The Diversity Movement – A Candid Conversation

Women, Diversity and Careers in Commercial Real Estate

We received many emails from attendees asking for the resources mentioned by Rocale Timmons and Felicia Collier during the panel conversation and in the small networking groups. Please see below for book and article recommendations and a couple of quotes mentioned during the conversation. Have a great week and again thank you for your participation.

Books:

• The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America by Shawn D. Rochester
• The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• The Known World by Edward P. Jones
• Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
• Lighting the Fires of Freedom by Janet Dewart Bell

Articles:

• https://hbr.org/2019/03/women-of-color-get-less-support-at-work-heres-how-managers-can-change-that
• https://money.yahoo.com/black-colleagues-may-look-okay-223229342.html

Quotes:

• “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi
• Brene Brown: B = Boundaries (clear, consistent) R = Reliability (over and over) A = Accountability (owning mistakes and allowing for the mistakes of others)