How the UN Sustainable Development Goals Can Advance Racial Equity


Foundation: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Cleveland Foundation

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A 2021 report by the UN-affiliated Sustainable Development Solutions Network, In the Red: the US Failure to Deliver on a Promise of Racial Equality, found that majority-White communities in the United States received resources and services at a rate of up to three times higher than other racial groups.

A central SDG value is "leave no one behind," mandating equity as central to sustainable development work.

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