Tool 11
How do you publicly communicate your values and goals?
Create a statement conveying what your organization is working toward, including the changes you hope to see in the community as a result of centering equity in your work.
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Organizations should regularly and publicly communicate the values that guide them and the vision they are aspiring to, as well as the progress they are making over time. This creates accountability, transparency, and trust.
Trends and takeaways that are necessary to building more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations and that advance racial justice.
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Once you have crafted a public statement, ask:
Is there a commonly shared equity definition or approach within our organization?
Do we have any active strategies in place to implement equity-based changes or recommendations?
Do we have established organizational equity-based outcomes for our staff?
What are the metrics, if any, we are using to measure the progress of our equity-based outcomes?
Friends of Waterfront Seattle
Successful equity-based work depends on serious inner reflection—and Friends of Waterfront Seattle has taken a deep look into the mirror. …
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