25th Anniversary Racial Justice in Motion

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For 25 years Catalyst California has advanced racial justice through building multiracial solidarity, forging deep connections with people across geography and identity, and believing that truth is the basis for transformative social change that makes the lives of Californians better.

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Accountability Systems

Babies and Toddlers

The Early Years are Critical to Setting a Strong Foundation

Babies are Rapidly Acquiring Language and Knowledge of the World Around Them

Supporting Babies to Thrive Gives Them Opportunities to Succeed and Build Resilience

Babies and Toddlers in LA County Report

Building California's Future: Tackling the Facilities Challenge for Our Youngest Learners

Uplifting the Assets of California's Dual Language Learners in the Early Years

Uplifting Family Voices: Family Engagement in California’s Rate Reform & Quality Initiative

The research is clear that the healthy growth, learning, and overall well-being of our babies and toddlers is directly connected to the well-being of their families and community. Supporting babies and toddlers to thrive means supporting families and communities to thrive. It is critical that the state intentionally centers whole child, whole family policies and resources for our babies’ and toddlers’ healthy development and growth.

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Built Environment

California Partnership for the Future of Learning

California Racial Equity Coalition

California Redistricting

Care First

Centering Equity for L.A. County’s Redistricting Cycle

Community Safety Solutions

Decrease the Role of Law Enforcement

Dual Language Learners

ECE Facilities

Early Care & Education

Equitable Economic Investments

Equitable and Common Sense Charging Policies

Fair Redistricting

About the Program

Funding Racial Justice- Local Budget Basics

That's a Wrap: Inaugural Funding Racial Justice Budget Advocacy Training Program

Funding Racial Justice: Budget Advocacy Training for Community Power

Government Responsiveness to Racial Inequity

Healthy Built Environment

Justice Reinvestment

K-12 Education Policy

Los Angeles Office of Racial Equity (ORE)

The LA City scandal has caused deep wounds across communities and exposed inequities in how city government operates. While the political and civic leaders involved in the scandal must be held accountable, intercommunity healing and a more equitable future will require more than just resignations. A new vision of city governance is needed, and that vision needs to be rooted in and shaped by the perspectives of BIPOC and low-income Angelenos. In collaboration with residents, OUR LA will work to realize this vision and advance a community-based reform agenda. 

OUR LA - Organize | Unite | Reform LA

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This November, LA County voters will have the option to begin a process of fundamentally reshaping how the County Government operates. Unlike the City of Los Angeles, which took a methodical approach over nearly two years to identify modest governance reforms, the County has brought sweeping reforms to voters in less than a month with Measure G. Like many others, Organize, Unite, Reform LA (OUR LA) is still analyzing these reforms and their potential implications on our communities. 

OUR LA Statement: County Governance Reform Measure G

Participatory Budgeting

Police Reform

Prosecutorial Reform

Resources for Safe Schools in Challenging Times

Defending Immigrant Students and Families | California Federation of Teachers

Resources for Immigrant Students | California Teachers Association

Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan | Immigration Legal Resource Center

California’s public schools and early childhood learning spaces serve learners of all races, religions, and economic backgrounds, so they can grow and thrive. As advocates, we have long worked to also make them safe, inclusive, affirming places where joyful learning can happen for every family. But under the Trump administration, this diverse education system is under serious threat. 

Student Equity Need Index

Furthers LCFF’s vision by prioritizing the allocation of resources to high-need schools to better address inequities.

Strengthens shared-power and shared-decision making between district and community.

Provides additional flexible funding for school sites.

Equity Alliance for LA's Kids

SENI in the Context of COVID

LAUSD's SENI Website

Racial Justice Equity Plan to Recovery

On a Podcast: Budgeting for Educational Equity

Transparency

Whole Child Community Equity

Youth Development

Organizational

Race Counts

Reimagining Justice & Safety

Hillary Khan is the Data Architect Manager at Catalyst California. She is responsible for developing and maintaining data pipelines for the Research and Data Analysis team and the organization's server-side architecture through external vendor management. Additionally, she supports the Research and Data Analysis team by prototyping interactive visuals, building APIs, and automating workflows to free up capacity for the team. 

Prior to Catalyst California, Hillary worked as a research analyst at UN Women and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Botswana. She also contributed to the Blue Witness app, a web tool that predicts and catalogs police use-of-force from tweets, for Human Rights First. 

Hillary received her master's in economics and political science from Fordham University and completed a data science program with Lambda School. She has a background in research and international community development and is passionate about bringing innovative solutions to provide reliable and efficient access to data for community-centered decision-making. 

End Gang Profiling in Southeast San Diego: Data and Stories from Community Members 

Justice Equity Services Index/Justice Equity Need Index 

Racial Bias in Policing: An In-Depth Analysis of Stopping Practices by the Long Beach Police Department 

Hillary Khan is the Data Architect Manager at Catalyst California.

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