DEI Best Practices

1. Partner with minority-owned vendors for ASID events
2. Create DEI category for Design Awards
3. Connect with minority business owners in architecture/ design/ construction industries
4. Make committee meetings a safe place for DEI discussions

• Can we look outside our normal caterer options? Let’s consider an option that is someone outside of our current network of connections.
• Is the theme for the event we are considering potentially harmful to any known groups of individuals and/or cultures?
• Are the speakers we are considering well-versed in addressing challenges facing designers today?
• How can we work to give back to our chapter members and those facing financial hardships because of the pandemic and economic crisis?
• Is the venue we are considering fully accessible? Are there universal restrooms?
• How can we reach all our chapter members with this event? Is there a way we can offer a virtual option as well as an in-person one?

• ACE Mentor Program – (ACE) is a free, award-winning, afterschool program designed to attract high school students into pursuing careers in the Architecture, Construction and Engineering industry, including skilled trades.
• Wisco-NOMA – National Organization of Minority Architects [Wisconsin Chapter]
• Boys and Girls Club of Wisconsin
• Black Artists + Designers Guild
• Habitat for Humanity
• MKE Black – Milwaukee’s Black-Owned Business Directory
• Hip Hop Architecture Camp

Moral Courage Project founder interview with Irshad Manji 05.21.2021

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/firing-line/video/irshad-manji-b7atcc/

Whiteness at Work

https://adawaygroup.com/

Harvard Implicit Bias Test

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Why Pronouns Matter

https://pronouns.org/what-and-why

Map of Indigenous Peoples’ Lands

https://native-land.ca/

Know of any additional resources, speakers, etc. that we should include here and/or at a future event? Please contact us HERE.