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Avoiding the Glass Cliff
AUTHOR: Building Movement Project
YEAR: 2022
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Too many boards and organizations have not done the work of building an organizational culture that centers racial equity prior to hiring a new lea
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Choosing Integration: A Discussion Paper and Policy Primer
AUTHOR: MassINC
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Massachusetts public schools are highly segregated by race, ethnicity, and income. This condition is largely a choice.
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Trading Glass Ceilings for Glass Cliffs
AUTHOR: Building Movement Project
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
The Building Movement Project’s Race to Lead series has investigated the challenges faced by people of
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Latinos in Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Gaston Institute
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
The Gastón Institute’s 2021 Latinos in Massachusetts series of reports focuses on the cities in the state with large Latino populations and that we
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Building AAPI Power: A Profile of AAPI Communities in Greater Boston
AUTHOR: Boston Indicators
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
One day after the historic election of Michelle Wu as Boston’s first Asian American Mayor, Boston Indicators is excited to release Building AAPI Po
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Shifting the Narrative
AUTHOR: The Opportunity Agenda, Amplifier
YEAR: 2021
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Advocates have long understood the centrality of storytelling to building power, as well as winning both short term victories and long-term systemi
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We Can Thrive Together: Visioning Economic Justice for All - Art & Discussion Guide
AUTHOR: The Opportunity Agenda and Amplifier
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
We believe that ending poverty is within our reach, and that we have both the power and responsibility to do so.
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FAKEQUITY in Hiring Processes
AUTHOR: Fakequity
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
Blog post exploring different aspects of Fakequity (fake equity) in hiring processes.
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Misdirected Housing Supports: Why the Mortgage Interest Deduction Unjustly Subsidizes High-Income Households and Expands Racial Disparities
AUTHOR: Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy…
YEAR: 2021
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The report examines who is likeliest to benefit from the $25 billion annual tax expenditure on the mortgage interest deduction embedded in the tax
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The Color of the Capital Gap
AUTHOR: Boston Indicators
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
In The Color of the Capital Gap, produced by Boston Indicators, the Economic Inclusion Strategy team at the Boston Foundation and in partnership wi
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Reimagining Fiscal Sponsorship in Service of Equity Report
AUTHOR: TSNE MissionWorks
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
What barriers do BIPOC-led grassroots groups encounter in attempting to access equitable holistic, responsive, and culturally aligned fiscal sponso
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Our Homes, Our Communities: How Housing Acquisition Strategies Can Create Affordable Housing, Stabilize Neighborhoods, and Prevent Displacement
AUTHOR: James A. Crowder Jr., Chris Schildt, Rick Jacobus…
YEAR: 2021
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This report details strategies that cities can lead to creating equitable housing outcomes for residents by moving privately owned rental housing i
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Race and Gender Wealth Equity and the Role of Employee Share Ownership
AUTHOR: Aspen Institute
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, in an allegedly strong economy, workers at the bottom of the opportunity scale were struggling to support themse
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Building Toward Racial Justice and Equity in Health
AUTHOR: Office of Attorney General, Massachusetts
YEAR: 2020
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This report begins with an overview of the disproportionate harm that COVID-19 has caused in communities of color, and then outlines actionable rec
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The Reckoning: When a Pandemic Collides with Systemic Racism
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
Black Americans are now experiencing two sim
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The Burden of Bias in the Bay State: The Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap in Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Jen Douglas
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
The Building Movement Project’s Race to Lead series investigates why there are so few leaders of color in the nonprofit sector and documents the ch
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Antiracism Expanding Social Work Education: A Qualitative Analysis of the Undoing Racism Workshop Experience
AUTHOR: Johnnie Hamilton-Mason & Samantha Schneider…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
The importance of addressing implications of racism has reached a critical point at colleges and universities across the United States, and schools
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Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap
AUTHOR: Building Movement Project
YEAR: 2020
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Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap presents findings from a 2019 survey of more
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Qualified Renters Need Not Apply Race and Voucher Discrimination in the Metro Boston Rental Housing Market
AUTHOR: The Boston Foundation, Suffolk University, Analysis…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
This study measures the levels of discrimination in the Greater Boston rental housing market based on race and income level.
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Facilitating Organizational Change: Lessons from Nonprofit Participation in InclusionBoston
AUTHOR: YW Boston & Boston Foundation
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
Over the past two years, YW Boston has had the incredible opportunity to partner with the Boston Foundation and a number of their grantees.
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Advancing Frontline Employees of Color
AUTHOR: PolicyLink & FSG
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
Advancing Frontline Employees of Color, identifies 23 evidence-based practices for advancing racial equity and fostering working environments where
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Building Black Homeownership Bridges
AUTHOR: Urban Institute: Alanna McCargo, Jung Hyun Choi, and…
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
The persistent racial homeownership gap and related wealth gap, have been in focus for some time.
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Changing Faces of Greater Boston
AUTHOR: Boston Indicators, The Boston Foundation, UMASS Boston…
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
This report tells the fascinating story of a great region’s evolving racial and ethnic diversity.
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The Governance Gap - Examining Diversity and Equity on Nonprofit Boards of Directors
AUTHOR: Molly Delano Brennan with Miecha Ranea Forbes
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
This report is an examination of how and why this gap exists, with the aim of giving leaders actionable strategies for increasing board diversity.
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