Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED)

In 2018, former NC Teacher of the Year James E. Ford began devising a vision for a standalone nonprofit that deals explicitly with race and education issues in North Carolina. From this vision, the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED) was born, a North Carolina-based nonprofit actively pursuing racial justice by closing the knowing-doing gap in the field and filling an organizational void in the state. CREED launched publicly in 2019, releasing two research documents exposing the role of systemic racism in education.

Since then, CREED has grown to a small but mighty team of dynamic individuals, with varied skill sets and backgrounds, committed to transforming the educational experiences of Black, Latinx, Native American, and Asian students in North Carolina.

Ensuring equitable education opportunities means shifting the policy atmosphere and advocating for changes that are generational in their impact. CREED prioritizes expert, race-conscious research on North Carolina-specific education issues. It raises the collective awareness of the general public while inspiring and elevating the work of educators who are ready to alter practices and protocols to become more equitable.

CREED will continue to execute a rigorous research agenda that informs the call for transformation at the structural level for students in Pre-K, K-12, and post-secondary.

CREED will reach beyond programming, and other facilitated experiences to promote deep and authentic engagement with some of the nation’s most pressing issues, such as equity, gender, race, class, civic engagement, mental health, community engagement, and social justice through education.

With a recognized implementation strategy, we deliver direct public-facing services to North Carolina public school educators, associated non-profits, organizational advocates, pre-school to college-level students and parents, as well as district-wide services to North Carolina counties with insight, research-based interventions, and organizing strategies to transform the experience of education in North Carolina.

CREED's research and policy recommendations center the culture, gifts, and agency of students of color, advocate for choices that truly serve students of color and equip educators with important skills and resources to reachand teach each and every child int he North Carolina education system. 

Lean more at creed-nc.org