“Visual Roadmap to Racial Equity Competencies,” HfHI Anti-Racism Training Manual. Daniel Lim Consulting, 2020.
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) committee at Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity along with the staff and board of directors hosted a series of short discussions, based around a series of videos put together by Habitat for Humanity International. These discussions aimed to invite those in the Habitat community to participate in creating the culture of inclusion and promotion of justice we want to see at PVHH and in Western Mass, one step at a time.
All three sessions were on Zoom and facilitated by the group Human In Common. Individuals from the PVHH community who attended participated in building shared language and understanding as a platform for future discussions of what additional action steps are necessary for the organization to move towards justice.
These discussions and future strategic planning are a part of Habitat International’s efforts towards “building the Beloved Community,” which understands that “historic discrimination in U.S. housing policy — particularly discrimination against Black Americans — is one of the chief drivers of racial inequities that persist today.” Work at Habitat International and PVHH aims to connect issues of racial and social injustice with historic barriers to affordable housing and work to eradicate those barriers.