Creative Equity Toolkit

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Case Study

WE ARE ENOUGH: Equity, Inclusion, and Emergent Leadership in Silicon Valley’s Multicultural Arts Com

The School of Arts and Culture's (San Jose, California) Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute (MALI) was created to address the barriers to leadership for creatives of colour in Silicon Valley's cultural sector. In place since 2006, it focuses on gradual, sustainable change. Discusses the program’s beginnings, achievements so far and the future for diverse leadership in the arts.

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  • 30 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: USA

  • Author: Maribel L. Alvarez, Ph.D

Support Network

We Need Diverse Books

US-based nonprofit that advocates for diversity in children's publishing.

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2024
    Country: USA

  • Author: We Need Diverse Books

Article

We shouldn’t generalise about ‘racism’. This movement is about fighting anti-black racism

Examines the danger of decentring black experience in the Black Lives Matter movement to a more general 'anti-racist' movement.

'Anti-black racism is historically one of the most lethal racism there is. No one has to inherit the combined traumatic history of colonialism, slavery and racial exclusion the way black people do. The mere weight of this history has a racialising and chattering effect on those who carry it that is hard for any of us, including other racialised people, to comprehend.'

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  • 5.51 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Ghassan Hage, The Guardian

Film

What are microagressions?

Short video explaining microagressions and what to do if you are subjected to them.

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  • 1.45 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Sarah Malik, SBS Voices

Template

What Are We Watching

Are you engaging with a diverse range of artworks, or sticking to the usual suspects? Use this simple form to track your art consumption. Designed for theatre, this form could be adapted for any genre or artform to identify gaps.

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  • 1 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: UK

  • Author: Theatre Casting Toolkit

Article

What corporations Can Learn About Diversity From The NFL's Rooney Rule

The article outlines how other industries have devised and successfully used inclusive recruitment techniques to promote cultural diversity within the workplace especially in leadership positions by exercising affirmative action.

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  • 3 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: EU

  • Author: Forbes