It shouldn’t be surprising that most diversity programs aren’t increasing diversity. Despite a few new bells and whistles, courtesy of big data, companies are basically doubling down on the same approaches they’ve used since the 1960s—which often make things worse, not better. Firms have long relied on diversity training to reduce bias on the job, […]
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Today, take a breath and “check yourself at the door” before having a difficult conversation
Posted on September 8, 2017 in From the Field 0
Tim Ryan, Senior Partner and Chairman of PwC US, along with 175 CEOs, has created the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion. This cohort is the largest “CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace.” In Tim’s words: “Having difficult conversations about race, diversity, and inclusion won’t do any good if you don’t […]
Accenture Debuts a New Video Designed to Make Us All Better Allies
Posted on August 11, 2017 in From the Field 0
What do you wish people at work understood about you? How are you invisible to them? What do people get wrong about you? When Accenture asked these and other important questions of their employees in a series of workshops, they took the answers seriously. “Frankly, I was blown away,” Ellyn Shook, chief leadership and human […]
Next City: Black Lives Matter Policy Agenda Looks a Lot Like a Playbook for Inclusive Cities
Posted on September 9, 2016 in Equitable Cities, From the Field 0
On Monday, Aug. 1, NESRI and dozens of other organizations, working beneath the Movement for Black Lives (MFBL), debuted a six-piece platform that outlines what the United States should do to address the well-documented disparities faced by black communities in health, employment, education, criminal justice and housing. Read more >
Brookings: METROMONITOR 2016: TRACKING GROWTH, PROSPERITY, AND INCLUSION IN THE 100 LARGEST U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS
Posted on September 6, 2016 in Economic Development, From the Field 0
The Metro Monitor measures the performance of the nation’s major metropolitan economies in three critical areas for economic development: growth, prosperity, and inclusion. Read More >
Greater Ohio: New GOPC Report Finds Challenges Have Grown For Ohio’s Smaller Legacy Cities
Posted on September 6, 2016 in Equitable Cities, From the Field 0
A new report from the Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC) highlights the critical conditions of Ohio’s small and mid-sized older industrial cities* and their regions in the wake of the Great Recession and decades of population and manufacturing job loss. Read More >
SPLC: Teaching Tolerance
Posted on September 5, 2016 in Education, From the Field 0
Our Teaching Tolerance project combats prejudice among our nation’s youth while promoting equality, inclusiveness and equitable learning environments in the classroom. Read More >
Cities Speak: Three Ways Your City Can Prosper by Embracing Equity
Posted on August 25, 2016 in Equitable Cities, From the Field 0
This is a guest post by Sarah Treuhaft. This post is the third installment in a series focused on NLC’s 2015 Cities and Unequal Recovery report, which highlights the findings of our 2015 Local Economic Conditions survey. Read More >
Policy Link: Community Artists Envision a Thriving Baltimore without Displacement
Posted on August 18, 2016 in Arts and Culture, From the Field 0
Robust, democratically controlled community-based organizations have the capacity to drive development locally,” said Greg Sawtell, a leadership organizer at Baltimore’s United Workers. The human rights organization is gearing up for a month-long exhibition of the community’s multiple visions for local development, opening in September. The Development Without Displacement art show will highlight works focusing on […]
Policy Link: Equitable Innovation Economies: Cultivating Diverse Leadership and an Inclusive Start-Up Culture in Portland, Oregon
Posted on August 18, 2016 in Economic Development, From the Field 0
The Equitable Innovation Economies initiative is a multiyear effort led by the Pratt Center for Community Development in partnership with PolicyLink and the Urban Manufacturing Alliance to help cities pursue inclusive growth strategies to advance more equitable outcomes in their innovation and manufacturing sectors. Portland, Oregon, profiled below, is one of the four cities involved […]