February 19, 2021
Omi and Winant provide an account of how concepts of race are created and transformed, how they become the focus of political conflict, and how they come to shape and permeate both identities and institutions. The steady journey of the U.S. toward a majority nonwhite population, the ongoing evisceration of the political legacy of the early post-World War II civil rights movement, the initiation of the ‘war on terror’ with its attendant Islamophobia, the rise of a mass immigrants rights (more...)
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February 19, 2021
How could Northern California, the wealthiest and most politically progressive region in the United States, become one of the earliest epicenters of the foreclosure crisis? How could this region continuously reproduce racial poverty and reinvent segregation in old farm towns one hundred miles from the urban core? This is the story of the suburbanization of poverty, the failures of regional planning, urban sprawl, NIMBYism, and political fragmentation between middle-class white environmentalists and communities of color. As Alex Schafran shows, the (more...)
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February 19, 2021
Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first Black president spelled the doom of racism. In fact, racist thought is alive and well in America – more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues in Stamped from the Beginning, if we have any hope of grappling with this stark reality, we must first understand how racist ideas were developed, disseminated, (more...)
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February 19, 2021
This one-year, paid internship program trains low-income college students of color to jumpstart careers in affordable housing development and project management – by pairing each intern with an NPH member host agency, a leading nonprofit affordable housing developer.
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February 19, 2021
The Internship Program is a one-year paid Internship for university students designed to increase the diversity of staff in the Affordable Housing and Community Development field and assist in meeting the diverse needs of the communities served throughout the rural West.
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February 19, 2021
Urban Habitat’s Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) trains and supports leaders from low-income communities of color to influence housing, transportation, and land use policies as decision makers. We work with leaders committed to advancing equitable policies, help them get onto public boards and commissions, and provide individualized support throughout their commission service.
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February 19, 2021
To grow a powerful resident and community organizing base to change policies and challenge systems of oppression, EBHO believes that residents who have been historically left out of decision-making processes should be at the forefront. In line with a transformative organizing practice, we dive into systems change, presenting a critique of our economic system and its impact on housing. We advocate for collective change and personal transformation by learning about where we’ve been and why. Each session demands an exploration (more...)
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February 19, 2021
Understanding the harm that microaggressions can cause in performance, self-esteem, and comfort in people of color. Microaggressions are defined here as “the everyday insults, indignities and demeaning messages sent to people of color by well-intentioned white people who are unaware of the hidden messages being sent to them.”
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February 19, 2021
A comprehensive toolkit on how to apply a racial equity lens to housing organizations, with tools that assist with education on racial equity, creating a plan for change, and implementation
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February 19, 2021
Studies have shown that vague feedback disproportionately affects women, so this tool can also increase gender equity among your staff. The CSAW framework (“Connect,” “Share,” “Ask,” “Wrap-Up” method of giving feeback allows you to tackle issues head-on and encourages more specific and concrete feedback. This framework is helpful to advance equity in ensuring that you are connecting through shared values with employees and creating a concrete plan of action for remedying challenges.
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February 19, 2021
This website is a web-based version of a workbook designed originally to support the Dismantling Racism workshop offered by Dismantling Racism Works, a training collaborative that is not offering workshops or consulting support at this time. Includes tools such as understanding White Supremacy Culture, Racism Defined, Stages of Racial Equity, and History.
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February 19, 2021
Understanding everyone’s unique comfort zone, learning/’stretch’ zone, and panic zone, which are helpful for effective training on difficult topics such as race. Many partners and consultants reference this model as helpful for engaging in racial equity work and understanding where you can realistically bring everyone along.
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