Virginia Center for Inclusive
Communities (VCIC)
VCIC works with schools, businesses and communities by addressing prejudices in all forms, in order to improve academic achievement, increase workplace productivity, and enhance local trust. VCIC’s work started in Lynchburg, VA, in 1935. Chapters were formed in Richmond and Norfolk. By 1946, these chapters were affiliated with the National Conference of Christians and Jews. New chapters were developed in Martinsville, Harrisonburg, Roanoke, the Peninsula, Petersburg and Suffolk.
In 2005, the organization became an independent not-for-profit corporation. In 2007, the organization relaunched as the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. Today, VCIC offers programs for workplaces through the Workplace Inclusion Network (WIN). VCIC convenes professionals who support or lead diversity or inclusion efforts within their organizations. It is an opportunity to learn from experts and share best practices while networking with professionals from across the region.
Richmond Pledge to End Racism
Richmond Pledge is based on the Birmingham Alabama Pledge and is a personal commitment to work on ourselves and with others throughout the Greater Richmond area to address racism in all its forms. You can sign the pledge as an individual. In 2014, members and friends of First Unitarian Universal Church of Richmond held a service during which people were asked to sign a Richmond version of the Birmingham Pledge. After several hundred people signed the Pledge, they developed the Living the Pledge workshops to learn more about how we can incorporate the Richmond Pledge into our own lives. The Living the Pledge workshop is available to signers of the pledge, and they scheduled their first virtual workshop in August and September 2020. The goal is to integrate the Pledge into our daily lives, recognize and challenge systemic racism, confront racism and bias in our everyday lives, and take leadership in ending racism in our community, our culture and our lives. Participants commit to attending all six sessions—about 12 hours of large and small group work. The workshop is led by trained leaders and small group facilitators. The cost is a $25 suggested donation. The modules include: Foundations for Understanding, Recognizing and Confronting Bias, Speak Up Against Microaggressions, Structural and Institutional Racism, The Movement for Black Lives, and Personal Commitment to Ending Racism.
The Pledge website includes links to Richmond-Area Organizations: Showing Up for Racial Justice, a national network organizing White people for racial justice; Coming to the Table—Richmond Chapter which focuses on acknowledging and healing wounds from racism rooted in the history of slavery; Richmond Peace Education Center, which teaches peaceful conflict resolution, social justice and nonviolent social change; and Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities described above. The Richmond Pledge website includes workshop resources and videos presented by the Richmond Peace Education Center on education, housing, transportation and economic development in the context of race and regionalism in the Richmond region. Other communities which have adopted the Richmond Pledge include Glen Allen, Blacksburg, Norfolk, Arlington and Williamsburg, Roanoke, and Fairfax. The Richmond Pledge organization has expanded its focus in the interfaith community.
TMI Consulting
TMI Consulting was founded in Richmond, VA, by Dr. Tiffany Jana in 2003 and officially became a diversity and inclusion management consultancy in 2010. In 2012, TMI became the first diversity and inclusion-focused B Corporation in the world. TMI continues to provide diversity and inclusion consulting services and works in partnership with the rest of the TMI Portfolio brands to provide a range of socially responsible, interconnected organizations working to advance cultural inclusivity. They offer a full suite of diversity and inclusion services, ranging from organization-wide assessments and strategic planning, to keynotes and training. The TMI Academy features a self-paced online learning service—courses available include DEI 101, Unconscious Bias 101 and LGBTQIA+ 101. Dr. Jana is the author of three books: Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships Across Differences by Tiffany Jana and Matthew Freeman; Erasing Institutional bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion by Tiffany Jana and Ashley Diaz Mejias; and Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions. On their website, TMI Consulting is offering a free Building Accountability on Remote Teams toolkit. You may subscribe to TMI Consulting’s newsletter on topics of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Our colleagues as Community Action Association of Pennsylvania have worked with Dr. Jana and recommend her work very highly. Here is the link to the website.
National Community Action Partnership (NCAP)
NCAP has a variety of resources to understand, communicate, strategize and take action to eliminate structural racism.
