Get involved in DEI at IREM

• Become a DEI Ambassador
• IREM Skill Badge: Building DEI
• Congratulations to the 2024 DISI Leaders
• Student outreach volunteer intake form

Learn about IREMs commitment to DEI

Action and Outreach

Here’s a list of actions IREM is always taking to further diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Outreach to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Access our HBCU Outreach Toolkit.
• IREM Foundation Diversity Scholarship assists IREM members from marginalized groups with the cost of tuition associated with achieving an IREM certification.
• IREM Foundation is a founding partner of CORE – Career Opportunities in Real Estate
• The Diversity & Inclusion Succession Initiative (DISI) is a career development program that recognizes 10 members from marginalized groups looking to pursue their CPM certification. This initiative serves as a pipeline to obtain the CPM certification, careers, and provide access to resources to help build skills, network, and opportunities.

View DISI Leader recipients

Tools and Resources

IREM educational content

IREM Articles:

• Celebrating diversity in real estate management during Global Diversity Awareness Month
• New REME Award categories recognize achievement in DEI
• Building careers through inclusion: A look at IREM’s DISI program
• Conscious progress
• A seat at the table

DEI Skills

• DEI - 5 Tips for Inclusive Language
• IREM Skill Badge: Building DEI
• Over the Rainbow: Tools To Be An Authentic LGBTQ+ Ally
• HR Hot Topic: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• Preventing Harassment and Racial Discrimination
• Engage Every Age: Leveraging Generation Strengths for Organizational Effectiveness

IREM podcasts: From the Front Lines

• DISI Mentor and Leader with RaN’ae Bacon, CPM®, ARM® and Maria Richardson (Spotify, Apple Podcasts)
• DEI at IREM with Charles Kellom, Sr. Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at IREM (Spotify, Apple Podcasts)
• Unconscious Bias in a Pandemic with Kelly Charles-Collins, Esq., MBA and CEO of HR Legally Speaking (Spotify, Apple Podcasts)
• Gender and Diversity in Commercial Real Estate with Wendy Mann, CEO, CREW Network (Spotify, Apple Podcasts)

Other Content

Toward Cultural Diversity

Workplace Diversity Does Matter

Diversity Delivers: Four Tips for Embracing Differences

Success in DEI is a Journey That Needs to Start Today

5 questions to get your started

Crises as a Catalyst

Diversity Inclusion Three Actions

Racial Equity Tools Glossary

DEI Advisory Council

Established in 2007, the Diversity Advisory Board, renamed DEI Advisory Council in 2022, works on a national level to support execution of IREM’s DEI strategy, be DEI ambassadors, develop DEI best practices for chapters, and support other IREM governance bodies on their DEI impact.

Applications for the 2024 DEI Advisory Council are now closed and will reopen in the Spring. Visit our Volunteers and Governance page for more information.

Social Media

Follow our social media channels to see the latest diversity and heritage recognitions.