Resources for Navigating the Current Political Environment

Doing DEI Without Calling it DEI Webinar

A few of our team members will be attending the "Doing DEI Without Calling it DEI" free webinar offered by Think Again Training & Consulting. This is a "solutions-focused" panel conversation where they'll share ideas and strategies for moving forward with DEI. It's being held April 30th from 10:00-11:00 PT and you can register here.

In the meantime, for a list of alternative words to DEI, check out this Instagram post by Healing Equity United. They propose a long list of words like plurality of voices, human-centered, advancing fairness, and more as alternative phrases to the politicized term DEI. Not included in our one of our favorites, belonging.

Anti-DEI Legislation Tracker

Below are several resources to track anti-DEI legislation in order to understand how the law is being used to uphold or block anti-DEI initiatives.

• Council on Social Work Education's DEI Ban & Restrictions Tracker

• Advancing DEI Initiative's Court Cases Tracker

• Trans Legislation Tracker

Extraordinary Mindfulness for Social Justice

Social justice work during these times can be stressful and leave us feeling groundless. Consider taking a mindfulness class to help you navigate these times with more intention and to stay grounded. We recommend this series from the Beyond Diversity Resource Center called "Radical Attention: Extraordinary Mindfulness for Social Justice." This 5-workshop series covers varying topics and runs weekly from April 17th through June 8th. The series includes:

• Grieving the Attacks on Social Justice

• Compassions for Undocumented People and Immigrants

• Standing with the LGBTQ+ Community

• Seeing Racism Radically

• Seeing Sexism Radically

  
  

Visit their Eventbrite page for more information and to register.