We strive to equalize opportunity in underserved communities.
Education
Jobs
Health
Community Building Together is creating a new system of change to bring better education, better employment, and better health to underserved communities. Working with public and private partners to create community-inspired solutions, we’re laying the groundwork for programs that bring better to everyone.
Why Better Education, Better Jobs, Better Health?
Statistics show education, employment, and health outcomes have made nominal improvements at best, for people in underserved communities, over the last 20-30-40 years. CBT, with your help, is committed to changing that.
- Schools with 90 percent or more students of color spend $733 less per student per year than schools with 90 percent or more white students.1
- In 2019, the jobless rate for Black Americans was 6.1 percent, compared to 3.3 percent for Whites. 2
- Despite spending more than any other country on health care, the U.S. ranks below other advanced countries in health and life expectancy, and there are wide disparities in health by race, ethnicity, and income. 3
- White people get 72% of healthcare dollars, but make up only 61% of the U.S. population (2002-2016).4
- If Black American physician numbers continue to grow at the current pace, it would take 1,000 years to be equal to the percent of Black Americans in the U.S. population.5
Share compelling local facts
If you agree with us that our society has not closed the opportunity gap across education, employment, and health in a meaningful way, help us build a story that creates the change we all need to see.
Please share with us citable research in your community that highlights how unacceptable inequities have persisted for generations. On a monthly basis, we will update our webpage with new facts that emphasize the call for innovative solutions. Click here to send your fact(s) to us via our community input form.