RESOURCE DIRECTORY

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Overviews & Reports

National/International

• Racial Equity Tools, Glossary
• Segregated by Design
• Race and Redlining: Housing Segregation in Everything
• Anti-Racism Design Resources
• Black Space Manifesto
• U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, Honor Native Land: A Guide and Call to Acknowledgment
• BuildingGreen, Re-forming the Building Industry: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Construction Dive Special Report: How racism impacts construction
• Emerald Cities and PolicyLink, Inclusive Procurement And Contracting: Building a Field of Policy and Practice (February 2018)
• The Greenlining Institute, The Greenlined Economy Guidebook (September 2020)
• American Planning Association, Planning for Equity Policy Guide (May 2019)
• Government Alliance on Race & Equity, Equitable Development as a Tool to Advance Racial Equity (September 2015)
• City of Providence, RI, Equity in Sustainability
• 2020 UCLA Collaborative, De-Commodifying Housing During COVID-19
• Prevention Institute, Healthy Development Without Displacement: Realizing the Vision of Healthy Communities for All (August 2017)
• The Greenlining Institute and Energy Efficiency for All California, Equitable Building Electrification: A Framework for Powering Resilient Communities (2019)
• Emerald Cities Collaborative, The Building Electrification Equity Project (2020)
• Transforming Schoolyards: School-Based Strategies to Increase Access to Open Space (2020)
• Partnership for Working Families, Community Benefits 101
• Institute for Market Transformation, Green Lease Library
• City Energy Project Resource Library
• National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness (2018)
• Urban Sustainability Directors Network, Resilience Hubs: Shifting Power to Communities and Increasing Community Capacity
• Global Green USA, Green Income Criteria for Affordable Housing (2017)
• Institute for Human Rights and Business, Dignity by Design: Human Rights and the Built Environment Lifecycle (July 2019)
• International Indigenous Design Charter (2018)
• Energy Efficiency for All, Network for Energy, Water, and Health in Affordable Buildings (NEWHAB) Equity Resources
• The Greenlining Institute, Mobility Equity Framework: How to Make Transportation Work for People (2018) and Making Equity Real in Mobility Pilots Toolkit (2019)
• New Economy Coalition, Pathways to a People’s Economy (2020)
• Climate Justice Alliance, A People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy (2020)
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, The Nine Foundations of a Healthy Building
• Green Science Policy Institute, Six Classes Approach for Chemicals of Concern
• MASS Design, Role of Architecture in Fighting COVID-19

State/Local

• Native Land, Map (2020)
• Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America (2020)
• U.S. Green Building Council, Public Policy Library (2019)
• Girl UNinterrupted Boston Experiment 2017-2018
• San Francisco Bay Area, CA, Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (2019)
• Denver, CO; Richmond, VA; Elizabeth, NJ; Pawtucket & Central Falls, Rhode Island, Climate Safe Neighborhoods (2020)

Tools

• Introduction to equityXdesign
• Dismantling Racism & Centre for Community Organizations, White Supremacy Culture in Organizations (2019)
• Partners for Collaborative Change, Pivoting to Principled Practice (2019)
• Movement Strategy Center, The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership (2019)
• PolicyLink and The Kirwan Institute, The Community Engagement Guide for Sustainable Communities (2012)
• National Association of Climate Resilience Planners, Community-Driven Resilience Planning: A Framework (2017)
• Creative Reaction Lab, Equity-Centered Community Design Field Guide
• Design Corps, SEED Evaluator 4.0
• University of Pennsylvania McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, The 2100 Project: An Atlas for the Green New Deal (2020)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EJScreen
• Cal Enviroscreen 
• King County (WA) Executive, Equity & Social Justice Tools and Resources (2017)
• Portland Public Schools, Racial Equity and Social Justice Lens (2019)
• Consumer Health Foundation, Racial Equity Impact Assessment and Racial Justice Organizational Assessment Tools
• American Institute of Architects, Guides for Equitable Practice (2019)
• U.S. Green Building Council Social Equity Working Group, LEED Project Team Checklist for Social Impact (2019)
• Enterprise Community Partners, Opportunity 360 Tools (2020)
• PolicyLink, All-In Cities Policy Toolkit
• PolicyLink, Racial Equity Index
• Participate in Design, Our Tools, Methods & Principles
• Center for Active Design, Assembly: Civic Design Guidelines
• Designing for Healing Dignity & Joy
• Design Corps, Public Interest Design Institutes
• TransFormation Alliance, Equity Evaluator Tool
• Resource Generation, Land Justice Guide
• Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, Safety and DIY Cleanup
• Grounded Solutions Network, What about Housing? A Policy Toolkit for Inclusive Growth
• Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development, The Anti-Displacement Policy Toolkit
• National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, #OurNeighborhoods Toolkits
• Rentify Chinatown
• Democracy at Work Institute, Resource Guides
• International Living Future Institute, JUST Label
• B Corporation Certification 
• Emerald Cities Collaborative, Energy Democracy Scorecard and Flipbook
• Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Community Power Interactive Toolkit
• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Local Clean Energy Self-Scoring Tool (December 2019)
• HomeFree, Products Guidance
• Parsons School of Design at The New School, Healthy Materials Lab
• Earth Advantage, Safe + Sustainable Site Certification
• Alliance for National & Community Resilience, Housing Benchmark and Buildings Benchmark
• Enterprise, Business Continuity Toolkit for Affordable Housing Organizations
• International Code Council, International Green Construction Code and International Energy Conservation Code

