Inclusion Resources

• Culture of Care: Commit, Attract, Retain, and Empower (CARE), a national AGC of America program. Click here to visit the website.
• Safe From Hate: The Safe From Hate Alliance is comprised of employers, trade associations, unions, public agencies, community organizations, and tradesworkers to address jobsite culture. (they have a comprehensive list of additional programs on the site). Click here to visit the website.
• Rise Up Oregon: Respect. Inclusion. Safety. This program is designed provide all workers with the tools and support necessary to create and maintain a safe, inclusive, and productive environment for everyone. Click here to learn more.
• Green Dot: Their mission is to mobilize communities by harnessing the power of individual action to create a safe and equitable society. Click here to learn more. 

• AGC of America’s Diversity & Inclusion Assessment. AGC members can use the insight gained by taking the 2023 Assessment in DEI strategic planning by comparing with your own past years and your competitors.
• Culture of Care
• Safe From Hate
• AGC Washington Chapter
• Construction Inclusion Week
• Arcade Wayfinding – Growing Construction Businesses Since 2014

• AGC Washington Chapter Toolbox Talks
• AGC of America Culture of Care

• Tell your story
• Culture of Care Pledge list
• Construction Dive article: Why Turner’s CEO personally responds to racist incidents on company jobsites

• Maura Kelly, Portland State University: Respectful workplaces research and findings
• Personnelity Podcast hosted by Lauri Rollings. The mission of this podcast is to honestly approach the issues employers face in trying to not only create but actualize healthier, more just, diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces.
• As the largest LGBTQ+ community center in the Pacific Northwest, Q Center proudly serves the LGBTQ2SIA+ communities of Portland Metro and Southwest Washington.

• AGC of America Mental Health Resources
• The Construction Working Minds program is an evidence-informed model that uses strategic partnerships and capacity-building in the workplace to leverage and sustain significant change for positive mental health and resiliency.
• Center for Construction Research and Training: CPWR, The Center for Construction Research and Training, is a nonprofit dedicated to reducing occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in the construction industry. Check out the Suicide Prevention in Construction Hazard Alert.
• Forefront Suicide Prevention Center and the Washington State Construction Industry Suicide Prevention workgroup have provided a free 60-minute suicide prevention training. Click here to learn more.
• OHSU Center for Supportive Leadership’s Workplace Mental Health Support Training for Managers  is an evidence-based program that teaches leaders supportive strategies that protect and promote positive mental health. It also helps managers recognize and respond to signs that an employee may be experiencing distress.
• Construction Suicide Prevention Partnership’s Lines for Life, a non-profit dedicated to substance abuse and suicide prevention, partnered wit the construction industry to dorm the Construction Suicide Prevention Project (CSPP). 

Additional Resources

• Managing Employees with Substance Use/Misuse Addictions
• ConstructorCast: Contractors Care: An Industry of Support
  Construction has one of the highest suicide rates of any industry. This episode features the co-chairs of AGCA’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Task Force—Mandi Kime of AGC of Washington and Brandon Anderson of AGC of Missouri—on how they are leading the fight for an industry in crisis. They share why they are so passionate and how they are working to combat construction’s leading mental health difficulties and the stigma that accompanies them.
• NSC Mental Health calculator tool
• NSC Substance Use calculator tool
• Shayne Dinkle—A Survivor’s Story (AGC of America video)

• Women’s PPE in Construction The importance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) tailored for women cannot be overstated. 
• U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau and Occupational Safety and Health Administration Safety at Work: Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Construction Industry Webinar
• NCCER2023 Building Better: Women in Construction Report
• NCCER In Her Own Words