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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Portes Ouvertes: Developing an Anti-Oppression Policy - Some things to keep in mind

A short guide and checklist for developing an anti-oppression policy in your community organisation. Developed by a Quebec-based anti-oppression leader, it covers assessing organisational strengths, identifying areas for improvement and where to focus trainings.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2013
    Country: Canada

  • Author: CoCo - the Centre for Community Organizations

Case Study

Power and Privilege in the 21st Century Museum

This accessible publication shares tactics for change emerging from the US Museums Association (MA) Transformers programme. It covers commentary from the MA community, and offers practical guidance for people who want to work in a more inclusive way in the sector.

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  • 27 minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: UK

  • Author: Museums Association

Checklist

Power Dynamics

Designed for US municipal government and artist collaborations, this tool sets out questions to identify what each partner brings to the project, including convening power, knowledge power, decision-making power and financial power.

'Being good partners means striving for conditions in which power is shared, and addressing incidents of imbalance or misuse of power. It means examining situational power, for example that each partner has its own capacity, resources, relationships, or influence.'

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  • 6 minute
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  • Published: N/A
    Country: USA

  • Author: Municipal-Artist Partnerships

Toolkit

Power Moves: Your essential philanthropy assessment guide for equity and justice

A comprehensive self-assessment toolkit from the US, that helps funders determine how well you are building, sharing and wielding power and identify ways to transform your programs and operations for lasting, equitable impact and justice.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Lisa Ranghelli and Jennifer Choi with Dan Petegorsky, National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy and Philamplify

Article

#PowerShifts Resources: Reclaiming Representation

The introductory post to a blog series by Oxfam’s ‘From Poverty to Power’ offering stories, projects and resources addressing blindspots in development work, and how to make power shifts happen. Features a special focus on other ways of telling stories and decolonising knowledge.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Global

  • Author: Maria Faciolince, Oxfam International

Article

Practicing Equity: Activating Oppositional Consciousness from the Margin

A short article outlining how oppositional consciousness can be thought of as a technology that marginalised leaders can develop and practice in order to create strategies to navigate and reconfigure power while resisting its dysfunctions.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Zuri C. Murphy, Nonprofit Quarterly