The meeting and event industry has the power to create positive change and promote inclusion, diversity and equity globally. MPI’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee is working on the creation of a dynamic set of resources to help meeting professionals advocate and advance these causes relevant to all the dimensions of diversity. Given current events, the committee has fast-tracked these resources related to racial equity and justice to help meeting professionals in their efforts to be allies to the Black community. These resources are only the beginning. In the coming months, more resources related to additional dimensions of diversity will be included on this page and will serve as a living resource that further the advancement of all peoples.
If you are interested in contributing to the conversation by offering resources, feedback, concerns or testimonials, just click here . Want to learn more about the Diversity & Inclusion Committee and how to get involved? Then apply to serve on the committee starting September 21, 2020.
MPI Statement on Racial Injustice.
The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison
Divided Sisters by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts
How to be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Locking Up Our Own by James Forman
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
The Miners Canary by Lani Guiner and Gerals Torres
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
They Can’t Kill Us by Wesley Lowery
White Fragility by Robin D’Angelo
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
America in Pain: What Comes Next?
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, episode one and episode two