How are you integrating equity into your work with the reentry workforce?
The Latino Coalition for Community Leadership (LCCL) find, fund, form, and feature nonprofits in marginalized communities meeting the needs of individuals and families. We seek out grassroots faith and community-based organizations serving low-income youth and families. We seek funding to provide funding, build their capacity, and provide voice to their vision to meet and elevate the needs of their community, many of whom are people who have been impacted by the justice system.
As an intermediary organization we seek to level the playing field, following the leadership principle: “give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime”, all our sub-grantees are empowered in all aspects of organizational development for long-term sustainability.
What do you believe needs to change to help people with records gain equity in society?
Many of the nonprofits we serve in marginalized communities are led and operated by people with records. The LCCL has developed systems and processes of working with these organizations to drive monies deeply into communities. As we talk with other organizations across the country, we have come to realize that our approach is the exception. Most of these organizations are often overlooked. Our desire is for this approach to be the norm rather than the exception.
