Resources

The seeds of a dynamic black future already exist within the minds of those among us—as long as, together, we are willing to step forward and author it.

This resource compiles check-in questions, poems and activities that we've used to center humanity in our every day work.

This learning report highlights lessons learned from the work of five cities operationalizing racial equity, including Albuquerque, Austin, Grand Rapids, Louisville, and Philadelphia.

This internal scan offers a deep dive into the results of our 2018 Racial Equity and Inclusion Competency Survey.

This piece is part of a series of stories that the Living Cities summer 2018 intern cohort is producing surrounding their racial equity journey and summer experience.

We administered this survey as a baseline measure of our staff's collective competency around embedding a racial equity lens in our work.

How might facilitators effectively use data? How might they ensure a racial equity focus? Often these conversations stall for various reasons including the historical and prevailing culture of both funders and grantees that has focused on compliance…

What does it mean to operationalize racial equity in organizations? How does that change our day-to-day work? Why is it important to do internal racial equity work?

What we're reading, listening to, and watching to advance our understanding of racial equity and inclusion.

The 7 elements of city innovation

This chart shows the common themes that emerged when we took inventory of entrepreneurship and small business related initiatives aimed at creating jobs.

If life is a game, it is rigged.