Equity Statement Addendum
Resources and Glossary of Terms
Benefits of Diversity
This document rests on the assumption that as an organization/individual, you already understand the value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Here are a few studies to support that assumption:
Diversity Generates Greater Returns:
Racial Diversity Improves Group Decision Making and Productivity
Equitable Hiring Practices
Why Program Diverse Shows?
Anti-Racism Resources
Diversity Generates Greater Returns:
- https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/is-there-a-payoff-from-top-team-diversity#
- https://www.credit-suisse.com/about-us-news/en/articles/media-releases/42035-201207.html
- https://www.credit-suisse.com/about-us-news/en/articles/media-releases/42035-201207.html
- https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-wins-how-inclusion-matters#
Racial Diversity Improves Group Decision Making and Productivity
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060410162259.htm
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167208328062
- https://odeo.hq.nasa.gov/documents/DiverseProblemSolvers_TAGGED.pdf
- https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40064-016-2499-4
Equitable Hiring Practices
- League of Resident Theatres Equitable Recruitment and Hiring Guide: http://lort.org/assets/documents/LORT-EQUITABLE-RECRUITMENT-AND-HIRING-GUIDE_2017.pdf
- Women in the Workplace: https://blog.semi.org/semi-news/women-in-the-workplace-a-critical-crossroads?utm_campaign=SEMI%20Global%20Update&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=109197535&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_RoV6YLudXvv0xZ__xuKtM0OD1yHr1HtkXAzj06tHYg7DEo1W03YFn2Zjj3r80i2GjBqFiApC3p5NoJ01Ygi2CYv6Quw&utm_content=109197535&utm_source=hs_email&fbclid=IwAR1-bxXrzG_vP7aOW2Lo6rZcS1O3uboy5uaGCk2u88XSsGIKsjMJ4g8F2nM
Why Program Diverse Shows?
- Speaker Rider for Meaningfully Inclusive Events: https://opennews.org/blog/speaker-rider-process/?fbclid=IwAR2o7X0IxFRXDEkM9UTaqZ3rC3DUs5CoTWFsSACrX3VNxC8JzlaPe7kXi3k
Anti-Racism Resources
- In addition to the resources above, California Presenters has an anti-racism resource page.
Why a Land Acknowledgement?
A land acknowledgement is a first step towards recognizing the harm that genocide and colonialism has inflicted, and continues to inflict, on the Indigenous peoples native to a region. It is a step towards fostering relationships with the Indigenous peoples in your region and towards a commitment of support and advocacy for Indigenous rights.
Resources on how to create your own land acknowledgement and its importance
Native Land Map
Resources on how to create your own land acknowledgement and its importance
- https://native-land.ca/resources/territory-acknowledgement/
- https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/
- https://www.insightintodiversity.com/acknowledging-native-land-is-a-step-against-indigenous-erasure/
Native Land Map
Why Isn’t Being in ADA Compliance Enough for Accessibility?
Ableism is the belief and construction of society such that people with divergent brains and bodies are considered diseased, inferior, less valuable, or less worthy, and are pushed to the fringes of society.
Neurodiversity is the natural variation between brains - an essential and valuable form of human diversity.
Neurodivergent: People with brain functions that diverge significantly fro the dominant society standards of “normal.” Neurodivergence can be innate and genetic (ADHD, Autism) or the result of a brain-altering experience (Trauma).
Neurotypical: People with brain functions that fall within the dominant societal standards of “normal.” It is used to describe people who society is primarily designed for. It is the opposite of neurodivergent.
NBC’s Pledge to Include Actors with Disabilities in Auditions for ALL film & TV projects: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/nbcuniversal-pledges-to-include-actors-with-disabilities-in-auditions-for-all-film-tv-projects/ar-BB1dePpo?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1960474_nl_Philanthropy-Today_date_20210202&cid=pt&source=ams&sourceId=4718198
Neurodiversity is the natural variation between brains - an essential and valuable form of human diversity.
Neurodivergent: People with brain functions that diverge significantly fro the dominant society standards of “normal.” Neurodivergence can be innate and genetic (ADHD, Autism) or the result of a brain-altering experience (Trauma).
Neurotypical: People with brain functions that fall within the dominant societal standards of “normal.” It is used to describe people who society is primarily designed for. It is the opposite of neurodivergent.
NBC’s Pledge to Include Actors with Disabilities in Auditions for ALL film & TV projects: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/nbcuniversal-pledges-to-include-actors-with-disabilities-in-auditions-for-all-film-tv-projects/ar-BB1dePpo?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1960474_nl_Philanthropy-Today_date_20210202&cid=pt&source=ams&sourceId=4718198
Glossary of Terms
Accessibility - The quality of being easy to reach, enter, use, or understand
Anti-Racism - To actively fight against racism in all its forms (systemic, individual, internal). This requires an understanding of white supremacy.
