Zeroing in on marginalized

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Zeroing in on marginalized racialized youth

• Anita Stellinga VP of Community Investment and
  Suelyn Knight Community Outreach Coordinator
  United Way of Peel Region

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What is Marginalization and
Racialization?

• Marginalization the social inequalities
  experienced and applied to individuals who are
  socially devalued based on particular
  characteristics that render them powerless by
  society socially vulnerable

• RACIALIZATION is the process through which groups
  come to be designated as different and on that
  basis subjected to unequal treatment. Racialized
  groups include people who might experience
  differential treatment on the basis of race,
  ethnicity, language, religion or culture.

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Equity vs Diversity Whats the difference?

• Diversity

• Equity

• plural noun the state of being diverse
• there was considerable diversity in the style of
  the reports
• in singular a range of different things
• newspapers were obliged to allow a diversity of
  views to be printed
• mass noun cultural diversity
• the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic
  groups within a society
• cultural diversity has increased, exposing kids
  to new tastes and experiences
• diversity
• the condition of having or being composed of
  differing elements variety especially the
  inclusion of different types of people (as people
  of different races or cultures) in a group or
  organization ltprograms intended to promote
  diversity in schoolsgt

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What is Peels story?

• Who is doing well?
• Who is not doing well?

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Racialized Population in Peel

• 2001 Total Population 985,580
• Racialized population 379,105 (38.4 )
• 2006 Total Population 1,154,070
• Racialized population 576,665 (48.97)
• 2011 Total Population 1, 289,015
• Racialized population 732,805 (56.9)

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Youth in Peel

• 24.6 (roughly 320,000) youth population in Peel
  up to age 18 (2011 Census data)
• Ages 10-18 account for 13 of that 24.6 range
• Youth unemployment rate

2010 2011 2012
Ontario 17.2 15.8 16.9
Peel 18.9 16 17
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NEET Youth

• refers to a youth Not in Education, Employment
  or Training. Youth at risk are
• most likely to fall into this category, and they
  are at a higher risk of being
• disengaged, discouraged, or socially excluded.
• Ex
• Ontarios Aboriginal youth have an unemployment
  rate of 21.98
• Young African Canadians have the second highest
  rate of unemployment (21.2)
• (CivicAction FAST FACTS BARRIERS TO YOUTH
  EMPLOYMENT June 2013)
• 9 of youth in Ontario are NEET youth (Ontario
  Stepping Up strategic framework 2013)
• Do we know what this looks like in Peel? And what
  does it mean for all youth racialized youth?

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Challenges faced by Marginalized
Racialized communities
Poverty Justice
Violence Health care
Mental Health Community/civic engagement
Social Inclusion Income
Belonging Employment
Labour Market Education
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Education and Employment Challenges
for Racialized Individuals

• Employment
• Pay gap
• Higher levels of unemployment
• Earn less income
• Precarious Employment
• Canadas Colour Coded Labour Market Report,
  Block Galabuzi, 2011

• Education
• Higher disproportionate school drop-out rate
• Curriculum not reflective
• Staff not reflective
• People for education June 2008 Report

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Income Challenges

• Dianne Patychuk, Steps to Equity, Prepared for
  Access Alliance, April 2009

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Income Challenges

• Dianne Patychuk, Steps to Equity, Prepared for
  Access Alliance, April 2009

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This work can be challenging

• It is uncomfortable to speak about it
• Requires shift in power, culture, behaviours,
  awareness
• Requires vulnerability and humility in admitting
  that maybe what we are doing is not working and
  this creates fear
• We have limited data on racialized populations
  and this limits our understanding of what is
  happening
• Cant see the advantage/disadvantage without
  adequate data

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Why is this focus important?

• Affects economic development Federal Reserve
  Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin stated This
  inequality is destabilizing and undermines the
  ability of the economy to grow sustainably and
  efficiently.
• Implications for universal goals with targeted
  strategies
• There are youth that are left behind
• Implications for service delivery models
• Implications for resources doing things
  differently Fair Share

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Why is this focus important?

• Necessary to create change if what were aiming
  for is impact and making a difference for youth
  their families
• What does this mean for the future of Peel?
• What kind of Peel Region do we want to have for
  our collective future?

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What is our vision for all youth in
Peel Region?
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Why is UWPR championing this?

• UWPR Values Enablers
• Looked at what we were doing moved to what we
  needed to do in our vision of being a community
  impact organization
• Intentionality came from data, listening to the
  community working with community
• Voice of the Community Advisory Councils
  influenced strategy and depth in focus on poverty
  reduction
• Beginning data collection on racialized
  populations in UWPR funded programs
• Partnership with Region on collective impact

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Collective Impact approach

• There is work unfolding across Peel to support
  racialized and marginalized youth
• Regional Diversity Roundtable Curriculum
• Peel Diversity Charter
• Examples on todays agenda
• CAMH service collaborative
• Facilitating Access, Change Equity in Systems
  (FACES)

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FACES priorities

• Facilitating Access, Change and Equity in Systems
  (FACES)
• Focus on Afro-diasporic youth
• Vulnerable youth within black population not
  the entire black youth population
• 3 priorities
• Data collection reporting
• Equity framework
• Responsive proactive to vulnerable youth

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How do we turn the curve?

• First Step - understand that there is a
  difference in outcomes for racialized/marginalized
  youth
• Need discussion on why disparities exist before
  we turn to solutions
• Focus on universal strategies that are targeted
  and deliberate

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How do we turn the curve?

• Have a conversation about it and consider
  implications for each of our organizations
• Ask ourselves who is in our organization and
  who isnt? Staff, volunteers, clients, community,
  donors, community leaders
• Create space for asking and thinking about the
  demographics and how are we changing?

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How do we turn the curve?

• Consider implications of programming and service
  delivery in racialized populations..beyond
  samosas, halal meat and hiring gender appropriate
  staff.
• Increasing capacity of programs to respond to
  racialized/marginalized groups
• Partnerships with culturally diverse grassroots
  agencies

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Equity Lens

• If we are ready to use an equity lens to always
  ask if what we are doing, planning or deciding
  will benefit the people who need it the most and
  who have existing barriers and, to take steps to
  mitigate consequences, reduce barriers, tailor
  strategies to ensure that what we do reduces
  rather than widens existing disparities
• . then we can measure our efforts using
  available data and simple tools available to us.
• Dianne Patychuk, Access Alliance, Who are we
  serving? What is possible using the information
  we have April 2009

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In summary

• Demographics of Peel speak for themselves
• Need universal strategies with a targeted
  approach for racialized/marginalized youth to
  address gaps create positive outcomes
• Use an equity framework to build bridges to equal
  access and opportunity
• Values economic case
• Collective Impact

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Roundtable discussions

• 1). How can using a common agenda approach
  influence our work on this issue of supporting
  racialized / marginalized youth?
• 2). What service delivery enhancements, helpful
  approaches, best practics and support would
  assist organizations in engaging
  racialized/marginalized youth?
• 3). How can youth-lead organizations/initiatives
  be better supported to strengthen their efforts?