Diversity Initiatives and Outreach

IREM Diversity Statement
IREM encourages diversity. We welcome individuals of all races, genders, creeds, ages, sexual orientations, national origins, and individuals with disabilities. Our organization strives to provide an equal opportunity environment among its members, vendors, and staff.

Contact us for more information about IREM's Diversity Initiatives and Outreach.

The United States has undergone, and is continuing to experience, sweeping demographic and social changes. These changes have brought new languages, cultures, values, and attitudes to the realities of leading businesses entities – both for profit and non-profit – to successful outcomes.

Organizations without diversity initiatives risk missed business opportunities, a diminished member or customer base, loss of market share, and a decrease in the ability to attract talented members. In recognition of these changes and the impact on business and social communities, IREM formed a Diversity Task Force in 2007 and subsequently beginning in 2008 appointed an on-going Diversity Advisory Board. The Diversity Advisory Board monitors IREM’s efforts to attract and welcome a diverse membership – with a focus on ethnic diversity - to IREM through career advancement, education, and certification, and make recommendations for IREM’s diversity program.

Complimentary Conference Registration Program
Complimentary Conference Registration Application
Chapter Diversity Outreach

Minority Report
Read more about how U.S. population shifts spur increased cultural awareness from property managers in the March/April 2009 edition of JPM

Success Story: St. Augustine College’s Real Estate Management Center
Learn more about how this Historically Black College helps students prepare for leadership roles in real estate management in the March/April 2009 edition of JPM

Success Series 2008 Education Session
The highest rate session at Success Series 2008 was “The Business Case for Workforce Diversity,” presented by Guy Summers, President of the Chicago-based Farrell Group, L.L.C. Download the slides from this presentation here.

Helpful Links and Contacts

Guide to Chapter Diversity

Mentorship Guidlines

IREM Foundation Professional Grants and Collegiate Scholarships

IREM Career Center – Get Real. Get Ready and IREMJobs.org

National Association of Realtors^® Equal Opportunity and Cultural Diversity Program

CCIM Institute Cultural Diversity Program

Real Estate Associate Program