• Creating an internal culture of cross-collaborative teams that support and hold one another accountable in our JEDI visioning and goals.
• Collaborating with new and existing partnerships dedicated to serving marginalized communities in order to foster our ongoing JEDI efforts.
• Revising organization’s internal and external language—mission statement, values, policy and professional development offerings, job postings, talking points, and all other communication materials—to be accessible and inclusive.
• Implementing transparent policies—budget, salaries, hiring process—informed by internal and external feedback to ensure accountability.
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• Updating our hiring processes to facilitate increased diversity of our staff and board.
• Providing equitable, accessible, and diverse avenues for feedback to ensure that our programs and policies are informed by our statewide network of youth, families, grantees, members, partners, and stakeholders.
• Measuring our overall JEDI impact—including how our procedures and policies increase access to programs, initiatives, and opportunities—to encourage continued growth and adaptation.
• Supporting the efforts of individuals, programs, and communities to dismantle inequities through trainings, workshops, and other learning opportunities in service of creating welcoming and inclusive environments.
• Structuring our member benefits in consideration of their diverse needs and facilitating opportunities for them to inform our efforts so that we can become fully equipped to support their work.
• Advocating for non-competitive and less-restrictive grant opportunities for afterschool and summer programs to ensure a more equitable distribution of funding state-wide.