Color Conscious Directing: Three More Questions to Ask (downloadable pdf) by Lavina Jadhwani for HowlRound. A followup to the previous article introduces three more questions. Preview: What Are My Personal Biases? How Can I Create a Safe Space? and How Can I… Read more ›
A Guidebook for Building an Immigrant Workforce in the Nonprofit Sector (downloadable pdf) by the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations. More from our Canadian neighbors, this guidebook contains tips for attracting, recruiting, and retaining immigrant including a great DIY implementation worksheet.… Read more ›
Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The famous 1963 letter penned by Rev Dr. MLK Jr containing a strong defense of nonviolent resistant against racism, including the phrase “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice… Read more ›
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates for The Atlantic. “Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.” A long-form essay with incredibly poignant insights drawn from a chronicling of the last five centuries of African slaves… Read more ›
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race by Jay Smooth for TEDxHampshireCollege (text available at link). NYC’s longest running hiphop radio program, the Underground Railroad, speaks on moving through defensiveness and fear to focus on growing through our imperfections.… Read more ›
Color-Conscious Casting: Three Questions to Ask (downloadable pdf) by Lavina Jadhwani for HowlRound. Preview: The questions in question are: What story does this casting tell? Is it clear and supported by the text? Is this story appropriately complex? and Do I have… Read more ›
Katori Hall’s Speech from 2012 TCG Fall Forum on Governance: Video of Katori Hall’s keynote speech to TCG’s Fall Forum on Governance to the nation’s theatre trustees about her experience as a playwright of color.
Strategies for Putting out the Welcome Mat to Engage Diverse Constituents (downloadable pdf) by Leah Cooper for PAHRTS. Preview: Identifying Communities Discovering Barriers to Communities Reducing Barriers Who do you serve now? Participation in the arts vs. basic needs Workshops and discussions… Read more ›
Building Healthy Workplace Culture (downloadable pdf) from the HR Council of Canada. Includes a bunch of resources and thoughts to consider for creating a culture where individual employees can be their whole selves without compromising the work. Preview: When individuals feel… Read more ›
2042 See Change: A video discussion from SphinxCon Detroit 2015: Empowering Ideas for Diversity in the Arts, featuring Tim Dang, East West Players, and respondents Teresa Eyring, TCG, and Gary Anderson, Plowshares Theatre Company. See also: the 51% Preparedness Plan.… Read more ›