Goals and Areas of Focus

Goals

• Bring together members from diverse constituencies who are not involved in the Association to participate in the Diversity and Inclusion Alliance, Association committees, task forces and activities.
  
  
• Maximize the involvement of members of diverse constituencies who are active, and foster opportunities for them to be appointed and elected to leadership positions (i.e., committee chairs, task force chairs, board of director candidates, etc.).
  
  
• Develop specific programs and activities (i.e., education/training programs, special events, etc.) that promote and foster the purpose of the Diversity and Inclusion Alliance.
  
  
• Encourage the formation of advisory groups that represent the underrepresented members of the Association’s leadership (i.e., African-American, Asian-American, Latin-American and LGBTQ Advisory Groups). These advisory groups will provide additional opportunities for involvement and leadership development.

Areas of Focus

• Community outreach (including working with Canopy Housing Foundation/Government Affairs Committee programs like Legislative Day, Workforce Housing Fair, multicultural festivals, school-supply drive, etc.)
  
  
• Networking events with educational and cultural components
  
  
• Language-fluency verification process
  
  
• National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Diversity grants
  
  
• NAR’s At Home with Diversity® course
  
  
• Network with leaders of the local chapters and national offices of National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) and the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance to promote education and membership opportunities.