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Segregated by Design

‘Segregated By Design’ examines the forgotten history of how our federal, state and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy. This is a reminder of how issues of social justice are not foreign to the built environment. 

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Guides for Equitable Practice

‘Segregated By Design’ examines the forgotten history of how our federal, state and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy. 

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Bipoc Office

A Database of Black, Indigenous and POC Owned Design Studios.

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AIA CentralValley 1

These guidelines were created by the AIACV EDI Committee, and approved by the Board of Directors in June 2020, as means of supporting an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment for Chapter Committee Meetings, activities, and events.

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Colloqate

An extensive list of resources focusing on social justice for those in the design profession.

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J. E.D.I. for Your

A white paper on entitled Creating a Culture of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for Your Architectural Practice.

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ACSA EDI

An EDI resource list developed by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture with visuals and webinars focused on architectural demographic data.

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Building a Race Equity Culture

To build an organizational culture that embraces racial equity, senior leaders need to set the tone and drive  progress of the work. This resource dives into best practices and ideas on how to do so.

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Race Equity and Inclusion

7 steps to advance and embed race equity and inclusion within your organization. Written by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

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the comm network

An EDI resource list focused on communication strategies and organizational change.

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Urban Displacement

A series of videos hosted by the Urban Displacement Project, created in collaboration with the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank and the Great Communities Collaborative on gentrification, displacement, and redlining.

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500

An extensive list curated by the First 500 organization hosting knowledge and resources to cultivate the next generation of Black Woman Architects.

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AIALA EDI

A guide developed by the AIA Los Angeles Chapter with recommendations for firms on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion best practices.

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Project Implicit

A tool that allows each of us to discover hidden cognitive biases.

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NationalOrg Minority Architects

SoCalNOMA launched the DEI Challenge as an initiative for architecture, engineering, construction, and related firms.

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