Equity Alliance Equity Series

Description

In this episode, we look at best practices to both understand the power of community benefits agreements and how to begin strong campaigns to secure community benefits agreements if the policy is fitting to the needs of the community. Some of the objectives of this session are that participants leave the session knowledgeable of the high level who, what, when, where and how, of CBAs, knowing how power is the foundation for securing a CBA, and a clear understanding of what they already knew, what they want to know, and what they have learned about CBAs.

OUR PRESENTER
Cara Pugh, Owner, Cara C. Pugh Consulting, LLC

Cara C. Pugh serves as an Interdisciplinary Research Leader C6 Fellow and National Community-Action Advisory Board member with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Cara researches and consults with communities to understand the legitimacy of Community benefits agreements (CBAs) which are legally binding contracts for economic justice between developers and communities. Focusing on how CBAs alleviate the multigenerational impact of structural racism on the socioeconomic and health trajectories of historically oppressed communities. Cara received a BA in Public Policy, a double minor in Education and African American & Diaspora Studies from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; paired with a Masters in Education, from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Cara supports residents, students, educators, and parents in building and holding power through policy and systems level change for educational equity and economic justice.

About the Equity Alliance Equity Series
The Equity Alliance Equity Series is a monthly seminar sponsored by Destination Medical Center and the City of Rochester. The purpose is to introduce diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices, build sustainable DEI community strategies, and build advocacy and allyship within the Rochester community. The series is held virtually on the second Wednesday of every month at noon.