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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: 
  • 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
  • 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/
 
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Native Land Map
  • https://native-land.ca/

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. 
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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
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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

DEI Consultants

  • Aisha Shillingford 
  • Ashley Walden Davis - Unlock Creative
  • Beatrice Thomas - https://westarts.org/about/speaker/beatrice-thomas
  • Both/And
  • Candace L. Feldman - Unlock Creative
  • Carmen Morgan
  • Chip McNeal
  • ChrisTiana ObeySumner, MPA, MNPL - Epiphanies of Equity, LLC
  • Diane Burbie
  • Diane Goodman
  • Donna Walker Kuhne - Pres., Walker Intl. Communications Group
  • Dr. Greg Hodge, Khepera Consulting - KHEPERA consulting
  • Gita Gulati-Partee
  • Inclusion Ventures
  • Justin Laing - http://hillombo.net
  • Kaisha Johnson - Women of Color in the Arts
  • Keryl McCord - Equity Quotient
  • Kiley Arroyo - Cultural Strategies Council
  • Lisa Yancey
  • Matthew Reynolds Consulting
  • Meena Malik
  • Monica Dennis 
  • Nina Simon - OfByForAll
  • Public Equity Group
  • Race Forward
  • Rachael Ibrahim
  • Rebecca Kelly
  • Roberto Dansie
  • SHIFT
  • Susan Misra - Management Assistance Group
  • Tammy Johnson
  • Tania Richard
  • Viveka Chen

Additional Speaker Suggestions

  • Alex Sarian - President, Arts Commons
  • Amelia Brown - Emergency Arts
  • Aubrey Bergauer - Consultant - Own Company
  • Brett Egan - Pres., DeVoss Insitute
  • Brian Goldstein - Arts Lawyer
  • Colleen Dilenschneider - Know Your Own Bone
  • Diane Ragsdale - Jumper, Banff
  • Donna Walker Kuhne - Pres., Walker Intl. Communications Group
  • Doug McLennan - Arts Journal
  • Erik Gensler - Pres., Capacity Interactive
  • James Langley - Langley Innovations
  • Jill Robinson - TRG
  • Michael Kaiser - Chairman, DeVoss Institute
  • Nina Simon - OfByForAll
  • Randy Cohen - Americans for the Arts
  • Seth Godin
  • Zannie Voss - SMU Data Arts

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