Articles listed below support each phase of the LeadingAge California DEI Roadmap.

Phase 1: DEI Preparation

• The Older Workers and Retirement Chartbook │ Economic Policy Institute
• Master Plan for Aging │ California Department of Aging
• How Does Racism Affect African American Seniors? │ Psychology Today (June 2020)
• Resources to understand America's history of injustice and inequality │ Washington Post (2020)
• Systemic Racism - Let's Change Our Corner of the World │ LeadingAge: Conversations with Katie (Aug. 2020)
• Cultural Competency Resources │ SAGE
• How Cultural Humility & Sensitivity Improves Serious Illness Care │ Archstone Foundation
• Aging Organizations Addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion │ Next Avenue

Phase 2: DEI Planning

• California’s Population │ Public Policy Institute of California
• Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population │ Pew Research Center
• 7 Strategies for Infusing DEI into Recruitment and Onboarding │ HR Daily Advisor
• Your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Calendar for 2022 │ Senior Executive
• Structural Racism in San Franciso: Facts, Figures & Opportunities for Advancing Racial Equity │ Center for Urban and Racial Equity
• Avoiding the Glass Cliff - Advice to Boards on Preparing for and Supporting a New Leader of Color │ BoardSource
• Development of a Long-Term Evaluation Framework for the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care │ HHS
• How Can Nursing Homes Increase Diversity? │ Caitlin Morgan Insurance Services
• 12 charts show how racial disparities persist across wealth, health, education and beyond │ USA Today
• Persons with Disabilities as an Unrecognized Health Disparity Population │ American Journal of Public Health

Phase 3: DEI Implementation

• Health Equity - Ensuring programs and services are delivered without discrimination │ Justice in Aging
• The Language of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion │ ENGAGE Magazine (Fall 2021)
• What is the Difference Between Equity and Equality? │ George Washington University
• What is Intersectionality, and what does it have to do with me? │ YW Boston Blog

Phase 4: Evaluate Progress

• Cultural Competence Assessment Tools │ NYSPI Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence
• Perceived Benefits of Training Clinicians in Community Engagement for a Leadership Development Program │ Duke University
• DEI Initiatives Are Futile Without Accountability │ Harvard Business Review

Phase 5: Maintenance of DEI Initiatives

• Improving Health Equity for Older People with Serious Illness Through Value Based Payment Reform │ Duke University
• Large Numbers of Nonprofit Leaders Are Stepping Down — and the Competition to Find New Ones Is ‘Fierce’ │ The Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Leading in an Era of a Pandemic, Systemic Failures, and Racial and Social Unrest │ ENGAGE Magazine (Fall 2020)
• Healthy Ageing: Raising Awareness of Inequalities, Determinants, and What Could be Done to Improve Health Equity │ The Gerontologist

Additional Articles

• How Cultural Humility & Sensitivity Improves Serious Illness Care │ Archstone Foundation
• Aging Organizations Addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion │ Next Avenue
• CEO Excellence | McKinsey on Books │ McKinsey & Company
• LeadingAge's First Black Chairman, Win Marshall. Rest in Peace- December 2020. │ Tribute to Win Marshall
• Why Black Aging Matters, Too │ Kaiser Health News (Sept. 2020)
• U.S. racial inequality may be as deadly as COVID-19 │ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Sept. 2020)
• Black Voices on Racism: 'To Be Black in America at My Age is Exhausting' │ NPR (July 2020)
• Q&A with Sister Marie Taylor, Christian Church Homes (CCH) │ ENGAGE Magazine (Summer 2020)
• What is Systemic Racism? │ USA Today
• What is Racial Equity? │ Center for Social Inclusion
• Serving Diverse Elders: Strategies for Meaningful Inclusion in Service Planning and Delivery │ LGBT Aging Center
• Transportation Equity, Health, and Aging: A Novel Approach to Healthy Longevity with Benefits Across the Lifespan │ National Academy of Medicine
• Aging While Black │ Next Avenue
• African American Older Adult and Race-Related Stress, How Aging and Health-Care Providers Can Help │ American Psychological Association

The LeadingAge Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) is an internship program in the field of aging designed to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Summer Enrichment Program is supported by LeadingAge and its members. LEARN MORE

• Webinar Recording - Expanding LGBTQ+ Inclusion for Residents, Visitors, and Staff in Senior Living Communities │ Human Rights Campaign Foundation and SAGE
• Census Bureau Data Shows US Getting Older, More Diverse (VIDEO) │ Newsy
• Generational Diversity, Aging and the Workplace (AUDIO) │ Senior Care Authority