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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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- 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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