People, Programs, and Organizations

• NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO), 2020 Sustainable Building Competition Guidelines  (August 14, 2020)
• Hip Hop Architecture
• Creative Reaction Lab
• National Organization of Minority Architects, NOMA Foundation Fellowship
• University of Cincinnati, The Directory of African American Architects
• Beyond the Built Environment, Great Diverse Designers Library
• Black Interior Designers Network
• Organization of Black Designers (OBD)
• African American Design Nexus
• Black Artists + Designers Guild
• National Society of Black Engineers
• National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC)
• The Black Urbanist
• The Untokening
• National Minority Supplier Development Council
• The Black Founder’s List
• The Asian American Architects and Engineers Association (AAAESC)
• National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB)
• The Just City Lab @ Harvard Graduate School of Design
• HBCU Architecture Schools
• American Institute of Architects, Next2Lead Program
• University of New Mexico, Indigenous Design and Planning Institute (iD+Pi) and Design and Planning Assistance Center
• Arizona State University, Indigenous Design Collaborative
• Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative
• Tulane School of Architecture, Small Center for Collaborative Design
• Soul Fire Farm, Building Immersion
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Hands-On Preservation Experience (HOPE) Crew
• Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Environmental Career Worker Training Program
• North America’s Building Trades Unions, Apprenticeship Readiness Programs
• North Atlantic States Carpenters Training Fund
• HBCU Engineering Schools
• Clark Atlanta University HBCU Green Fund and HBCU Green Report
• Green 2.0
• Green Leadership Trust
• Environmental Leadership Program, Roger Arliner Young (RAY) Clean Energy Diversity Fellowship
• American Association of Blacks in Energy, Scholarships
• Energy Justice Network
• Partnership for Southern Equity, Just Energy Academy
• American Planning Association, Free Student Membership
• Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility
• US Architects Declare Climate, Justice, and Biodiversity Emergency
• Blue Green Alliance
• Worker-Driven Social Responsibility Network
• Open Architecture Collaborative
• Hester Street
• Kounkuey Design Initiative
• Enterprise Community Partners, Rose Fellowship
• American Institute of Architects (AIA), Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team Program (R/UDAT)
• Sasaki Foundation
• Building Skills Partnership, Green Janitor Education Program
• Guildford College, Wiser Justice Program
• Green The Church
• Habitat for Humanity, Sustainable Buildings
• YouthBuild, Green Building
• PolicyLink Legal
• Center for Community Progress
• Center for Community Investment, Fulcrum Fellowship
• Dream Corps, Green For All
• Interfaith Power & Light
• Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake
• GRID Alternatives
• U.S. Department of Energy, National Community Solar Partnership
• BUILD Health Challenge
• The Schumacher Center for a New Economics, Community Land Trust Directory
• People of Color in Environmental & Climate Justice
• Climate Justice Alliance, Speakers Bureau
• Grace Farms Foundation, Architecture + Construction Working Group
• Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency
• The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
• Black Land and Power
• Blacks in Green (Chicago, IL)
• PUSH Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
• The Pratt Center for Community Development (New York, NY)
• Sustainable South Bronx (NY)
• Built Environment Plus, Green Building Training Program and Workforce Training Fund Program (MA)
• Fairmount Indigo CDC Collaborative (Boston, MA)
• Energy Coordinating Agency (Philadelphia, PA)
• Neighborhood Design Center (Baltimore, MD)
• DC Grassroots Planning Coalition
• The Equity Center at UVA, Project Pipeline Architectural Summer Camp and Equity Atlas (VA)
• Creative Community Leadership Institute (MN, ND, SD)
• The Uprooted Project (Texas)
• EcoRise, Green Building Internship Program (Texas)
• Workers Defense Project (Austin, TX)
• Community Resource Design Center (Houston, TX)
• Homeboy Industries Solar Panel Training Program (Los Angeles, CA)
• People of Color Sustainable Housing Network (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
• Causa Justa Just Cause, Black Priorities Project (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
• Moms 4 Housing (Oakland, CA)
• Liberty Hill (Los Angeles, CA)
• From Lot to Spot (Los Angeles, CA)
• ACE Mentor
• Louisiana Bucket Brigade
• Slate Z (Los Angeles, CA)
• Rate It Green, Equity in Green Building Directory

