There are many ways that individuals and institutions can work toward reducing racialized  inequities that affect the health, educational, economic and social well-being of our community.  Below are a sampling; not an exhaustive list. We invite you to share your ideas with us by sending them to info@cfncr.org and we will add them to this page.

Resources for Individuals

• Race-Talk.org: Revolutionizing how we think and talk about race. Race-talk has recruited more than 30 authors, advocates, social justice leaders, journalists and researchers who volunteer their expertise, passion, and time to deliberately discuss race, gender and equity issues in the US and globally.  http://www.race-talk.org/
  
  
• COLORLINES: News for Action: Colorlines.com has been building a home for journalism in service to racial justice since 1998, first as a print magazine and then as a daily news site. Colorlines.com is published by the Applied Research Center (ARC) a racial justice think tank using media, research, and activism to promote solutions. We consider racism a structural problem, and that perspective informs our journalism. Colorlines.com features dynamic, hard-hitting coverage of the day's stories as they unfold, synthesizing complicated stories with multimedia features and breaking open new conversations with investigative reporting. Colorlines.com covers stories from the perspective of community, rather than through the lens of power brokers.  www.colorlines.com
  
  
• The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change Since has become a core field-building organization, helping individuals and institutions improve conditions in poor communities. The Roundtable is known for its pioneering work on Theories of Change and community building evaluation. The Roundtable's work on structural racism began in response to a call from leaders in fields such as community revitalization, social policy, anti-poverty, and philanthropy. The leaders were concerned about the racial disparities that they were observing in their work and frustrated by their inability to talk about race and racism, much less get a handle on it. In order to directly address this need, the Roundtable developed a project on racial equity.  http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/community-change/racial-equity

Resources for Institutions

• Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity: The Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) is a multi-year initiative intended to increase the amount and effectiveness of resources aimed at combating institutional and structural racism in communities through capacity building, education and convening of grantmakers and grantseekers.  http://www.racialequity.org/aboutus.html
  
  
• Thinking Change: Race, Framing and the Public Conversation on Diversity. What Social Science Tells Advocates About Winning Support for Racial Justice Policies. Decades of research, practical experience and just plain common sense have yielded one irrefutable fact: Diversity is the engine that drives a healthy U.S. democracy and economy. Despite that fact, America’s public and private institutions have not yet achieved full, meaningful diversity, and the gains that have been made are under continuous attack. This study offers a frame for how advocates can change the public conversation and support race-conscious policy.  http://www.centerforsocialinclusion.org/publications/?url=the-diversity-advancement-project-thinking-change
  
  
• Measuring Racial Ethnic Diversity in the Baltimore-Washington Region’s Nonprofit Sector: Developed jointly with the Urban Institute and The Racial Diversity Collaborative, the findings of the study provide a valuable baseline for understanding how racially and ethnically diverse the nonprofit sector in Baltimore-Washington region is.  http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412053_measuring_diversity.pdf
  
  
• Creating and Sustaining Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations: Strategies and Approaches: This articles describes key elements of diversity initiatives: defining a vision for the desired outcome, understanding the dynamics of changes and designing an appropriate strategy, and selecting and combining the most effective interventions and best practices.  http://bernardoferdman.org/Articles/Holvino%20Ferdman%20and%20Merrill-Sands%202004.pdf
  
  
• Council on Foundation: Re: Philanthropy is a blog in which Council bloggers and guest share ideas and insights on the most pressing issues in philanthropy. The link focuses on their “Diversity and inclusion” Category: http://www.cofinteract.org/rephilanthropy/?cat=5
  
  
•  Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit - http://www.arc.org/content/view/744/167/
  A Racial Equity Impact Assessment (REIA) is a systematic examination of how different racial and ethnic groups will likely be affected by a proposed action or decision. REIAs are used to minimize unanticipated adverse consequences in a variety of contexts, including the analysis of proposed policies, institutional practices, programs, plans and budgetary decisions. The REIA can be a vital tool for preventing institutional racism and for identifying new options to remedy long-standing inequities.
  
  
• Ten Ways for Philanthropists to Consider Diversity and Inclusion – http://www.cof.org/programsandservices/diversity/resources.cfm?navItemNumber=14830
  Guides for family foundations, community foundations and private foundations designed to help foundations consider how more diverse and inclusive practices might advance their mission by making their work more effective and more reflective of the communities served.
  
  
•  Leading Diverse Communities: A How-To Guide for Moving From Healing Into Action http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787973696.html
  Offers thirty-two principles for business, nonprofit, campus and community leaders to embrace diversity within their organization and encourage their stakeholders to do the same based on the National Coalition Building Institute’s training program that works to eliminate prejudice in communities throughout the world. Includes examples of the principles in practice as well as activities and worksheets to help leaders apply the principles to their own organizations.
  
  
• Annie E. Casey Foundation Race Matters Toolkit: “Is It About Race?” http://www.aecf.org/KnowledgeCenter/PublicationsSeries/RaceMatters.aspx
  This toolkit is designed to help decision-makers, advocates, and elected officials get better results in their work by providing equitable opportunities for all. The approach described in the toolkit deals specifically with policies and practices that contribute to inequitable outcomes for children, families, and communities. The toolkit provides simple, results-oriented steps to help address the problem of unequal opportunities by race.