Creative Equity Toolkit

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Blog post cover photo: Black Lives Matters protesters.

A framework for action in response to moments of crisis and outrage

Working with vulnerable groups, especially groups of people who have been exposed to racial trauma, often also means working with moments of crisis arising from long-term injustices.

This blog post offers a framework for how to develop meaningful cultural actions with your affected audiences.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: OF/BY/FOR ALL

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Screenshot of Briarpatch showig a photograph of a brown man in glasses and a beard

A Note on Call-Out Culture

Influential article on call-out culture and its performative nature.

'Especially in online venues like Twitter and Facebook, calling someone out isn’t just a private interaction between two individuals: it’s a public performance where people can demonstrate their wit or how pure their politics are.'

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2015
    Country: Canada

  • Author: Asam Ahmad, Briarpatch

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A powerful moment for the Archibald prize: could a portrait of a black woman win?

Reflections on Australia's prestigious Archibald portrait prize, which was first awarded in 1921. By 2019, only 16 paintings of women and four of non-white Australians had won.

"It’s one of Australia’s most prestigious art awards, with $100,000 at stake and the power to transform “outsiders into insiders”. Curious, then, that no representation of a black woman – in many ways, the ultimate outsider – has ever won the prize."

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Shantel Wetherall, The Guardian

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A provocation for cultural leaders who are actively trying to be anti-racist

Sade Banks is the Founder & CEO of Sour Lemons, a charity disrupting and dismantling systemic racism in the arts and culture sector. In this article, Banks interrogates discussions had in the art sector concerning race and diversity, and highlights where the shortcomings often are.

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  • 17 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: UK

  • Author: Sade Banks

Film

Screen shot of Bruce Pascoe

A real history of Aboriginal Australians, the first agriculturalists

Bruce Pascoe introduces his influential research in Australian history, which he wrote about in Dark Emu.

'In 2014 I wrote a book Dark Emu, which exploded the myth that Aboriginal people were mere hunters and gatherers and did nothing with the land. I wrote the book because I found it hard to convince Australians that Aboriginal people were farming.'

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  • 12.33 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Bruce Pascoe, TEDxSydney

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Action Plan Examples

Links to examples of racial equity plans in the USA and Canada, including Canada's Action Plan Against Racism and Portland City and Bureau Leadership Racial Equity Strategy Guide, and US's Government Alliance on Race & Equity 'Racial Equity Action Plans - A How-to Manual'.

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  • 6 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Racial Equity Tools