Organizational Culture

August 16, 2021

How Do Organizations Follow Through on Statements of Racial Solidarity?

Monique Davis and John Irvine share thoughts on how organizations can go beyond solidarity statements and have real impact in their work to advance racial equity.
August 16, 2021

The real reasons many organizations are still unable to diversify their board, staff, fundraising committees, etc.

Vu offers better ways to think about diversifying your staff and questions to ask yourself about your strategies and outcomes. This is a more comprehensive approach to ensure that we are being thoughtful in the process and thinking about inclusion and belonging.
August 16, 2021

6 Steps to Making Metrics an Ally of Your Diversity Plan

Things to keep in mind when tracking diversity, equity, and inclusion metrics to ensure that you are collecting and using data effectively and equitably.
August 16, 2021

You’ve Committed to DEI, Now What?

Outlines the ACTT model (Accountability, Community, Training, and Transparency) of ensuring that principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion are embedding into everything your organization does. Includes questions to ask yourself if your organization is aligning in this way. 
August 16, 2021

Just Program

Just is not a certification program, it is a transparency platform for organizations to disclose their operations, including how they treat their employees and where they make financial and community investments. Just is a nutrition label for socially just and equitable organizations. This approach requires reporting on a range of organization- and employee-related indicators. Each indicator outlines measurable accountabilities in order for the organization to be recognized at four levels of performance, which are summarized elegantly on the label.
August 16, 2021

White Supremacy Culture: Still Here

Tema Okun provides an update to the original list of Traits of White Supremacy Culture published in 1999 with new perspectives on how fear, intersectionality, and other forces contribute to the perpetuation of white supremacy culture. 
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

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

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.
February 19, 2021

Why Diversity Is About Much More Than Numbers

Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett shares about why we must think beyond diversity and consider inclusion, belonging, and respect to gain the true benefits of diversity
February 19, 2021

Unmasking ‘racial microaggressions’

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.”
February 19, 2021

Advancing Frontline Employees of Color

Research makes the case for why creating a pipeline of diverse frontline staff supports your company’s bottom line and helps avoid turnover, while also advancing equitable outcomes