Collabortion Resource hub

Collaborative Capacity Research Brief – from a study commissioned by the California Landscape Stewardship Network on the relationship between collaborative capacity and landscape stewardship outcomes

Collaborative Capacity White Paper – What Does Collaborative Capacity Make Possible? Prevailing Perspectives on the Relationship Between Collaborative Capacity and Landscape Stewardship Outcomes

Network stress: Unique challenges, anxieties, and insecurities that network coordinators face – thought piece from Jonathan Peterson, Director of Network for Landscape Conservation

Diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in Collaborations

Tools to foster equity within collaborations

Equity Principles

Systems Change & Deep Equity: Pathways Toward Sustainable Impact, Beyond “Eureka!,” Unawareness & Unwitting Harm – a monograph by Sheryl Petty and Mark Leach

Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing – The Sierra Club’s San Francisco Bay Chapter discusses the grassroots organizing principles adopted at the 1996 Working Group Meeting on Globalization and Trade.
– Jemez Principles Document

Addressing Bias and Designing for Inclusion in Meetings and Gatherings

Centering Equity in Collective Impact – an article from Stanford Social Innovation Review

Open to All: a disability inclusion guide for land trusts – The Land Trust Alliance offers this 30+ page outdoor access and inclusion guide.

Examples from Food System Efforts

Food Solutions New England – Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge

Translating learnings into action on the intersection of food, race, health, and environment – This Food Solutions New England guest blog by Monica Nakielski discusses ways to lead change.

Combating Racism & Advancing Racial Equity: We Are the Question & the Answer – Here’s a Food Solutions New England guest blog by Dr. Atyia Martin on managing ourselves and challenging our own thinking to advance racial equity.

A Call to Build Trust and Center Values in Food Systems Work – This report out of Michigan State University includes reflections on two practices to advance equity that anyone can incorporate into their life and work.

Other Hubs & Websites

Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed DEIJ Resource Hub – This resource hub published by the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters includes lists for articles, books, bookstores, movies, podcasts, and more on racial justice, gender justice, intersectionality, and diversity, equity & inclusion.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Toolkit – A two volume toolkit from the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed for Internal Organization Practices and External Engagement Practices

Racial Equity Tools – a website with hundreds of resources, tips, ideas, tools, and more for those working towards “racial justice at every level.”
– Implicit Bias

Energy Justice Network: Environmental Justice/Environmental Racism

Community Engagement

Oceanography Magazine, Sea Grant: Science Serving America’s Coastlines and Peoples – multiple articles dedicated to “co-production” in ocean science.

The Voice, Choice, and Action (VCA) Framework – The Nature Conservancy’s framework for engagement and partnership with Indigenous Communities, consisting of 4 pillars and 3 foundational elements. Each pillar and foundational element has corresponding case studies, tools, and resources. Over a dozen tools/resources with broad application capacity for community engagement.

Community-Driven Planning Process, City of Lancaster Comprehensive Plan – Website from the City of Lancaster, PA detailing the process to create and implement a comprehensive plan for the city’s future based on a shared vision, Our Future Lancaster.