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5.How has your organization incorporated racial equity goals into your organizational <br />goals? <br />RCP centers racial equity by examining where white supremacy culture shows up in our <br />organizational culture and structure, and maintaining accountability to communities we work with. <br />Our priorities reflect those of the people we serve, rather than those who fund our organization. <br />Language justice is our arterial focus, as English improficiency is weaponized for the economic and <br />political exclusion and exploitation of migrant and refugee populations. We focus on “reciprocal <br />relationships” rather than "service provision", turning relationships of charity to relationships of <br />collective care, working in cooperation toward Members’ goals in a way that maintains their agency <br />and priorities. <br /> <br />6.Please describe how you have involved the intended beneficiaries of the proposed project <br />in the planning and design process (in 100 words or less). <br />Throughout the refugee journey, help-giving relationships are one-way, undermining self agency and <br />perception of self-worth. At RCP we flip the script, where refugee and migrant communities play the <br />lead role in addressing the issues that affect them. Decision-making comes from Membership <br />through 1) neighborhood level conversations between Member families, staff, and interpreters and 2) <br />through our Member Councils, composed entirely of refugee and migrant residents. RCP maintains <br />economic accountability by hiring Members for as many positions as possible. Currently, 7 of 10 staff <br />are refugee or migrant identifying, with an additional 35 Members on payroll. <br /> <br />7.Please fill in your agency demographics in the table below: <br />Agency Demographics <br />Staff Board <br />Gender <br />Men 2 4 <br />Women 8 4 <br />Nonbinary/Genderqueer <br />Self-Describe <br />Total 10 8 <br />Race and Ethnicity <br />Black or African-American 2 <br />American Indian or Alaska Native <br />Asian Indian 3 4 <br />White 3 4 <br />Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander <br />Chinese <br />Program information Page 10 of 21 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: C7E9E35D-4294-4C57-9D16-FD34B7245AA8