DEI Resource Bank
About the Diversity Equity & Racial Justice Action Team
The Jefferson Community Collaborative’s Diversity, Equity, and Racial Justice Action Team formed in summer of 2020 with the goal to lead Collaborative Organizations in working together to create a stronger, healthier region by:
- celebrating differences
- striving for equity and inclusion in the Jefferson Area
- championing racial justice
To date, the Team has hosted a highly-rated daylong implicit bias training for 70 stakeholders, Collaborative meetings on equity, and workshops exploring the racial wealth gap, and provided guidance for the 2021 Jefferson Forum’s Keynote on Asset Framing for Equity (led by national speaker Trabian Shorters.)
DEI Resource Bank for Community Organizations
The team has also compiled a resource bank to provide Jefferson Area organizations with best practices and resources to initiate and further these important conversations and drive action around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) with board, staff, and stakeholders at your organization.
If you have a resource you think should be added to the list or a story to share on how your organization is developing strategies to embrace DEI more fully, we’d love to hear from you! Please email your ideas and suggestions to engagement@jeffersonrf.org.
Educational Resources
- Glossary of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Terms
- Implicit Bias Key Concepts – DBA Training Solutions
- Harvard Implicit Bias Test
- Racial Equity Resource List – Educational Reading & Media
- Tool: Recognizing Microaggressions & the Messages They Send
- 28 Common Racist Attitudes & Behaviors
- 10, 25, and 45 Minute Daily Resources for Better Allyship
- 103 Things that White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Black Mental Health Resources
- National Resource List on Black Mental Health
- Pittsburgh Groups Stepping Up Amid a Mental Health Crisis (Article from PublicSource)
Facilitating Conversations About DEI
- DEI Toolkit for Organizations – from the American Public Health Association
- Race Dialogue Facilitation Guide – Allegheny County DHS
- Tools for Building a Multi-Ethnic, Inclusive & Antiracist Organization – Safehouse Alliance
- Organizational Change Policies – Racial Equity Tools
- How to Build an Actively Anti-Racist Workplace – Quartz at Work
Local Consultants & Speakers
Data
- Pittsburgh’s Inequality Across Gender & Race – 2019 Report
- Jefferson Community & Demographic Data, Trends & Maps – 2019
- Racial Equity Index: Summary – National Equity Atlas
