Emerging Ethnic Agencies

Holley, Lynn C.

doi:10.1300/j125v11n04_03

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“…When looking at more organization-wide research (as opposed to intervention programs), features of culturally specific service organizations include the following: hiring staff from the same ethnic and linguistic community as service users, include community practices in supporting the individual, engaging in community development to increase cultural pride, decrease isolation and exclusion, encourage cultural consciousness, build power, address issues of racism, locate services in the community and offer holistic programming (Gillam, 2009;Uttal, 2006;Holley 2003). Gillam (2009) also describes culturally specific services as collaborating with service users to design services, resulting in higher user satisfaction.…”

Section: The Research Evidence Of the Benefits And Challenges Of Cultmentioning

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“…They stretch themselves to be more The community has been involved in creating the service, helping to design its elements and being involved in correlated activities. We know from the literature (Gillam, 2009;Holley, 2003) In social work practice, these facilitate the creation of relationship that continues to be the essential feature of the ways that clients value social work services.…”

Section: The Literature: Seven Assets Of Culturally Specific Servicesmentioning

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Rethinking Services with Communities of Color: Why Culturally Specific Organizations Are the Preferred Service Delivery Model

Curry-Stevens¹,

Deloney²,

Morton³

2019

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Racial disparities in social, education and health services continue unabated despite efforts to address them. At the margins of the service delivery system are lesser-known and minimally researched programs known as "culturally specific organizations" that have been developed by and with communities of color. These are organizations that have been developed by a specific community of color and continue to serve that same community of color. This article shares the insights of three leaders in racial equity, who have been immersed in Portland-based organizations for many years: two as organizational leaders and one as an academic research partner. The paper details the organizational assets, the research that provides emerging evidence of their contributions, and the resistance faced by its advocates. Additionally, original qualitative research contributes to this article: insights of the lived experience of leaders of color, and notes gathered over the years of presentations and dialogues in the region have been analyzed. Three additional assets are identified, adding to the seven assets that emerged in the literature. The article closes by identifying the implications that such organizations hold for education, research and practice.

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Section: The Research Evidence Of the Benefits And Challenges Of Cultmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Literature: Seven Assets Of Culturally Specific Servicesmentioning

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Rethinking Services with Communities of Color: Why Culturally Specific Organizations Are the Preferred Service Delivery Model

Curry-Stevens¹,

Deloney²,

Morton³

2019

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“…The literature in this area is thin, yet illuminates some promising features of culturally-specific organizations, known sometimes in the literature as "ethnic agencies" (Holley, 2003;Iglehart & Becerra, 1996), or in Canada as "ethno-cultural organizations" (Hansson, Tuck, Lurie, & McKenzie, 2010). The literature review is organized in the following way: beginning with the benefits that have been identified as accruing to clients, then moving to the accountability practices, and then moving into community benefits.…”

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“…The ways some of the community benefits have been measured include the following: hiring staff from the community and those who speak their language, include community practices in supporting the individual, engage in community development to increase cultural pride, decrease isolation and exclusion, encourage cultural consciousness, build power, address issues of racism, locate services in the community and offer holistic programming (Gillam, 2009;Holley 2003;Uttal, 2006). They are also more likely than mainstream organizations to provide such benefits.…”

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“…We also know from the literature (Gillam, 2009;Holley, 2003) and directly from the experiences of local culturally-specific service providers that advocacy practices are a robust dimension of services, both in one-to-one individual advocacy to help individuals and families gain needed supports, but also for advocacy for institutional reforms such as pressing school districts to hire more teachers of color, for child welfare to recruit more foster families of color, or for the passage of immigration reforms to better sustain families and reduce fears of deportation. All are examples of local advocacy practices being addressed by culturally-specific organizations.…”

Section: Community Outcomes: Community Development and Systemic Advocacymentioning

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In Defense of Culturally-Specific Organizations: Understanding the Rationale and the Evidence

