EDI Resources
We in theatre love what we do, in part because we are passionate about promoting the arts in a way we believe also serves the greater good.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are key components of this. We can do our best work, and better our communities, when we help ensure that every member of our community can be safe, belong, and access equal opportunity. The road to fully realized equity, diversity, and inclusion is constant, and requires both collaboration and introspection.
If your theatre is committed to embedding these efforts in your work, we’ve pulled together some resources to help get you started.
Websites:
- Americans for the Arts: Cultural Equity Resources
- Equal Justice Initiative
- American Theatre: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
- What is DEI & EDI? – The Complete Guide
- Chicago Theatre Standards, which promote a cultural shift away from turning a blind eye to sexual harassment, discrimination, violence, intimidation and bullying in our theatres, and towards mentoring, prevention, and accountability.
- Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA), the national association of public/private arts and culture funders in the U.S.
- Harvard University's Project Implicit
- We See You, White American Theater: Principles for Building Anti-Racist Theatre Systems
Articles:
- New York Times: For Diversity Leaders in the Arts, Getting Hired Is Just the First Step (PDF)
- Arts Consulting Group: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access: Why Now in the Arts and Culture Sector?
- SMU DataArts: How the Arts and Cultural Communities Are Talking About Diversity and Inclusion
- Playbill: 5 Steps Toward Making Theatre More Diverse
- Variety: Listen: How to Make Anti-Racist Theater
Books:
- Invitation to the Party: Building Bridges to the Arts, Culture and Community, by Donna Walker-Kuhne
- How to be an Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
- Emergent Strategy, by Adrienne Maree Brown
- Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Podcasts/videos:
- Emmanuel Acho's "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man": https://uncomfortableconvos.com/watch
- Nikole Hannah-Jones' "1619" podcast from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
- Ibram X. Kendi's "Unlocking Us" New York Times series : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
- Brené Brown on Shame and Accountability: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-shame-and-accountability/
- Pancho Savery's Feeling Bookish: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/african-american-literature-in-george-floyd-moment/id1438983607?i=1000479006242
- Ava DuVernay's 13th, a documentary on how the country's history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8
Training:
- Americans for the Arts Cultural Equity Resource Center: https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-topic/cultural-equity-resource-center
- The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond: https://pisab.org/workshops-in-your-area
- Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance program provides free resources to educators: https://www.splcenter.org/teaching-tolerance
- Corinne Shutack's recently updated "64 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice": https://medium.com/@cshutack/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
- Rachel Cargle's course, designed to be an eye-opener and a call to action for those who seek to be allies to Black women.: https://mailchi.mp/rachelcargle/dothework-course-all-30days
>> Do you have a resource to share with others? Contact AACT Executive Director Quiana Clark-Roland at [email protected]
Our thanks to Dorinda Toner, Producing Artistic Director of Twilight Theater Company in Portland, Oregon, for her guidance in creating this page.
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