Week One – Doing the Work: Educating Myself & My Business

COMPLETE 7 OF THE FOLLOWING TASKS:
  1. Take an Implicit Bias Test. On the webpage, under “Project Implicit Social Attitudes”, you can continue as a guest by selecting “United States (English)” and clicking “GO!”. There are many tests to choose from. For this challenge, the Race and Skin-tone tests are especially relevant.
  2. Read Tony Ruth’s Equity Series: A new poster! for an explanation on the difference between Equity and Equality.
  3. Read Making People Aware of Their Implicit Biases Doesn’t Usually Change Our Minds. But Here’s What Does
  4. Listen to a Podcast about Race. 22 minute – 1 hour and 5 minute podcast
  5. Take a LinkedIn Learning course on: Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues 55 minute course
  6. Take a LinkedIn Learning course on: Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences 40 minute course
  7. Read the HBR article: Moving Beyond Diversity Toward Racial Equity.
  8. Read 9 Phrases Allies Can Say When Called Out Instead of Getting Defensive
  9. Read the Hispanic Wealth Project 2020 State of Hispanic Wealth Report
  10. Read Forbes’ Article: The Racial Wealth Gap: Addressing America’s Most Pressing Epidemic
  11. Watch Netflix Video: Explained: Racial Wealth Gap 17 minute video
  12. Pick a book from a Reading List for Allies that Want to Do Better
  13. Attend a Discussion Group: Join other challenge participants in a forum to share learnings and ideas for actionable change:

Virtual Happy Hour
Thursday, October 22, 4:30 – 5:30 pm

Virtual Coffee Chat
Friday, October 23, 8:30 – 9:30 am

WEEK ONE QUESTIONS FOR PERSONAL REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION GROUPS:

  1. What did you learn about yourself that was surprising? Changed your perspective? Was new information?
  2. Is your company/organization committed to recruitment and training programs that promote diversity in your workforce? If yes, what? If no, would you be interested in doing so?
  3. Do you find it easy to talk about race? Why or why not?
  4. What other resources are you aware of that the group may benefit from?
  5. How could ULI as an organization support your efforts?

Please mark your calendar for our Culminating Event: Wednesday, November 11: What Do We Do Next? Join us from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm as we discuss next steps and what role ULI can play in supporting actions to bring about Change.

We look forward to our discussions and to the collective actions we identify that we can take to push an Equitable Development Agenda forward for Austin and Central Texas.