Research in Action

UMN EFS Number: 0000161359

We collaborate with impacted communities and partners across sectors to reveal and address complex problems through research, evaluation, and analysis. We elevate how community members are creating knowledge in their everyday lives and identify concrete changes that make a difference through data innovation. We create intentional space for partners to engage in ongoing learning and redirect power to community to name and solve problems on their own terms with accountability and strategic support. We rebalance power by convening new tables that bring stakeholders together across difference and grow community capacity by building relationships and improving capacity. We amplify lived experiences that reveal root causes of racial injustice and reshape critical discussion and debates at the local and national level.