Resource Hub

for Agencies

A place to find ongoing resources to help creative, adverting, and marketing agencies engage in ongoing DEI efforts to foster a more equitable creative industry in Portland, OR.

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When we’re talking about diversity, it’s not a box to check.
It is a reality that should be deeply felt and held and valued by all of us.

Ava DuVernay

A CALL FOR CHANGE – Black professionals in advertising demand urgent action from agency leadership.

Design justice rethinks design processes, centers people who are normally marginalized by design, and uses collaborative, creative practices to address the deepest challenges our communities face. > Design Justice Portland

A channel and program that gathers voices to have tough conversations about racism and discrimination in the industry through experiences, education and goals.

Product and brand design classes for People of Color. The amount you pay is up to you. We’re a business doing good. Why? Because the world of education needs companies like ours to center People of Color in creative fields. And quickly.

Self Enhancement, Inc. is dedicated to guiding underserved youth to realize their full potential. Black-founded. Black-owned. Black-led since 1981. Portland-based.

A place of self-discovery for brilliant and resilient young people moving through and beyond homelessness. Portland-based.

Open Signal is a media arts center in Portland, Oregon. We carry a vision for community-driven media focused on creativity, technology and social change. Portland-based.

On a mission to make the world work for 100% of humanity by investing in underfunded humans in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math & Design.

A nonprofit organization offering free therapy to Black women and girls.

Increasing diversity does not,
by itself, increase effectiveness; what matters is how an organization harnesses diversity, and whether it’s willing to reshape its power structure.

Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 2020