DEI Best Practices
- Partner with minority-owned vendors for ASID events
- Create DEI category for Design Awards
- Connect with minority business owners in architecture/ design/ construction industries
- 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
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
Know of any additional resources, speakers, etc. that we should include here and/or at a future event? Please contact us HERE.