Information and practices with the potential to encourage DEI mindsets and to normalize inclusionary behaviors.
Articles & Documents
Independent compositions published as part of a collection, such as a journals, newspapers, or websites. Documents other than articles or books (e.g., reports, text files, checklists, slides).
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Provides practical resources to assist community-based organizations engaged in the fields of healing, equity and inclusion, diversity, and the elimination of structural racism.
Talking to Kids About Discrimination
American Psychological Association
Posits that such discussions are especially important for children in groups that are more likely to experience discrimination. Includes advice for approaching such conversations.
Books
Physical or electronic versions.
Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools and Beyond
Glenn E. Singleton
Discusses conditions for opening an authentic dialogue that forges a path to racial equity, how leaders eliminate systemic racial disparities, and a systemic framework for achieving equity in schools.
Design Thinking for the Greater Good
Jeanne Liedtka, Randy Salzman, and Daisy Azer
Roadmap for implementing new tools to reframe problems, ideate solutions, and iterate toward better solutions. Examples demonstrate how involving intended beneficiaries in the process enables better outcomes.
Inclusion Nudges Guidebook
Tinna C. Nielsen and Lisa Kepinski
100 examples of interventions to reduce the influence of cognitive biases and to stimulate inclusivity as default, based on concepts from behavioral and social sciences and design thinking. Addresses a variety of DEI challenges, explains why examples worked, and suggests online adaptations.
Nature of Prejudice
Gordon W. Allport
Landmark study on the roots and nature of prejudice, examining its varieties of expression and its impact on individuals and communities. Explores racial, religious, economic, and sexual prejudice; offers suggestions for mitigating the effects of discrimination.
Systems Thinking for Social Change
David Peter Stroh
Guidance for applying systems thinking principles and tools to achieve better results with fewer resources, mobilizing stakeholders to take actions that increase effectiveness of the whole system over time. Not specific to DEI, but applicable to resolving DEI issues. Includes example of its use to improve outcomes of an Iowa K-12 school system.
Websites
Sites comprising a collection of resources or links to resources.
LGBTQ Connection
Provides training for staff and trained professionals to know how to better care for and serve the LGBTQ+ community.
Organizational Change Process
Racial Equity Tools
Portal with links to articles relating to structural racism.