REI Resources

February 19, 2021

White Supremacy Culture in Professional Spaces is Toxic – To Dismantle It, We Must First Be Willing To Name It!

A fundraising professional shares how white supremacy culture can show up in the nonprofit sector in ways that we may not even realize – a sense of urgency, tokenism, of POC staff, etc.
February 19, 2021

5 Things We Learned About Creating a Successful Workplace Diversity Program

Lessons learned from a company that created a meaningful comprehensive program to address diversity and inclusion issues at their workplace.
February 19, 2021

Two Types of Diversity Training That Really Work

Research demonstrates that two types of diversity training – “perspective-taking” and “goal-setting” – produced strong diversity and supportive outcomes
February 19, 2021

Who Will Lead Community Development Corporations?

The community development world has a racial representation problem, especially in its top leadership.
February 19, 2021

The Pipeline Isn’t the Problem

Entrepreneur and CEO John Rice about what companies – tech companies in particular – must do to combat what he terms �third-degree racism.� (Podcast transcript)
February 19, 2021

How to Challenge White Supremacy through Rest

SHIFT explains how to understand the connection between capitalism, racism, and rest and how to apply that lens to staff well-being and workplace culture
February 19, 2021

Don’t Talk about Implicit Bias Without Talking about Structural Racism

The National Equity Project breaks down our understanding of the components of implicit bias (priming, associations, and assumptions) and the interconnectedness of structural racism that reinforces these biases.
February 19, 2021

Closing the Racial Leadership Gap Part 1

Offers guidance on responding to Race to Lead’s report on the racial leadership gap in the nonprofit sector
February 19, 2021

Closing the Racial Leadership Gap Part 2

Outlining key strategies nonprofit leadership can use to make the hiring and promotion process more equitable.
February 19, 2021

You’re Not Serious about Equity If You Don’t Post Salaries

“When you’re not willing to post salaries, you’re telling potential applicants that you’re not committed to equity and that you don’t respect their time. Why would you want to start the relationship this way? And more importantly, why should anyone want to work for you?”
February 19, 2021

When you don’t disclose salary range on a job posting, a unicorn loses its wings

Vu Le humorously and bluntly shares arguments for why choosing to not list salary ranges perpetuates inequities and harms the nonprofit sector.
February 19, 2021

Moving Beyond Diversity Toward Racial Equity

Ben Hecht, President & CEO of Living Cities shares lessons learned from his work to transform his organizational culture to advance racial equity.