Accountability in Racial Equity: A series to support businesses in how to measure action to advance racial equity.

About this Event

When shifting purchasing decisions at your business to be more intentional, have you struggled with tracking? How do you gather the necessary data to understand your business’s procurement practices & spending? In this session with Jesse Hyatt, President & Founder of Hyatt & Associates and Executive Director of the Black American Chamber of Commerce, we will explore:

What does it mean to track data ethically?

Different ways to update your vendor profiles, including walking through an example vendor questionnaire.

Ways to measure intentional purchasing beyond dollars, including policies & procedures, local spend, pay structures, and engaging with vendors.

Example company dashboards for holding ourselves accountable to our intentional purchasing goals.

This session is one of a 4-part series hosted by Portland Means Progress that is free and open to the public.

Accountability in Racial Equity: A series to support businesses in how to measure action to advance racial equity.

About this Event

How do we measure the success of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion actions? And how do we hold ourselves accountable? Results in equity initiatives will look different than typical metrics. How do we get beyond the number of hours spent in training to better understand how our workplace culture fits into our journey to become antiracist organizations? In this session, facilitated by Serilda Summers-McGee of Workplace Change, you can expect to:

Hear about Results Based Accountability, and how to apply this framework to your DEI work

Learn about employee culture surveys, and gain a better understanding of how to implement these in a meaningful way

Learn how to baseline & measure culture change; see examples in the Portland Means Progress Culture Change Roadmap

Communicate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion actions, metrics & findings to employees

Explore example Culture Change dashboards & start thinking through your own business’s measurements & dashboard

This session is one of a 4-part series hosted by Portland Means Progress that is free and open to the public.

Accountability in Racial Equity: A series to support businesses in how to measure action to advance racial equity.

About this Event

As businesses host work experiences for young professionals of color, how do we measure if a work experience was meaningful? With Amani Austin, Assistant Director of the Emerging Leaders Internship program, we will explore how to get beyond the number of internships as our measurement of success to better understand the experience of interns at our companies. Through this session, participants can expect to gain an understanding of:

How to apply a strengths-based approach to measuring meaningful work experience

Guidance on types of questions to ask in survey work with interns

How to act on information you receive

Hear case testimonials and scenarios of work experience situations

See dashboards of example businesses measuring & reporting on work experience actions

Become familiar with annual reporting for Portland Means Progress businesses

This training will be facilitated by Amani Austin, Emerging Leaders.

This session is one of a 4-part series hosted by Portland Means Progress that is free and open to the public.

Accountability in Racial Equity: A series to support businesses in how to measure action to advance racial equity.

About this Event

Are you holding yourself accountable to your racial justice commitment? What does it mean to ask questions, receive feedback, and act on that feedback? What if the feedback is negative? How will you handle it? What will you do next? How do you stay accountable and make changes when there is already so much on your plate?

If any of this sounds like questions you or your organizations have had recently, please join us for this impactful session on how to turn your commitment to racial justice to measurable, sustainable leadership and action. In this session participants will learn how to:

Become more comfortable with being uncomfortable and feel ready to take important and effective action.

Understand the stages of the racial justice journey—the different needs and actions to be taken—and where you are on that path.

Feel ready to continue this work with a community of people who share your experiences.

Be prepared for decisive action in supporting anti-racism work without inadvertently causing harm.

This training will be facilitated by Lindsey T.H. Jackson, LTHJ Global.

This session is one of a 4-part series hosted by Portland Means Progress that is free and open to the public.

Many businesses are updating their websites and online presence given the need to adapt to increased remote communications and e-commerce. During this session, facilitated by Victoria Lara, founder and CEO of Lara Media Services, you can expect to receive guidance about:

• How to make your website accessible to a diversity of audiences

• Review your online content with a racial equity lens; how does your imagery, messaging, and content speak to clients and employees of color?

The target audience for this session is marketing & communications at businesses, as well as individuals who manage social media for their business.

This session is one of a 4-part hosted by Portland Means Progress and Enterprise Zone series that is free and open to the public.

It can be challenging to connect in a meaningful way when everything is done remotely. This online session, facilitated by Ashnie Butler, founder and CEO of Inner Work, Outer Play, will include:

• Guidance for how to facilitate good check-ins and genuine contact with everyone on your staff

• Building communication structures for businesses with a racial equity lens, both internal & external

• Recommendations for centering your values in business communications

The target audience for this session is HR, managers, leadership at businesses.

This session is one of a 4-part series hosted by Portland Means Progress and Enterprise Zone that is free and open to the public.

Working in a fully remote environment can take a toll on individuals who are accustomed to the social interaction provided from a workplace environment. This online session, facilitated by Michelle Helman of Michelle Helman Consulting, will provide support for employees and employers on how to care for themselves and each other.

In this session, we will cover the basics of mental health and wellness to apply self- and community-care practice at home-work to increase resilience as an act of resistance and change! Together, we will:

• Define mental health, wellness, self-care and community-care

• Understand the stress and trauma-response to adversity and crisis

• Review basic practices to increase resilience as an act of resistance

The target audience for this session is all staff at businesses.

This session is one of a 4-part series hosted by Portland Means Progress and Enterprise Zone that is free and open to the public.

How to be an Effective & Inclusive Manager During COVID-19 training is targeted for managers and aspiring managers on how to grow your management skills to build equitable teams and organizations in the new way of working during this crisis. The training is FREE to participants and open to the public.

Facilitated by Future Work Design you can expect to:

• Share how this pandemic and remote working has impacted work environments

• Discuss strategies for your biggest management challenges in responding to crises

• Apply an equity lens at your organization during this moment

This event is a collaboration between Portland Means Progress and TechTown.