Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

RGS Resources

• What You Can Do to Execute on DEI Today
• Repairing Local Agency Systems that Result in Inequities

• GARE and Race Forward Panel Session: Repairing Local Systems that Result in Inequities

Local Government Programs/Toolkits

• Long Beach Equity Toolkit – City of Long Beach Office of Equity
• Racial Equity Toolkit – City of New Orleans Office of Human Rights and Equity
• Equity Assessment of the Twin Cities Region – The Metropolitan Council
• Equity Assessment Tool – City of Austin
• Racial Equity Assessment Toolkit & Racial Equity Toolkit Training – City of Saint Paul

Agencies Supporting Local Government DEI Efforts

• GARE: Government Alliance on Race and Equity
  • Affirmative Action Decision is a Call to Double Down on Racial Equity | Stanford Social Innovation Review
  • GARE’s resource guides and tools for decision making, action plans, hiring, contracting, etc.
  • GARE’s guide on Racial Equity Core Teams

• RaceForward
  • Racial Equity Impact Assessment

Additional Tools/Resources

• [Health] Equity Strategies, LLC
• Institute for Economic and Racial Equity
• Broadband Equity Access and Deployment
• State Digital Equity Planning
• Community Needs Assessment – Solid Ground
• Tips for Conducting Equity Assessments & Conducting Intensive Equity Assessments of Existing Programs, Policies, and Processes – Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s, Office of Human Services Policy
• The Five Stages of DEI Maturity: How to Move from Promises to Results
• The National Equity Atlas