Funding/Finance Opportunities & Assistance: 

National

• Autodesk, Free Design Software & Resources for Education
• UL Innovative Education Award
• Union Studio, United in Design Scholarship (located in Providence, RI)
• National Trust for Historic Preservation, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
• Reinvest in Our Own Power
• Just Transition Fund, Grants
• Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, Concept Development Fund
• Graham Foundation, Grants
• Architects Foundation, Scholarships
• Southface & Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, GoodUse
• Borealis Philanthropy, Grantmaking
• The Solutions Project, Grants
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Building Funding Opportunities
• U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Funding Opportunity Exchange
• S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program Grants
• LOCUS Impact Investing, Community Investment Guarantee Pool
• Building Equity & Alignment for Impact, BEA Fund
• New Economy Movement Support Funds
• Solidaire Network Grantmaking
• Emergent Fund, Rapid Response Grants
• Territorial Empathy, Covid-19 Empathy Grants
• Women of Color Collective in Sustainability, Collective Resiliency Fund (preference for New York, NY)
• Rachel’s Network, Catalyst Award
• The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice
• Open Society Foundations, Soros Equality Fellowship
• Public Architecture, The 1+ (Pro Bono Design)
• Urban Land Institute, Real Estate Diversity Initiative
• RSF Social Finance
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation
• Economic Security Project
• Renovate America, HERO Financing
• Collective Sun, SunForAll Solar Fund
• Earth Advantage, No-Fee Certifications to Single-Family Affordable Housing
• Corporation for National and Community Service, Grants & Funding
• National Association of Home Builders, Home Building Industry Disaster Relief Fund
• North American Students of Cooperation, Grant Funding Options for Cooperatives
• Start.coop Accelerator
• Foundation for Intentional Community, BIPOC Intentional Communities Fund
• Kresge Foundation, Arts & Culture Grants
• ARTPLACE AMERICA
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)-National Recreation and Parks Association, Award for Health Equity
• Southern Partners Fund
• Southern Reparations Loan Fund
• Cornell Douglas Fund
• Public Welfare Foundation
• Surdna Foundation
• The Kendeda Fund
• Inclusiv Southern Equity Fund (Credit Unions)
• The Furniture Trust (located in Boston, MA)
• Grace Farms, Space Grants (located in New Canaan, CT)
• Social Justice Community Foundations, Rapid Response Funds, and Intermediaries List from Resource Generation

State/Local

• New England Grassroots Environment Fund (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
• Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (New York, NY)
• Bread & Roses Community Fund (Philadelphia, PA)
• The Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy (Worker Coops)
• West Denver Single Family Plus (WDSF+) Initiative, Accessory Dwelling Unit Pilot Program (CO)
• Cedar Tree Foundation, Detroit Initiative
• City First Enterprises, Equitable Growth Fund (DMV)
• Black Benefactors, Grant (Washington, DC)
• Transforming  Power Fund (Detroit, MI)
• Designs 4 Dignity (Chicago, IL)
• Gulf South Rising, Community Controlled Funds (TX, LA, MS, AL, FL)
• Portland Clean Energy Fund (Portland, OR)
• Beneficial State Bank, Sponsorships (WA, OR, CA)
• CalSEED, Grant Funding for Clean Energy Startups (CA)
• Walter & Elise Haas Fund (Bay Area, CA)
• Douty Foundation (Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, PA)
• USGBC Los Angeles, Legacy Project (Los Angeles, CA)
• Social Justice Community Foundations, Rapid Response Funds, and Intermediaries List from Resource Generation

Case Studies

Completed Projects

Check out our CESBS reports for case studies about:

