Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Resources

All About Pronouns

Pronouns.org: Pronouns Matter
GLSEN Resources: Pronoun Guide

Articles

Harvard Business Review: How to Recruit More Women to Your Company
Forbes: A Rise in Invisible Disabilities Calls for Corporate Culture Change
Business Insider: "4 Steps D&I Consultants Recommend for hiring more Black and Brown employees — and keeping them long term"
Harvard Business Review: How to Call Out Racial Injustice at Work
Glassdoor Blog: LGBTQ+ Employees Are Less Satisfied Than Colleagues at Work
Forbes: 4 Ways Companies Can Make Workplaces More LGBTQ Inclusive

Books

Nikole Hannah-Jones' Book "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story "
CRE Insight Journal's "The Evolving Workplace Guide"
Elaine Brown's "A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story"
CNN's "20 books that are essential reading for Black History Month"
Alameda County Community Food Bank's Reading Lists (includes Pride Month, Black History Month, etc.)

Podcasts

"The Black History Buff Podcast" by King Kurus
NPR's "Code Switch": Code Switch tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history and sports.
This American Life's "Nice White Parents": A short series regarding racial segregation in education in the 21st century.
"Identity Politics": In this show, co-hosts Ikhlas Saleem and Makkah Ali talk about race, gender, and Muslim life in the United States.

Videos

Get Rid of the BS: Risha Grant's Diversity Presentation to California BOMAs
TEDx Talk The Cost of Failing to Design Accessibility by Kings Floyd
Inclusive Leadership: Break Bias and Lead Now, delivered to BOMA International by Torin Perez

Worksheets & Tools

Reading Between the Lines: May Luncheon 2023 Slide Deck
ABC's of Social Justice: A Glossary of Working Language for a Social Conscious Conversation by Lewis & Clark University Dept of Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement
Bias Interrupters: Identifying Bias in Performance Evaluations (and ways to interrupt them)
Harvard’s Project Implicit: Implicit Associations Test
Nonprofit HR's 2021 Nonprofit Diversity Practices Report
Glassdoor's Empowering LGBTQ Employees: How to Create an Inclusive Culture
BOMA International Build World DEI Study 2021
American Psychological Association DEI Inclusive Language Guidelines

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