Conduct a racial equity impact assessment

Racial Equity Impact Assessment

A two-page guide to conducting Racial Equity Impact Assessments including 10 key questions to anticipate, assess and prevent adverse consequences of proposed actions on different racial groups

A Step by Step Guide to Equality Impact Assessment

Six steps for Developing an Equality Impact Assessment which prompt a systematic assessment of the impact of policies on different people through the analysis of policy, strategy, project, programme or scheme.

Why is this racist, sexist show getting an encore?

Critical review of the Opera Australia production of Miss Saigon.

'Today, most people in Vietnam are under 35 and don’t remember the war. For many in the West, Vietnam equals the Vietnam War. The plot of this musical perpetuates many stereotypes: America is the dreamland and Asian women are sexualised objects that need rescuing.'

Assessing impact and the Public Sector Equality Duty

A step-by-step guide for Scottish organisations to assessing impact and equality of projects in accordance with the equality duty under the UK's Equality Act 2010. Includes guidelines on when to conduct an assessment, scoping, analysing information, decision making, publishing and monitoring.

California Arts Council Strategic Framework 2020-2027

California Arts Council's Strategic Framework includes a Racial Equity Statement providing for action both internally through its work environment and externally through its programming. It also includes an Equity Alignment Tool and a guide to conducting Racial Equity Impact Assessments.

Grant Making with a Racial Equity Lens

Toolkit for philanthropists with interviews, examples, case studies and worksheets.

"Drawing on firsthand experiences, the guide offers advice on promoting and deepening your foundation's commitment to racial equity, both internally and in the programs you support.

RE-Tool: Racial Equity in the Panel Process

A toolkit for applying a racial equity lens to grant decisions, looking at the whole process including the diversifying the applicant pool, selection and training of panelists and communications with applicants.

"We must ask ourselves: Who submits applications? Who do we award? How do we train panel moderators, panelists, and facilitators? In what ways can we interrupt racial bias and contribute to systemic change?'

Reflecting Me: Global Representation On Screen

Explores perceptions of on-screen representation in Australia and 14 other countries. Based on interviews with over 15,000 people (1000 in Australia), the research reveals:

* 55% of respondents feel there needs to be more accurate representation of diverse identities, 47% feel there needs to be more types
* the media is more than twice as influential in shaping positive views toward marginalised groups than those closest to you