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Do you have suggested resources to add to this Library? Submit your suggestions! Questions about the resource library or its contents? Please contact NRPA’s Senior Education Manager of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Shalini Mirpuri.
The Four Elements of Relationship Building
The Management Center
This article is for managers looking to build (more) supportive and functional relationships with their staff.
How to Create a Culture of Curiosity and Openness: Moving Beyond Call-Out Culture
Reverb
This blog post discusses the role of curiosity and an openness to information to bring organizations and people beyond fear of “call-out culture” to create a culture of learning and respect.
Three Challenges We Often Hear When Encouraging Inclusion
NRPA
This blog post outlines the three most common challenges we received in response to our push for inclusivity, along with our perspective on each. These responses come from surveys provided to park and recreation professionals regarding equity and inclusion in the field.
Using Active Listening Skills to Coach Others
Center for Creative Leadership
This article defines active listening, its importance and steps to incorporating active listening in the workplace.
Using Situation-Behavior-Impact (SBI) to Understand Intent
Center for Creative Leadership
This article introduces the concept of Situation-Behavior-Impact to understand the intention behind actions and words.
Unlearning: Kindness, Colorblindness and Racism
PBS
This blog posts talks about the harms of colorblindness.
These proud LGBTQ adventurers are putting the ‘out’ in outdoors
Grist
This article is for managers looking to build more supportive and functional relationships with their staff.
The City Parks Welcoming Immigrants
Bloomberg
This article discusses how parks departments across the country are listening to immigrants and designing events and facilities with them in mind.
The Realities of Being a Black Bird Watcher
CNN
This article highlights Black Americans’ experiences of racism in nature.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Parks
Recreation Management
This feature highlights how planning, programming and staffing can better serve all residents.
Central Park: Black Bodies, Green Spaces, White Minds
Medium
The historical and contemporary use of white privilege for the exclusion of black bodies from green spaces in the United States.
Five Ways to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive: An Action Plan for Change
The Atlantic
This article recounts a brainstorming session with five panelists who worked through problem areas and discussed possible solutions for making the outdoors inclusive. Presented here are the main ideas and action steps that emerged from the meeting, and from subsequent conversations with outdoors experts from around the United States.