at the local level can influence federal policy.

We also preview a clip of Race Forwards’ #RaceAnd The Movement Forward: Organizing For Racial Justice After the Inauguration, where Race Forward and other organizers/activists discussed the Biden Administration’s first month in office, and analyzed steps taken so far in crafting federal policy to address urgent racial justice priorities. Check the shownotes for video of the full online event!

Resources (by order of mention)

#RaceAnd The Movement Forward: Organizing For Racial Justice After The Inauguration

https://fb.watch/4cLcNtjeHD/

The Greenlining Institute

Official Website

https://greenlining.org/

The Greenlined Economy Guidebook

http://bit.ly/2OOcoX9

“Algorithmic Bias Explained: How Automated Decision-Making Becomes Automated Discrimination.” (via CNET)

http://bit.ly/3thvELy

Debra Gore-Mann

Building a Nation Where Communities of Color Thrive: Debra Gore-Mann on Why She Joined Greenlining

http://bit.ly/2Q1CEOj

Toward a Shared Liberation (Debra on the recent incidents of anti-Asian violence)

http://bit.ly/3bIZbYv

Bank Boards Need More Women of Color by Debra Gore-Mann, Rawan Elhalaby

http://bit.ly/3copjHg

Instagram

instagram.com/dgoremann

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