STEP TWO:
Review the mission and history of your organization and understand it through an anti-racist lens.
2A. Review and learn from your organization’s past actions and transactions. Understand your organization’s history with the new lens.
2B. Examine your vendors and other external relationships with the new lens.
2C. Examine your board and donors with the new lens.
2D. Understand your budget as a moral document. Ask questions with budget implications and understand the cost of potential change. For example, examine your executive to worker pay ratio within your organization. See where there may be pay inequities when you account for race, gender, commensurate work experience.
2E. Share what you have learned about your organization’s past practices that you want to change with your community. Be transparent and commit to benchmarking and measurement.
2F. Make your commitment public. And in doing so, make white supremacy visible.
Use our Racial Equity Action Plan Tool to draft and document your organization’s response to these areas for change.
How have other organizations pledged to change? Access the full PDF to see examples of how other organizations have stated their goals in these areas.