5 Race Equity Resources You Need to Check Out
Equity In The Center
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Welcome to our biweekly edition of 5 Race Equity Resources You Need To Check Out! Here you'll find the top reads, podcasts, books, reports, and workshop opportunities that can help you on your race equity journey.
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1. In this article, Alli Myatt , Co-founder of The Equity Practice , introduces liberatory feedback, a methodology that can help to create more psychologically safe and equitable feedback practices in the workplace. Liberatory feedback is built on the principles of solidarity and shared power and seeks to dismantle barriers and foster vulnerability, creating space for open and authentic dialogue. By shedding conventional hierarchies and biases, liberatory feedback can help to create a more unbiased and constructive feedback environment. When people feel safe to give and receive feedback, they are more likely to be innovative, inclusive, and connected. While embracing this can be challenging, it is worthwhile! By turning feedback into a catalyst for profound and enduring workplace transformation, we can create a work environment where everyone can thrive.?Free From Fear: Transforming Feedback to Change Culture ?↗?
“Liberatory feedback is an act of solidarity. Solidarity is about acting in ways to leverage power and privilege to support the collective liberation of the entire team. In feedback, solidarity means shifting mindsets about who is the authority on performance on the team and breaking patterns of dominance that show up in feedback.”
2. Nonprofits, are you tired of hearing about your resilience? If so, you're not alone. In this candid blog post, Vu Le of Nonprofit AF passionately dissects the negative impacts of the "resilience" framework, highlighting how it perpetuates inequitable systems by placing the onus on nonprofits to adapt instead of challenging the very systems causing challenges. He compellingly argues for a shift in focus, urging funders to provide substantial unrestricted funding over extended periods while actively working to dismantle the conditions necessitating nonprofit resilience. Le's take sparks a much-needed conversation about the language that shapes nonprofit work and its impact on progress.?Why Funders Need to Rethink the Concept of Nonprofit Resilience ?↗?
“The 'resilience' and 'sustainability' framework perpetuates the idea that nonprofits are freeloaders 'dependent' on funders and donors. The problem with this is, of course nonprofits are by their nature dependent on funders and donors! As long as there’s inequity and nonprofits need to exist to address it, they will be dependent. Stop thinking this is a bad thing, when it’s just how things are.”
3.?In this piece, Priscilla Hung chronicles her evolving journey as Co-Director alongside Monica Dennis at Move to End Violence. Approaching their two-year milestone, Hung offers tangible examples of growth, from resisting binary paradigms and acknowledging anti-Blackness within herself to recognizing the added emotional labor placed on her Black co-director. She emphasizes the importance of offering feedback with care, expanding her understanding of diverse Black identities, and breaking free from the comparison trap.?What I’ve Learned about Showing Up for My Black Co-Director ?↗?
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4.?Dive into this podcast episode where Mary-Frances Winters , Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez , Terrence Harewood , and Beth Zemsky MAEd, LICSW discuss the book "Racial Justice at Work: Practical Solutions for Systemic Change" and how tools like the Intercultural Developmental Inventory? can help with meeting people where they are so they can make progress toward racial justice. Racial Justice at Work: How a Developmental Approach Can Help You Meet People Where They Are ?↗?
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5.?Anti-Racism Starts With A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth : Community Conversations is a FREE anti-racism activation experience. If you're a believer in the power of meaningful conversations, mark your calendar for for the September session on 9/7 and 9/14, or the October session on 10/11 and 10/18. Register now ?↗?
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Marketing & PR Strategist for The Winters Group, Inc. | Diversity Woman Media Power 100 List | Co-Author of Racial Justice at Work | American Society of Journalists and Authors DEAI Committee Co-Chair
1 年Honored to be in Equity In The Center’s roundup. Love the other resources you include! ??
Nonprofit Executive | Social Justice & Equity | Fundraising & Philanthropy
1 年Thank you for adding me to such a great list of resources!
I help leaders build liberatory cultures so their teams can become more unified so they can focus on their mission and do great work together. Looking for Co-Conspirators to Change the World.
1 年I made the list! Thanks for the shout out!