• June Key Delta Community Center (Portland, OR)
• Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (Portland, OR)
• Weatherization Plus Health (Wx+H) Program (Washington State)
• Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center (Pullman, WA)
• Mariposa – South Lincoln Redevelopment (Denver, CO)
• Dahlia Campus for Health and Well-Being (Denver, CO)
• Town Hall Apartments (Chicago, IL)
• Malcolm X College (Chicago, IL)
• The Barack Obama Green Charter High School (Plainfield, NJ)
• Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Washington DC)
• The National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, DC)
• Homes of Hope (South Carolina)
• Mohawk Group/Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
• Georgia Tech Kendeda Building (Atlanta, GA)
• Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative (New Orleans, LA)
• Auburn University Rural Studio (AL)
• Mississippi State University Gulf Coast Community Design Studio (MS)
• Groundswell Community Solar Projects (Washington, DC, MD, IL, GA, NY, NC, HI)

Check out the 2020 NOMA-NAACP-SEED Award winners for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in design:

• Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
• Envision Comanche, Tulsa, OK
• 7933 Tree Lane, Madison, WI
• The Weatherization Kit Project, Pittsburgh, PA
• Biblioteca Caminanza, Portland, OR
• The Chicago Mobile Makerspace, Chicago, IL
• Pathways to Equity: West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA

Learn more about other incredible projects featured by other sources:

• Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (Boston, MA)
• Cooper Square Committee (New York, NY)
• RiseBoro Passive House Affordable Housing Developments (New York, NY)
• Isles Community Planning & Development Projects (Trenton, NJ)
• Capital City Farm (Trenton, NJ)
• Women’s Community Revitalization Project, Community Justice Land Trust (Philadelphia, PA)
• Belfield Townhomes (Philadelphia, PA)
• Community Ventures Rental, Homeownership, and Permanent Supportive Housing Projects (Philadelphia, PA)
• Parks, People, and Inclusive Collaborative Planning (Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia, PA)
• A Lesson Plan for Health and Health Equity (Washington, DC)
• Weinberg Commons (Washington, DC)
• Black Women Build Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
• Details Deconstruction (Baltimore, MD)
• Bay View Citizens for Social Justice (VA)
• Lotus House (Miami, FL)
• Design Justice & Design as Protest (New Orleans)
• The Institute of Cultural Affairs GreenRise Uptown Learning Laboratory (Chicago, IL)
• Joshua’s Hand Prosperity Heights and Joshua Works Training Program (Fort Wayne, IN)
• Eco-D (Detroit, MI)
• UH Rainbow Center for Women & Children (Cleveland, OH)
• Office of Financial Empowerment Programs (St. Paul, MN)
• Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center (Duluth, MN)
• Ban on Single-Family Zoning (Minneapolis, MN)
• Guadalupe Community Development Project (Austin, TX)
• Texas State University Library Learning Center  (Houston, TX)
• Sawmill Community Land Trust (Albuquerque, NM)
• B Ruppe Drugstore (Albuquerque, NM)
• Design Strategies for Burning Health Issues (Phoenix, AZ)
• Native American Connections Devine Legacy, Cedar Crossing/Patina Wellness Center, and Stepping Stone (Phoenix, AZ)
• Statute RCW 81.112.350 – Surplus Property for Affordable Housing (Seattle, WA)
• Liberty Bank Building and the Africatown Community Land Trust (Seattle, WA)
• Kenton Women’s Village (Portland, OR)
• Affordable Housing Construction Excise Tax (Eugene, OR)
• Social Impact Bonds for Net Zero Energy Homes / SparkPoint Contra Costa’s First Time Homebuyers Program (Richmond, CA)
• Arch Nexus SAC (Sacramento, CA)
• East 12th Street People’s Proposal (Oakland, CA)
• Fruitvale Village (Oakland, CA)
• Los Angeles LGBT Center Anita May Rosenstein Campus (Los Angeles, CA)
• Skid Row Housing Trust (Los Angeles, CA)
• Nico Real Estate Investment Trust (Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA)
• T.R.U.S.T. South LA (Los Angeles, CA)
• Ed Roberts Campus (Berkeley, CA)
• Mercy Housing and San Francisco Housing Authority Mission Creek Senior Project (CA)
• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Equity Metrics Data Initiative (CA)
• Our County: Los Angeles County Sustainability Plan (CA)
• Restore Oakland (CA)
• Cooperation Humboldt and the Solidarity Economy (Humboldt County, CA)
• A Neighborhood’s Plans for a Vibrant Transformation (Salinas, CA)
• 2019 Affordable Housing Weatherization Bill (CA)
• Heterogenous Futures (MA, FL)
• HomeFree Demonstration Projects (NY, MD, CA, MN, LA, WA)
• Edwin M. Lee Apartments (San Francisco, CA); Resilient By Design Bay Area Challenge (CA); Rice University’s Present/Future program (Houston, TX); and University of Oregon’s Design for Social Justice Initiative
• Nonprofit Energy and Water Efficiency Initiative – Salvation Army, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and Feeding America (National)
• Meet the Iowa Architect Documenting Every Slave House Still Standing (National)
• Environmental and Energy Study Institute, On-Bill Financing for Rural Electric Cooperatives & Help My House Model in South Carolina (National)
• American Institute of Architects 2020 Code of Ethics Updates (National)
• Tiny House Warriors (Secwepemc Territory, Blue River, British Columbia, Canada)
• Softtek (Aguascalientes, Mexico)

