Equity

Kristina Smock Consulting works with advocacy organizations, foundations and governments to provide research on inequities and to promote the application of an equity lens in policy and programming.

Areas of expertise include:

  • ­Research and data analysis to examine inequities and highlight disparities

  • ­Program evaluation from an equity perspective

  • ­Development of equity lenses to guide planning and policy

  • ­Regional equity and the social determinants of health

  • Advocacy and policy change to address disparities.

 
 

SAMPLE PROJECTS

City of Portland Office of Equity and Human Rights, Stakeholder Engagement: Conducted internal and external stakeholder engagement and wrote a summary report to inform the Office’s strategic planning and the hiring of a new director, 2018.

Coalition for a Livable Future, Regional Equity Action Plan: Developed presentations and workshops to share the findings of the Regional Equity Atlas 1.0 and to engage leaders from throughout the region in the creation of a regional equity action plan, 2005-2007.

Coalition for a Livable Future, Regional Equity Atlas 2.0: Project Manager for the Regional Equity Atlas 2.0, a research and education project using maps, data and stories to illuminate the Portland metro region's geography of opportunity and support policy change to address disparities, 2010-2015.

Community Organizing and Family Issues, Policy Research: Conducted research to support policy change campaigns led by Black and Latinx parents in Illinois working to address inequities in school discipline, access to preschool, access to mental health services, and the debt spiral, 2006-2022.

Meyer Memorial Trust, Evaluation Framework: Developed an evaluation framework and tools to support ongoing assessment of the foundation’s grantmaking and equity work; provided training and support to program staff in implementing the tools, 2016-2018.

­Multnomah Idea Lab, Economic Justice Blueprint: Worked with the Economic Justice Project to research and write a report analyzing racial economic disparities, mapping current County investments to address economic inequality, and providing a framework and recommendations for advancing economic justice in Multnomah County, 2022-2023.