Curry-Stevens¹,

Muthanna²

2016

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Racial disparities abound in human services, with communities of color facing grave impediments to positive progress. Mainstream institutions move painstakingly slowly on reforms-movement too slow to offer this generation prospects for real hope in equity. This paper builds the rationale for expanding funding for culturally-specific organizations, detailing the ways that the literature and the tacit knowledge of culturally-specific organizations improve outcomes for clients and communities of color. The article identifies the service benefits in terms of client outcomes, accountability practices, community benefits, cultural affirmation and inclusion, building community and political capital, and lessening investments in white-centric services. We also identify methods for funding bodies to invest in culturally-specific organizations, and consider the accountability practices that might stimulate mainstream organizations to make gains in racial equity. KeywordsCulturally-Specific Organizations, Ethnic Agencies, Racial Disparities, Racial Equity, Dangerous Allies Setting the ContextAs institutions consider how to move forward with the eradication of institutional racism and racial disparities, communities of color and minority ethnic groups are waiting-sometimes patiently and sometimes not. In Multnomah County (in Oregon, USA), the Coalition of Communities of Color, an alliance of over 25 culturallyspecific community based organizations, is pressing for an alternative: equitable funding for culturally-specific organizations in order to improve the service outcomes for communities of color who have been waiting for A. Curry-Stevens, J. S. Muthanna 68 racial equity for generations.In this region, communities of color have spent the last ten years building an advocacy-based, multi-sector, multi-racial coalition to identify and advance collective interests. In 2003, their organizing and collective voice led to the redirection of approximately 25% of the County's anti-poverty funds to culturally-specific organizations to meet the needs of children of color. The effort was successful in reaching children of color-as 66% of the service users within these anti-poverty programs were children of color, compared to less than 20% before this effort, when outreach had primarily reached white families (Curry-Stevens, Cross-Hemmer, & Coalition of Communities of Color, 2010). And still, rising poverty and rising disparities within poverty cause grave challenges for the region. In response, the Coalition of Communities of Color has added research to their organizing efforts, and expanded their policy advocacy practices, including creating a policy agenda that has been effectively gaining attention. One of these efforts is to build more support for the provision of culturally specific organizations to deliver services to communities of color.Data from the Coalition of Communities of Color reports show that, today, the stakes are high. In almost all areas of life, communities of color face deep and, in numerous instances, w...

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Supporting and Sustaining Grassroots Youth Organizations: The Case of New Detroit

2007

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Grassroots organizations have a central place in service provision within many urban communities, particularly as they work with young people. Enhancing the potential of youth serving organizations is vital as many of these small groups lack infrastructure and resources. One organization has gone beyond grant making to organizations to include providing technical assistance, then moving to a model of capacity building to improve their ability to fulfill their mission. This paper describes the efforts of New Detroit to improve the infrastructure of youth serving grassroots organizations through a multi-faceted model and the outcomes evidenced from the first cohort. In addition we explore the contradictions inherent in working with small groups. How do you improve effectiveness without destroying the ''homegrown'' character these groups possess? The model presented here shows the value of empowering small grassroots groups to build capacity.Résumé Les organisations populaires tiennent une place centrale dans la prestation de services dans de nombreuses collectivités urbaines, particulièrement car elles travaillent avec de jeunes personnes. L'amélioration du potentiel des organisations s'adressant aux jeunes est vitale car ces petits groupes manquent d'infrastructures et de ressources. Une organisation a été au-delà du subventionnement leur étant accordé en fournissant une assistance technique, puis en construisant un modèle de capacité d'élaboration en vue d'améliorer leur capacité àremplir leur mission. Cette étude décrit les efforts de New Detroit pour améliorer l'infrastructure des organisations populaires s'adressant aux jeunes par le biais d'un modèle àplusieurs facettes et de résultats attestés par la première cohorte. De plus, nous explorons les contradictions inhérentes au travail par petits groupes. Comment pouvons-nous améliorer l'efficacité sans détruire le caractère propre de ces groupes ? Le modèle présenté dans cette étude montre la valeur de l'initiative de petits groupes populaires en ce qui concerne la capacité d'élaboration.Resumen Las organizaciones comunitarias ocupan un lugar esencial prestando servicios en muchas comunidades urbanas, sobre todo cuando trabajan con los jóvenes. Promover el desarrollo de las organizaciones juveniles es crucial ya que, en la mayoría de los casos, se trata de grupos reducidos que carecen de infraestructura y recursos. Una de estas organizaciones ha pasado de dedicarse solamente a gestionar becas para las organizaciones a incluir asistencia técnica, adoptando un modelo de creación de capacidades para poder cumplir mejor con su misión. Este trabajo describe los esfuerzos de New Detroit para mejorar la infraestructura de las organizaciones comunitarias de apoyo a los jóvenes a través de un modelo múltiple y del resultado obtenido por el primer grupo. Asimismo, analizamos las contradicciones inevitables que aparecen al trabajar con pequeños grupos. >Es posible mejorar la efectividad de estos pequeños grupos sin destruir la naturaleza local que poseen? El modelo que aq...

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Emerging Ethnic Agencies

Cited by 35 publications

References 19 publications

Rethinking Services with Communities of Color: Why Culturally Specific Organizations Are the Preferred Service Delivery Model

Rethinking Services with Communities of Color: Why Culturally Specific Organizations Are the Preferred Service Delivery Model

In Defense of Culturally-Specific Organizations: Understanding the Rationale and the Evidence

Supporting and Sustaining Grassroots Youth Organizations: The Case of New Detroit

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