RACIAL EQUITY CONNECT

RE|Connect is a collective of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Immigrant, Asian, and People of Color-led nonprofit organizations and businesses in Eastern Iowa that addresses racial equity. The group chose the name RE|Connect, which stands for ‘Racial Equity Connect' as a fitting name for the collective group of organizations with a shared mission to address the inequities that exist in our communities of color. The members are leaders in the community with shared lived experiences making them uniquely qualified to move our communities towards informed action to disrupt racial inequity impacting socioeconomically vulnerable and underserved residents in Johnson County... Addressing racial equity through collaboration with those closest to the problem that are uniquely qualified to deliver services and make real change.