Race, Equity, and Inclusion
REI Programs:
⇒ Housing Development Internship Program
⇒ Recruiting Diversity Taskforce
REI Resources:
Housing Development Internship
We have created the Housing Development Internship Program to support the next generation of diverse affordable housing professionals. The affordable housing sector is a vibrant community of committed leaders and passionate professionals all committed to the HDC’s vision. This internship aims to expose driven and curious students looking to be a part of a mission-driven working community.
Recruiting Diversity Taskforce
HDC’s Recruiting Diversity Task Force is charged with providing recommendations and making the connections necessary to ensure racial equity is a cornerstone of the organization’s vision. Within the broader goal of racial equity, the task force in its current state is focused on recruiting a diverse workforce in the affordable housing sector and ingraining the principles of racial equity into HDC’s member organizations to increase POC retention and mobility throughout the sector.
Responsibilities of RDTF
- Host Trainings – Read our program recap from the People’s Institute’s Undoing Racism Workshop!
- Host Race-Based Caucuses – Register for our November BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) Caucus.
- Oversight for the Housing Development Internship
REI Learning Cohort
HDC developed the Racial Equity Learning Cohort, along with our Racial Equity Toolkit, to help member organizations be intentional in their work, as well as to ground organizations in foundational information on racial equity.
We have three goals in this endeavor:
- Support HDC members in completing the Racial Equity Toolkit, particularly the Organizational Assessment and Workplan.
- Support a cohort of 4-5 HDC members to participate in a learning community of peers.
- Work together to build organizational capacity, identify opportunities to leverage resources, and share best practices.
Racial Equity Toolkit
This toolkit is designed so that it can be customized to fit the needs and characteristics of your organization. This tool is meant to provide context for why racial equity work is important by providing a backdrop for our efforts. Feel free to use this to educate your fellow staff and management to help achieve a common, baseline understanding in your organization.
The layout of the document follows the format of the 4 principles behind this project:
- Education on racial equity
- Identification of racial equity issues in organizations
- Creation of a plan for change
- Implementation of the tools
The individual tools are designed to fit these principles accordingly.
Racial Equity Toolkit (downloadable PDF)
Additional Tools:
- Access the Organizational Self-Assessment
- Webinar: HDC’s Racial Equity Toolkit (about one hour)
- See the Race & Equity Presentation from our Equity & Programs Manager!
HDC Member Promising Practices Profiles
Member organizations that have made great strides in implementing racial equity work can create a profile of a practice that has been successful within their organization. The goal is to help share knowledge and experience with others to build stronger, more sustainable affiliates, which will help to create stronger communities. If you would like to share a promising practice for racial equity with us, please fill out a Racial Equity Promising Practices Capture Form.
Check out some of our member’s promising practices:
- Imagine Housing
- Rebuilding Together
- Compass Housing Alliance
- Community Homes
- Mercy Housing NW
- Plymouth Healing Communities
Recommended Reading
Recommended Readings by Black Authors:
- Born a Crime
Trevor Noah - Emergent Strategies: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Adrienne Maree Brown - How To Be An Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson - On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope
DeRay Mckesson - Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Dr. Joy DeGruy - Race For Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Home Ownership
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class
Robin D. Kelly - So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo - Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X. Kendi - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander - 10 Books About Race to Read Instead of Asking a Person of Color to Explain Things to You
Articles:
- The Social Justice Sector has an Internal Racism Problem
Itzbeth Menjivar - The Racist Practice of Mispronouncing Names
Keyan Roy, Zuheera Ali and Medha Kumar - Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People
Kelsey Blackwell - Challenging Race As Risk: How Implicit Bias Undermines Housing Opportunity in America
Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity - How to Uphold White Supremacy by Focusing on Diversity and Inclusion
Kẏra - Accomplices Not Allies, An Indigenous Perspective and Provocation
Indigenous Action Media
Additional REI resources can be found on our Member Portal
Thank your to our Race, Equity, and Inclusion sponsors that help make this work possible.
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