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February 19, 2021

Embedding Racial Equity in Housing

Outlines the disparate impact of racist housing policy and COVID-19 on communities of color and offers possible solutions that cities can enact.
February 19, 2021

Looking to do right by your Black employees? Start by renegotiating the terms of your ERGs for Black talent

How to address the ways that affinity groups/employee resource groups (ERGs) can create a burden of uncompensated labor on Black talent at your company/organization and make them a more successful and supportive resource.
February 19, 2021

Tech companies are asking their black employee groups to fix Silicon Valley’s race problem – often for free

Clarifying the appropriate role of employee resource groups (ERGs) and understanding the value and the limitations of these groups in enacting systemic change, particularly in the Silicon Valley tech realm.
February 19, 2021

Don’t Be an Ally, Be an Accomplice

Making the case that those who want to move from “allies” to “accomplices” need to have a larger stake in the game to disrupt the status quo, and that it might cost you somehing.
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

What is a Chief Diversity Officer and Why Does Your Company Need One?

Making the argument for why hiring a Chief Diversity Officer can be beneficial to your organization in helping to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion goals
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

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

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

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

Who Will Lead Community Development Corporations?

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