Are Your Organization’s DEI Efforts Superficial or Structural?

Diversity, equity and inclusion is a high priority for many land trusts, yet there are many questions and challenges. In this webinar, we will introduce a new Land Trust Alliance tool to help land trust board members, staff and volunteers get started on their DEI journeys.

The Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Inclusion & Diversity Goals Toolkit includes example Inclusion and Diversity goals, milestones and metrics, along with descriptions of available training, examples of potentially non-inclusive behaviors and links to additional resources.

This Guide was created based on an assessment of the state of diversity, equity and inclusion among environmental organizations in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and provides recommendations for how organizations working on environmental issues can increase DEIJ within their organizations.

Reflections on the important roles leaders play in creating comfortable, inclusive and respectful work environments.

A majority of U.S. workers say focusing on DEI at work is a good thing, but relatively small shares place great importance on diversity in their own workplace.

August 10, 2020 article by Deeohn Ferris in Nonprofit Quarterly suggesting that the future and vitality of environmental and conservation nonprofits depends on applying an equity lens to management systems and processes. This requires embedding equity and inclusion as a core practice.

It is vitally important that we acknowledge false stories, such as the discovery of an untouched wilderness; explore power dynamics (race, class, gender) that shaped the history of the conservation movement; and the adverse impact on people and communities of color and low-income communities.

Moving beyond allyship of DEI is imperative for leaders of nonprofits and all organizations. This 2.5-minute video features NonprofitHR.com Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Emily Holthaus as she explains a path through what can be uncomfortable and challenging conversations.

With this training you will learn about Native History in the US, and the resulting trust responsibility of the federal government as a byproduct of colonization; Tribes present day, where sovereignty and self-determination are explored and culture and identities of Indigenous Peoples.

This is a sample diversity, equity and inclusion plan from the accredited Sonoma Land Trust.