Race Matters for Juvenile Justice/UNC Charlotte Community Partnership

UNC Charlotte is a community partner of Race Matters for Juvenile Justice. Race Matters for Juvenile Justice (RMJJ) formed in 2010 as a leadership collaborative working within their community to reduce disproportionality and disparate outcomes for children and families of color through institutional, anti-racism organizing, education, workforce development, and practice change (RMJJ, n.d.). RMJJ’s mission is “to build a collaboration of community stakeholders who will bring their constituencies to the table and partner in the Court’s effort to reduce disproportionality and disparities” and their vision is a “Community where the composition and outcomes of juvenile courts cannot be predicted by race or ethnicity” (RMJJ, n.d.). RMJJ’s current community partners include juvenile court judges, the metropolitan school system, police department, social services, juvenile justice, the Guardian ad Litem program, a state urban research university, and the Sheriff, District Attorney, and Public Defender, – all who have been trained in the racial equity workshop, are guided by a set of principles for antiracism organizing, and who meet monthly to encourage transparency and accountability for community practice change towards racial equity.