Creative Equity Toolkit

The Creative Equity Toolkit has links to hundreds of practical resources, inspiring case studies and important research on increasing diversity in the arts.

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101 Links to Black Writers and Voices

Links to work by black writers, journalists, scholars and other commentators in Australia in the context of Black Lives Matter.

'As I write this on 23 June 2020, the two scholars most cited and promoted on social media in the field of racism and privilege, are White... The promotion of their work over Black writers perpetuates the idea that White people understand racism best, and that only they can solve it. Dangerously, it suggests that racism actually has nothing to do with Black people.'

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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Compiled by Dr Sandy O'Sullivan

Case Study

Diversity in Art Museum Leadership: A Funder Collaboration

Article on evaluating the Diversity in Museum Leadership Initiative, a US$6 million project to address the underrepresentation of people of colour in US museum staff. The project supports paid internships and interventions in education programs for people of colour, ranging from post-graduate to high school level. Most grantees adopted five measures: Program participation; Program quality and engagement; Mentorship; Networking opportunities; Alumni tracking beyond the program.

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  • 8 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: USA

  • Author: Jeff Dean, Marc Holley & Drew Jacobs; Stanford Social Innovation Review

Film

The Danger of a Single Story

TED talk by Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on the dangers of a single narrative and the harmful effects of stereotypes.

'The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make the one story become the only story.'

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  • 20 minute
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  • Published: 2009
    Country: USA

  • Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Support Network

Nautanki Theatre

Focusing on the South-Asian migrant community, Nautanki Theatre is a performing arts organisation based in Western Sydney aiming to create works truly representing contemporary Australia. It reaches more than 100,000 people every year through its programs.

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  • Published: N/A
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Nautanki Theatre

Support Network

Media Diversity Australia

Not-for-profit Australian organisation run by journalists and communications professionals working to make news media more reflective of all Australians.

Publish the useful guide to Reporting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Issues, with information on cultural awareness that is useful more broadly, such as avoiding assumptions about peoples' appearance and acknowledging the spectrum of views within a community,

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  • Published: N/A
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Media Diversity Australia

Toolkit

Reporting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Issues

Guide focused on reporting on Indigenous issues in the Australian media, but with best practice on cultural awareness that is applicable more broadly, such as avoiding assumptions about peoples' appearance and acknowledging the spectrum of views within a community,

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  • 20 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Media Diversity Australia