6 Key Steps for Starting and Sustaining a Nonprofit Organization DEI Committee

I worked in higher education for over three decades, primarily in equity and inclusion leadership roles. Typically, we don’t think of colleges as nonprofits, but they are. Colleges must file IRS 990 forms too. They also have governing boards. So, it is not surprising that consulting with human service, educational, health, or other nonprofit organizationsContinue reading “6 Key Steps for Starting and Sustaining a Nonprofit Organization DEI Committee”

In Pursuit of Racial Equity: Consultant Offers Five Concrete Questions and Strategies

It’s rare that racial equity is made clear. But Janice Gassam Asare, Ph.D., writer, DEI consultant, and Forbes Senior Contributor, has zeroed in on key questions to ask. The five questions and strategies put forward are worth pursuing whether you are in higher education, non-profit, or corporate-business settings. At the heart of this work isContinue reading “In Pursuit of Racial Equity: Consultant Offers Five Concrete Questions and Strategies”

Making Implicit Bias Education Work

Are implicit bias workshops just a Band-Aid approach to racial justice and equity challenges on campuses, or can they actually have an impact? I offer some answers here. Edward Pittman May 20, 2021   The killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and other miscarriages of justice have, once again, awakened higher education to long-standingContinue reading “Making Implicit Bias Education Work”