Partners in Diversity® is collaborating with Portland State University to understand how diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives affect regional organizations. The goal is to survey employees from 50 medium to large organizations in Oregon and southwest Washington.
From 2014–2017, Partners in Diversity® and the Portland Business Alliance worked together, funded by a grant, to study barriers to job access in the Portland metro area, especially in diverse communities and communities that include a high proportion of English Language Learners (ELL). The result was the Workforce Diversity Project and its final report and recommendations.
Following up on the 2014–2017 Workforce Diversity Project, in 2019 Partners in Diversity began a scientific study to find out why, anecdotally, organizations were reporting high turnover among professionals of color. This project is still underway.
Get the data you need to advocate for change. Our report on the business case for diversity covers regional demographic changes, changes in educational enrollment, consumer buying power, and U.S. labor force projections, as well as a Diversity Action Plan.
