PRIDE for Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, and Nonprofits

Created on May 24, 2021, 3:28 pm

Last Updated May 24, 2021, 4:14 pm

In organizational development, the phrase cultural competence gets discussed in relation to equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives. But what does cultural competence mean for small organizations and businesses looking to become more inclusive and grow their communities? There are a lot of ways to genuinely grow toward cultural competence to grow both organizational communities, and customer/client communities. These books provide some actionable ways to begin or continue the growth process.

1) Leading the Inclusive City: Place-Based Innovation for A Bounded Planet

Author

Hambleton, Robin

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Cities are often seen as helpless victims in a global flow of events and many view growing inequality in cities as inevitable. This engaging book rejects this gloomy prognosis and argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future in accordance with progressive values – advancing social justice, promoting care for the environment and bolstering community empowerment. This international and comparative book,...

2) The B Corp Handbook: How You Can Use Business as a Force for Good

Author

Honeyman, Ryan

Formats:

eAudiobook, eBook

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B Corps are a global movement of more than 2,700 companies in 60 countries-like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, Kickstarter, Danone North America, and Eileen Fisher-that are using the power of business as a force for good. B Corps have been certified to have met rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. This book is the authoritative guide to the what, why, and how of B Corp certification. Co-authors Ryan...

3) The economic case for LGBT equality: why fair and equal treatment benefits us all

Author

Badgett, M. V. Lee

Series

Queer action/queer ideas

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"Badgett offers some new ways of thinking to convert the many people who use their power to hurt LGBT people, whether in passing discriminatory laws, firing them from jobs, harassing them in school, beating them on the streets, failing to protect them from beatings, kicking them out of families, or depriving them of appropriate health care-in short, in excluding them from the core institutions that make it possible to live a good life. Understanding...

4) gayme changer how the lgbt community and their all

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5) Gender ambiguity in the workplace: transgender and gender-diverse discrimination

Author

Fogarty, Alison Ash

6) How to they/them: a visual guide to nonbinary pronouns and the world of gender fluidity

Author

Getty, Stuart

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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"Ever wonder what "nonbinary" or "gender nonconforming" really means? Why would someone choose to identify that way? And how the heck do you use "they/them" pronouns for a singular person - isn't it supposed to be plural? This charming and disarming guide promises to unpack all these questions and more, with a fun, visual infographic approach"--