Phase 3.2: Mid-Level – Equity Tool Kit

All team members, including leadership, are held accountable to personally developing their capacity for racial equity, diversity and inclusion work and in operationalizing the organization’s stated commitment to this work in their programs and processes. Now is the time to ensure that development of disaggregated data practices exist across all functions in the organization so that all teams and team leaders are aware of their progress. Additionally, an assessment of current budgeting an financial practices is necessary at this phase to ensure that racial equity, diversity and inclusion priorities are funded.

In this phase, the racial equity team should focus on:

Developing disaggregated data practices across all functions in the organization.
Assessing current budgeting and financial practices.

Step 1:
Developing disaggregated data practices across all functions in the organization.
Step 2:
Consistent funding is put towards this work, and a recurring budget line item is dedicated to racial equity, diversity & inclusion priorities.

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Step 1:

Developing disaggregated data practices across all functions in the organization.

Questions to consider:

At what points in the year would it make the most sense for us to disaggregate and review our data?
Does our organization or school engage in data-driven decision making?
Who needs to be involved in the culture shift that is necessary to ensure regular, disaggregated data analysis occurs?

Actions to consider:

Establish regular review of data collection and disaggregation practices to identify any demographic trends. (1)
Establish a process that supports data-driven decision making. This process should include: collecting data, analyzing data, reporting data, using data for organizational/school improvement, communicating through data. (2)
Review your DEI goals and define the data processes needed to track progress. (3)

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Step 2:

Consistent funding is put towards this work, and a recurring budget line item is dedicated to racial equity, diversity & inclusion priorities.

Questions to consider:

What do we know about our current annual budget process?
What funders in our region (or nationally) are currently supporting DEI and racial equity work?
What accountability measures are needed to ensure that DEI is consistently funded at our organization or school?
Who from our senior leadership team should be involved in this budgeting process? Think about who is dedicated to this work and has influence in the C-suite.

Actions to consider:

Draft a budget to support your DEI priorities. (1, 2, 4)
Craft a presentation to share the draft budget for DEI priorities to senior leadership. (1, 2)
Build a database of funders who support this work in your region.
Meet with peers who are engaging in this work and ask them how they allocate funds or secure grants for DEI. (4, 5, 6, 7)
Allocate stipends to staff who choose to lead internal DEI sessions or committees. (3)

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Phase 3.2

Mobilize Org-Wide: Mid-Level

In this phase, the racial equity team should focus on:

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