Columbus Chamber | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access
Our Central Ohio community is vibrant! Central Ohio businesses should reflect that rich diversity. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in business is right for our society and good for our economy.
The Columbus Chamber is stronger when we embrace the power of our member businesses’ diversity. We are at a critical juncture in our history, where there is a clear recognition & mandate for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access (DEI&A) across our communities.
- Diversity – seeking to ensure a range of people with various racial, ethnic, gender, socio-economic, cultural, sexual orientation, age, lifestyle, access, experience, and interest backgrounds are represented across our Chamber and community
- Equity – seeking to ensure fair treatment, regardless of race, equality of opportunity, and fairness in access to resources and information to all
- Inclusion – seeking to build a culture of belonging by actively inviting contribution and participation
- Access – seeking to expand access to work with business, community, government leaders, and others to create multifaceted value in the way employers evolve in how they leverage diversity, instill equity, lead with an inclusive lens
The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, an initiative of the Columbus Chamber, is committed to championing DE&I as a priority within the Columbus business community and provide additional support to our members & stakeholders.
Further Information and Resources
Local Organizations
- Central Ohio African American Chamber of Commerce
- Central Ohio Diversity Consortium
- Columbus Urban League
- Diversity Chamber of Central Ohio
- Greater Columbus Chinese Chamber of Commerce
- Hispanic Chamber of Columbus
- Japan-American Society of Central Ohio
- Kirwin Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
- Ohio Diversity Council
- YWCA and Racial Justice
Additional Organizations
- Project Implicit
- My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
- Grassroots Law Project
- NAACP Legal Defense And Educational Fund
- ACLU
- Race Forward
- Black Lives Matter
- Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
- National Coalition On Black Civic Participation
- The Bail Project
- Color of Change
- Equal Justice Initiative
- Campaign Zero
Organizations on Social Media
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Lives Matter: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram
- The Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Rachel Cargle: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Until Freedom: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Articles
- “Talking about racial inequality at work is difficult—here are tips to do it thoughtfully” by Jennifer Lui | CNBC
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
- “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- “In Defense of Looting” by Vicky Osterweil | The New Inquiry (August 21, 2014)
- The 1619 Project (all articles)| The New York Times Magazine
- “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
- ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
- “How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race” by Michel Martin | NPR (June 4, 2020)
- “Teaching Your Child About Black History” by Nefertiti Austin | PBS (February 15, 2018)
Movies, Documentaries, and Series
- Just Mercy available on Amazon or Apple TV+
- 13th available on Netflix
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco available on Amazon Prime
- Hello Privilege, It’s Me Chelsea available on Netflix
- Sorry to Bother You available on Hulu
- Get Out available on Amazon Prime
- Moonlight available on Netflix
- Homecoming available on Netflix
- Time: The Kalief Browder Story available on Netflix
- When They See Us available on Netflix
- Seven Seconds available on Netflix
- BlacKkKlansman available on Amazon Prime
- The Banker available on Apple TV+
- Teach Us All available on Netflix
- Loving available on Hulu
- If Beale Street Could Talk available on Hulu
- The Hate U Give available on Hulu
Videos
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Opportunity & Responsibility | Chuck Palmer, Rick Wade, Michelle Saahene, Rob Smith (1:04:00)
- Marketing Diversity: Brand Messaging for All | James Moore, Kevin Tyler, Megan Brophy (54:29)
- Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (60:00)
- MLK Talks ‘New Phase’ Of Civil Rights Struggle, 11 Months Before His Assassination | NBC News (26:50)
- The Blue-Eyed, Brown-Eyed Experiment with Jane Elliott | Oprah Winfrey Show, 1992 (32:53)
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives | Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
- Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses ‘White Fragility’ (1:23:30)
- “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- Segregated by Design | Richard Rothstein (17:42)
Podcasts
- Time to Act (PWC)
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Nice White Parents (Serial and The New York Times)
- Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
Books
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- Between the Word and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
- Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis
- Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice by Eddie Moore Jr, Marguerite W. Penick-Parks, Ali Michael, Paul C. Gorsky
Books for Children/Teenagers
- All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
- Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
- We’re Different, We’re the Same by Bobbi Kates
- A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara
- Don’t Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
- Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel
- The Skin You Live In by Michael Taylor
- The Color of Us by Karen Katz
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano
Note: This is not an endorsement of any particular organization or resource, yet a list that can be used to consider individual support and education.