What’s race got to do with it?

• Why are young people of color twice as likely to be placed in the juvenile justice system?
  
  
• Why are Native American youth three times more likely to be in the child welfare system?
  
  
• How does television negatively target minority young people?

New Mexico Race Matters Coalition Statement of Principles

Race is a social construct, often misunderstood as a biological fact. We are all one people. Still, this concept of race has become a way of dividing us and creating inequities based on physical characteristics or cultural traditions. Race and ethnicity matter because of the very real injustices children and youth of color experience. Structural racism prevents them from reaching their full potential. Read the full Statement of Principles.

See the list of endorsers.

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RACE MATTERS Task Force

Check back for the date and time of the next meeting of the Race Matters Task Force.

 

Minutes of the Meetings

• July 12, 2006
• June 6, 2006

 

Conference Presentations:

download the Power Point Presentations from the May 2006 conference

 

Download the tool kit from the Annie E. Casey Foundation website.

Issue Areas:

• Race and Media
  
  
• Child Welfare
  
  
• Juvenile Justice
  
  
• Access to Behavioral Health Care
  
  
• Reproductive Health
  
  
• Education

Training Opportunities and Upcoming Conferences:

The following weekend events are sponsored by the New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum, and NMHRC member organization.  Your support and participation is encouraged.  For more information, contact Lyn Berner at:    247-0606 OR email her at :  LBerner@NMHolocaustMuseum.org

WHAT:  Yom Ha’shoah Memorial Service
DATE:    Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m.
WHERE: Congregation B’nai Israel, 4401 Indian School Road.
This year’s program is dedicated to Christian rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust.

All are welcome to attend.
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WHAT:  Keshet Dance Company in its premier of Ani Ma’amin.
DATE:    Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 4 at 2 p.m.
WHERE:  South Broadway Cultural Center, 1025 Broadway SE.
COST:   General admission tickets are $16.

This production, in partnership with the New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum, is co-sponsored by the City of Albuquerque and it is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, United Way of Central New Mexico, the McCune Foundation, and the Ruth Easton Fund.

For more information call 224-9808

 

Contact Information

For information regarding Race Matters, contact Felicia Griffin, Development Director at (505) 244-9505 ext. 21 or fgriffin@nmvoices.org

 

Resources & Related Information

Download and review the Race Matters resources and related information.

Download the Fact Sheets from the 2007 conference:
(pdf format)

Behavioral Health
Child Welfare
Education
Juvenile Justice
Race & Media
Reproductive Health