Anti-Racism Training - A type of training that educates people on how to take action against racism in all of its forms
BIPOC - Black/Indigenous/People of Color - More nuanced that POC toward the unique history and experiences that Black and Indigenous people face in the United States. Anyone non-white.
Bystander Intervention Training - A type of training used to prevent harassment and unwanted comments of a racist, homophobic, or transphobic nature
Cultural Appropriation - A modern form of colonization that involves the appropriation and sometimes commercialization of cultural practices, spiritual traditions, hair and fashion styles, speaking styles, and other cultural elements
Discrimination - Inappropriate treatment of people because of their actual or perceived group membership, may include both overt and covert behaviors, including microaggressions, or indirect or subtle behaviors that reflect negative attitudes or beliefs about a non-majority group
Diversity - Having a range of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds
EDI - Abbreviation for equity, diversity, and inclusion
EDI Training - A way of educating employees about how to work with people from different backgrounds
Equality - The same accommodations for everyone
Equity - Accommodations made based on need
Inclusion - The behaviors and social norms that ensure people feel welcome
Indigenous - The descendents of those who inhabited a country or geographical region at the time when people of different cultures or ethnic origins arrives. Characteristics include: historical continuity with pre-colonial and/or pre-settler societies, strong link to territories and surrounding natural resources, distinct social/economic/political systems, distinct language/culture/beliefs
Microaggressions - Everyday, subtle, intentional - and oftentimes unintentional - interactions or behaviors that communicate some sort of bias toward historically marginalized groups. “Micro” is not a measurement of the size of the slight; it means it happens at the “micro” level, i.e. between individuals
Neurodiversity - The diversity or variation of cognitive functioning in humans
POC - People/Person of Color - Anyone non-white
Prejudice - Irrational or unjustified negative emotions or evaluations toward persons from other social groups; a primary determinant of discriminatory behavior
Racism - Systemic and institutionalized prejudice and discrimination against a race of people
White Supremacy - The idea (ideology) that white people and the ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions of white people are superior to People of Color and their ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions. Also refers to a political or socio-economic system where white people enjoy structural advantage and rights that other racial and ethnic groups do not, both at a collective and an individual level
Anti-Racism - To actively fight against racism in all its forms (systemic, individual, internal). This requires an understanding of white supremacy.
Anti-Racism Training - A type of training that educates people on how to take action against racism in all of its forms
BIPOC - Black/Indigenous/People of Color - More nuanced that POC toward the unique history and experiences that Black and Indigenous people face in the United States. Anyone non-white.
Bystander Intervention Training - A type of training used to prevent harassment and unwanted comments of a racist, homophobic, or transphobic nature
Cultural Appropriation - A modern form of colonization that involves the appropriation and sometimes commercialization of cultural practices, spiritual traditions, hair and fashion styles, speaking styles, and other cultural elements
Discrimination - Inappropriate treatment of people because of their actual or perceived group membership, may include both overt and covert behaviors, including microaggressions, or indirect or subtle behaviors that reflect negative attitudes or beliefs about a non-majority group
Diversity - Having a range of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds
EDI - Abbreviation for equity, diversity, and inclusion
EDI Training - A way of educating employees about how to work with people from different backgrounds
Equality - The same accommodations for everyone
Equity - Accommodations made based on need
Inclusion - The behaviors and social norms that ensure people feel welcome
Indigenous - The descendents of those who inhabited a country or geographical region at the time when people of different cultures or ethnic origins arrives. Characteristics include: historical continuity with pre-colonial and/or pre-settler societies, strong link to territories and surrounding natural resources, distinct social/economic/political systems, distinct language/culture/beliefs
Microaggressions - Everyday, subtle, intentional - and oftentimes unintentional - interactions or behaviors that communicate some sort of bias toward historically marginalized groups. “Micro” is not a measurement of the size of the slight; it means it happens at the “micro” level, i.e. between individuals
Neurodiversity - The diversity or variation of cognitive functioning in humans
POC - People/Person of Color - Anyone non-white
Prejudice - Irrational or unjustified negative emotions or evaluations toward persons from other social groups; a primary determinant of discriminatory behavior
Racism - Systemic and institutionalized prejudice and discrimination against a race of people
White Supremacy - The idea (ideology) that white people and the ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions of white people are superior to People of Color and their ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions. Also refers to a political or socio-economic system where white people enjoy structural advantage and rights that other racial and ethnic groups do not, both at a collective and an individual level
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Banner photo credits: Speakers and attendees from California Presenters 2018 Membership Conference