In Progress

• Michigan Urban Farming Initiative Agrihood (Detroit, MI)
• Parker Village (Highland Park, MI)
• Electricity Innovation Lab (e–Lab) Accelerator: Building Electrification in Massachusetts
• G|Code House (Boston, MA)
• The Broome Community Land Trust (Binghamton, NY)
• The Riverside Campus of Riverside Church (New York, NY)
• Philadelphia Housing Action Claims 50 Vacant Homes for Community Land Trust (PA)
• Virginia African American Cultural Center (Virginia Beach, VA)
• 11th Street Bridge Park (Washington, DC)
• VOLAR – Village of Love and Resistance (Baltimore, MD)
• Baltimore City Deconstruction Project (MD)
• South First St. Public Housing Redevelopment (Charlottesville, VA)
• SMASH – Struggle for Miami’s Affordable and Sustainable Housing LGBT Homeless Youth Transitional Housing Facility (Miami, FL)
• LaVilla Neighborhood Redevelopment (Jacksonville, FL)
• Equity Center (Atlanta, GA)
• Highlander Center (TN)
• Huston-Tillotson University Anti-Displacement Efforts in East Austin with the Austin Housing Repair Coalition (Austin, TX)
• North Bay Community Resilience Initiative (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
• Sogorea Te’ Land Trust (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
• Oakland 2030 Equitable Climate Action Plan (CA)
• Community Choice Aggregation Program (San Diego, CA)
• Reimagining the Civic Commons (Akron, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Philadelphia)
• SPARCC Strong, Prosperous, And Resilient Communities Challenge (Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Memphis, San Francisco Bay Area)
• Baobob EcoDistrict from the NAACP Chicago Southside (IL)
• Broadway Lofts (Gary, IN)
• The Nehemiah Initiative (Seattle, WA)
• Equitable & Just National Climate Platform

Calendar

Annual Events

• Winter:
  • February 4: Transit Equity Day
• Spring:
  • April: National Rebuilding Month & World Landscape Architecture Month
  • April 27-29: The Just Economy Conference
• Summer:
  • May: National Historic Preservation Month
  • May 11-18: Infrastructure Week
• Fall:
  • September 21-25: National Technical Association Annual Conference
  • October: National Co-op Month
  • October 7: Energy Efficiency Day
  • October 14-17: National Organization of Minority Architects Annual Conference 

2020 Events

• August 14: NAACP ACT-SO Sustainable Building Pilot Competition (Boston, MA)
• October 17: 2020 NOMA-NAACP-SEED Network Design Awards (Oakland, CA)

Jobs List

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Helpful Mailing Lists for Job Opportunities:

• NAACP JobFinder
  
• NAACP Pathways to Black-Green Leadership Project Newsletter (email “Join Pathways newsletter” to: ECJP@naacpnet.org)
• Green Leadership Trust Board Opportunities & Job Postings List
• Shelterforce Weekly
• Ed’s Clean Energy & Sustainability Jobs List
• Young Professionals in Energy Jobs Board
• Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Jobs List
• Next City Jobs List and Jobs Seeker List
• Josh’s Water Jobs
• New Economy Roundup
• Climate Careers
• Environmental Leadership Program Job Board
• Climate Advocacy Lab (free membership required)
• National Association of Minority Contractors Opportunities List
• HBCU Connect
• energyfolks
• Powerhome Solar Jobs List
• FIELD Design Network: Forum for Inclusive, Equitable, Leadership and Diversity
• Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Jobs Board
• USGBC Los Angeles Job Board
• Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia Job Board
• Blacks in Green Hiring Hall (South Side Chicago, IL)

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