Few of the nearly 2,000 think tanks across the U.S. highlight scholars from the hood or incorporate their lived experience in policy development and research. As a result, the hood is problematized, and harmful policies are implemented. Furthermore, many people in the hood do not have ready access to analytical research tools and resources for self-determination. The New Hood fills this gap by empowering Black and Latinx people from the hood through community-based policy ideas, research, and solutions.
We believe a new hood is possible with the space to dream it and the tools to achieve it.
Community Healing Policy Agenda is a comprehensive set of polices that recognize the intersection of policy areas and the historical collective traumas that Black and Latinx communities face. It looks beyond treating the symptoms of collective trauma alone, and instead seeks to build long-term strength, vitality, and wholeness for communities unaccustomed to such privilege.
The New Hood
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