Practice Tools and Resources:
The following frameworks, research, and resources - developed by external organizations, BIPOC experts, and others - were highlighted by practitioners during our v0 engagement phase. This also includes expertise that project teams and practitioners referenced.
Healing-Centered Community Engagement (Enterprise Community Partners)
Even without extensive training or background, it’s possible to integrate healing-centered practices into your strategies for community engagement. This document outlines a few healing-centered engagement practices that you can start using right away.
Racial Equity Action Plans, A How To Manual (GARE)
Racial Equity Action Plans can put a theory of change into action to achieve a collective vision of racial equity. Plans can drive institutional and structural change. The goal is institutional and structural change, which requires resources to implement: time, money, skills, and effort.
Convening A Cultural Advisory Group (Enterprise Community Partners)
A comprehensive template and guide available for teams completing a Cultural Resilience Assessment in line with Criterion 1.7 Resilient Communities: Strengthening Cultural Resilience of the 2020 Green Communities Criteria.
Cultural Resilience Assessment / Cultural Asset Guide (Enterprise Community Partners)
A comprehensive template and guide available for teams completing a Cultural Resilience Assessment in line with Criterion 1.7 Resilient Communities: Strengthening Cultural Resilience of the 2020 Green Communities Criteria.
The Salzburg Statement on Confronting Power and Privilege for Inclusive, Equitable and Healthy Communities
The Salzburg Statement calls on all practitioners working at the intersection of health and the built environment to shift their normal course of business towards adopting practices that recognize privilege and cede power.
A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists (Jay Pitter)
A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists by Jay Pitter calls on urbanists across cities, racial backgrounds and professional disciplines to embrace the spirit of humility and curiosity to learn more about the history of anti-Black racism and urbanism.
Anti-Racist Design Justice Index (Design as Protest Collective)
A tool for architects, designers, planners, policy makers and community activist committed to taking action towards identifying and dismantling systemic racism within our practices, organizations, academic institutions, and local governments.