Equity

Developing Shared Understanding
Equip all staff and Board members to be informed and participatory partners in conversations about race and racial disparities and the work of the Emily K Center by providing and encouraging learning and development opportunities, thereby establishing a common baseline understanding of racial equity.

Continuous Learning
Foster an environment in which staff and Board members are well positioned and supported in pursuing further learning and development opportunities with regard to racial equity, creating a cohort of internal stakeholders that are well informed and that feel empowered to advance racial equity work within the Center.

Shifting Policies and Practices
Create policies or practices that promote racial equity and revise or eliminate policies or practices that do not, thereby institutionalizing intentionally established commitments and paths for action that further racial equity as an organizational priority.

Strategy Co-Creation
Explore and develop ways to integrate the voice and perspectives of families into the work of the Center, elevating their role beyond that of “service recipients” and acknowledging their value as assets by sharing the power to shape and define our success goals with them.