The Racism of the ‘Hard-to-Find’ Qualified Black Candidate Trope
Stereotypes and racial bias in hiring and promotion are damaging at personal, career, and organizational levels.
Racial Equity
Our work illuminates structural and systemic barriers to racial equity and elevates conversations about the deep-rooted historical and current problems that racism manifests.
Stories and Articles
Black Parents Know “the Talk” Too Well. It’s White Parents’ Turn
It’s time for white parents to take over a grim ritual that Black families have performed for decades.
Latinx Economic Resilience During and After COVID
Latinx leaders outline an equity agenda for tumultuous times
Latinx and the Digital Economy, During and After COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated structural shifts in the economy, many of which are likely here to stay. Shifts such as the move to a more digital economy, including automation of labor operations, the growth of remote work, and the increased need for distance learning. While these changes might be productive in the long term, how do we acknowledge the disruptions they are currently creating for Latino communities, and leverage them to build a digital economy with more equitable opportunity?
Build Back Better Transit, in the Bay and Beyond
Investments in public transportation now will support equity and economic growth.
Dialing Up the Volume on Economic and Racial Justice Efforts During the Pandemic
Molly Martin and Autumn McDonald wrote for New America's Calamity as Catalyst about how pandemic, and the renewed calls for racial justice, transformed the way we should think about community engagement.
Events
California: COVID and the Black Community
"COVID and the Black Community," is a biweekly online community conversation series.
This is the first discussion in the series, which features local, state, and national experts and resources, we will ask, "How are members of California's Black communities getting timely, accurate, and crucial information in this time of crisis?".
COVID and Education: Black Students' Distance Learning and College Transitions
"California COVID and the Black Community" Session II
How Black Communities Can Achieve Employment, Business, and Income Resilience During and After COVID-19
"COVID and the Black Community" Session III
Black Community Voice, Civic Engagement, and Identity’s Role in Safety & Resilience
California COVID and the Black Community" Session IV
Latinx Economic Resilience in the Time of COVID
The conversation focuses on understanding the challenges facing Latinx workers and families, especially those experiencing increased economic precarity during the COVID-19 crisis. We'll uncover solutions, exploring ways to meet families' immediate income needs, as well as employment needs via access to more recession-resilient jobs and skills in the future. Economic equity leaders share the needs they are seeing, along with resources and ideas that can help Latinx communities thrive during and after the pandemic.
Latinx Economic Resilience During and After COVID
This is session II in a conversation series that focuses on understanding the challenges facing Latinx workers and families, especially those experiencing increased economic precarity during the COVID-19 crisis.