VCIC works with schools, businesses and communities by addressing prejudices in all forms, in order to improve academic achievement, increase workplace productivity, and enhance local trust. VCIC’s work started in Lynchburg, VA, in 1935. Chapters were formed in Richmond and Norfolk. By 1946, these chapters were affiliated with the National Conference of Christians and Jews. New chapters were developed in Martinsville, Harrisonburg, Roanoke, the Peninsula, Petersburg and Suffolk.
In 2005, the organization became an independent not-for-profit corporation. In 2007, the organization relaunched as the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. Today, VCIC offers programs for workplaces through the Workplace Inclusion Network (WIN). VCIC convenes professionals who support or lead diversity or inclusion efforts within their organizations. It is an opportunity to learn from experts and share best practices while networking with professionals from across the region.
Richmond Pledge to End Racism
Richmond Pledge is based on the Birmingham Alabama Pledge and is a personal commitment to work on ourselves and with others throughout the Greater Richmond area to address racism in all its forms. You can sign the pledge as an individual. In 2014, members and friends of First Unitarian Universal Church of Richmond held a service during which people were asked to sign a Richmond version of the Birmingham Pledge. After several hundred people signed the Pledge, they developed the Living the Pledge workshops to learn more about how we can incorporate the Richmond Pledge into our own lives. The Living the Pledge workshop is available to signers of the pledge, and they scheduled their first virtual workshop in August and September 2020. The goal is to integrate the Pledge into our daily lives, recognize and challenge systemic racism, confront racism and bias in our everyday lives, and take leadership in ending racism in our community, our culture and our lives. Participants commit to attending all six sessions—about 12 hours of large and small group work. The workshop is led by trained leaders and small group facilitators. The cost is a $25 suggested donation. The modules include: Foundations for Understanding, Recognizing and Confronting Bias, Speak Up Against Microaggressions, Structural and Institutional Racism, The Movement for Black Lives, and Personal Commitment to Ending Racism.
The Pledge website includes links to Richmond-Area Organizations: Showing Up for Racial Justice, a national network organizing White people for racial justice; Coming to the Table—Richmond Chapter which focuses on acknowledging and healing wounds from racism rooted in the history of slavery; Richmond Peace Education Center, which teaches peaceful conflict resolution, social justice and nonviolent social change; and Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities described above. The Richmond Pledge website includes workshop resources and videos presented by the Richmond Peace Education Center on education, housing, transportation and economic development in the context of race and regionalism in the Richmond region. Other communities which have adopted the Richmond Pledge include Glen Allen, Blacksburg, Norfolk, Arlington and Williamsburg, Roanoke, and Fairfax. The Richmond Pledge organization has expanded its focus in the interfaith community.
TMI Consulting
TMI Consulting was founded in Richmond, VA, by Dr. Tiffany Jana in 2003 and officially became a diversity and inclusion management consultancy in 2010. In 2012, TMI became the first diversity and inclusion-focused B Corporation in the world. TMI continues to provide diversity and inclusion consulting services and works in partnership with the rest of the TMI Portfolio brands to provide a range of socially responsible, interconnected organizations working to advance cultural inclusivity. They offer a full suite of diversity and inclusion services, ranging from organization-wide assessments and strategic planning, to keynotes and training. The TMI Academy features a self-paced online learning service—courses available include DEI 101, Unconscious Bias 101 and LGBTQIA+ 101. Dr. Jana is the author of three books: Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships Across Differences by Tiffany Jana and Matthew Freeman; Erasing Institutional bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion by Tiffany Jana and Ashley Diaz Mejias; and Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify, and Stop Microaggressions. On their website, TMI Consulting is offering a free Building Accountability on Remote Teams toolkit. You may subscribe to TMI Consulting’s newsletter on topics of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Our colleagues as Community Action Association of Pennsylvania have worked with Dr. Jana and recommend her work very highly. Here is the link to the website.
National Community Action Partnership (NCAP)
NCAP has a variety of resources to understand, communicate, strategize and take action to eliminate structural racism.
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