Research in Action

Research in Action is a Black queer female-led, multi-racial and gender-diverse social benefit corporation created to reclaim the power of research by centering community expertise and driving actionable solutions for racial justice. From government policies to nonprofit programs, research is used to shape our daily lives in countless ways. But, for generations, researchers have entered communities with their own agendas, extracted data from those most harmed by injustice, and released findings that are utterly removed from the people most impacted. Research in Action was created to disrupt traditional, top-down approaches and reclaim the power of research by putting community expertise first at every step — from naming the problem to identifying solutions. We lead projects that redirect power, transform relationships, and create radical change. We do not repurpose existing data; we *create new* actionable knowledge with impacted communities. Together with our partners, we leverage and share our technical skills in research, evaluation and analysis; data innovation; strategy support; relationship and capacity building; and narrative shifting to advance concrete and actionable policy and practice solutions that lead to real and lasting change in our communities.