Browsing posts in Diversity Inclusion Equity

“triggers” and “bullets”: assessing “White Fragility” in a diversity initiative

By Justin Laing | September 21, 2021 | Antiracism, Diversity Inclusion Equity, Research

Not too long ago, I led an evaluation of an arts diversity initiative in which a funder was evaluating the impact of a multi-year initiative intended to help arts organizations increase their level of diversity, equity, and inclusion. All but one of the organizations was predominantly White American led. I… Read More >

White Privilege in the Arts: the Tip of the Iceberg?

By Justin Laing | November 25, 2020 | Antiracism, Critical Philanthropy, Diversity Inclusion Equity

White Privilege: The Tip of the Iceberg Using Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” as a model, please see below 13 examples of how White Privilege shows up in larger budget, predominantly White arts organizations. I want to say at the outset that though I am not placing… Read More >

American Composers Forum Racial Equity and Inclusion Forum: Pavielle

By Justin Laing | August 23, 2019 | Diversity Inclusion Equity

In a couple of weeks, I’ll get to go to Minneapolis to support the work of the American Composers Forum as a facilitator of their racial equity and inclusion forum. A part of this project will be a day with artists as they review a Statement of Commitment to Racial… Read More >

Think again. The Equality v. Equity slide

By Justin Laing | August 17, 2019 | Diversity Inclusion Equity

I am going to be moving to this page posts I’ve written in the past but did not make it over when I changed websites. This was written in 2016, but the slide recently came up in a project I was working on and so I am thinking it’s still… Read More >

Blog Relaunch, Grantmakers in the Arts Conference and Emergent Strategies

By Justin Laing | October 24, 2018 | Diversity Inclusion Equity, What Are We Working On

Welcome to the relaunch of our blog! I will be using the blog to post reflections, suggestions, questions, book reviews, updates, aspirations, recipes, what are we working on  and so on, so please follow, come back and leave comments. This first post is of the what are we working on/update… Read More >