All of us have a responsibility to embed the principles of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Access into our work. Even those of us who do not perform DEIA-specific consulting work have a role to play in advancing these critical principles in the nonprofit sector.
Below is a collection of resources covering a wide range of DEIA topics. This list will continue to evolve, so check back again soon!
Websites + Online Resources:
- The New York Times Magazine: The 1619 Project
- National Museum of African American History and Culture: I am a Person Committed to Equity
Articles + Reports:
- Medium: Who gets to decide what economic recovery looks like?
(Article about Importance of Collaboration, Community and Equity in COVID-Recovery Planning) - Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Organization
- Dismantling White Supremacy in Nonprofits: A Starting Point
- Women In Development’s (WID’s) 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Task Force’s Final Report
- Cause Effective’s Report “Money, Power and Race:The Lived Experience of Fundraisers of Color”
Books:
- Decolonizing Wealth, Edgar Villanueva
- The Conscious Consultant, Kristine Quade
- Erasing Institutional Bias, Tiffany Jana, DM and Ashley Diaz Mejias
- How To Be An Anti-Racist, Ibram X. Kendi
Podcasts:
- Death, Sex & Money: Between Friends: Your Stories About Race and Friendship (podcast, 47 mins)
- CI to Eye with Cardozie Jones, Is Your Organization Anti-Racist? (podcast, 38 mins)
- Code Switch: What About Your Friends? (podcast, 50 mins)
- On Being: Resmaa Menakem, ‘Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence’ (podcast, 51 mins)
- Cape Up: Civil rights icon John Lewis is ‘deeply moved’ by today’s demonstrations (podcast, 19 mins)
Directories + Resources Lists:
- Ahead of the Curve (compilation of tools and resources developed with our partners):
https://www.aheadofthecurve.nyc/resources/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ - I’m Not Racist, Am I?
http://www.notracistmovie.com/inrai-follow-resources/ - Consultants of Color Directory (compiled by TakeTwo Services)
To view: https://rb.gy/njzepl
To join: https://lnkd.in/eCXSXy3 - BoardSource Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Resources
https://boardsource.org/research-critical-issues/diversity-equity-inclusion/ - WOC – Women of Color in Fundraising & Philanthropy’s Resource Library
https://www.woc-fp.com/resource-library
Taking Action:
- Addressing Racially Biased Financial Analysis
- Race Matters Institute’s Racial Equity Impact Analysis (with 5 questions you can ask regarding any policy, practice, etc.)
- Equity in the Center’s Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture
- Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens
- ProjectImplicit’s Implicit Bias Test
- poorpeoplescampaign.org
