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Listen to and check in with my Black colleagues before jumping in on their behalf

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Listen to and check in with my Black colleagues before jumping in on their behalf

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Fear of offending or saying the wrong thing

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Fear of offending or saying the wrong thing

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Lean into the uncomfortable conversations about anti-Blackness

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Lean into the uncomfortable conversations about anti-Blackness

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Track and seek data about why so many Black staff have left in the last two years

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Track and seek data about why so many Black staff have left in the last two years

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Build authentic business and personal relationship with Black individuals

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Add to build a "critical mass" of Black board members

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Add to build a "critical mass" of Black board members

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Ask/advocate for learning opportunities on how to disrupt anti-black racism

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Ask/advocate for learning opportunities on how to disrupt anti-black racism

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Creating clearly articulated guidelines around hiring practices, include them in the handbook, and hold ourselves and managing colleagues to those guidelines.

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Creating clearly articulated guidelines around hiring practices, include them in the handbook, and hold ourselves and managing colleagues to those guidelines.

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Check personal biases in interactions also calling out anti-blackness explicitly

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Ensure my Board reflects-above and beyond white- the demographics of my community

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Ensure my Board reflects-above and beyond white- the demographics of my community

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Convene racial affinity groups on a regular basis and create opportunities for cross-racial witnessing and listening

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Convene racial affinity groups on a regular basis and create opportunities for cross-racial witnessing and listening

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Help create policies to shift the culture of the Board to adopt a pro-Black space

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Help create policies to shift the culture of the Board to adopt a pro-Black space

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Provide time and space to prepare for and decompress after difficult conversations, trainings, etc

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Curate and offer learning environments for community members to learn to talk about race and racism

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Curate and offer learning environments for community members to learn to talk about race and racism

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Don't expect Black communities to want to come to you to partner.

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Don't expect Black communities to want to come to you to partner.

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Socialize/normalize the phrase "anti-Black" and make it part of our racial equity goals, team conversations, etc. Same thing with the phrase "Pro-Black"

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Socialize/normalize the phrase "anti-Black" and make it part of our racial equity goals, team conversations, etc. Same thing with the phrase "Pro-Black"

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Trust Black leadership in the organization

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Trust Black leadership in the organization

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Raise issues of Anti-blackness at the organization to the Board and hold them accountable to taking active steps to address these issues

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On boarding structures that ensure success for Black colleagues 

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On boarding structures that ensure success for Black colleagues 

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Offer public forums that feature Black voices and Black leadership

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Offer public forums that feature Black voices and Black leadership

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Offer opportunities and space to ask questions, reflect, in their own way, in their own communication style.

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Offer opportunities and space to ask questions, reflect, in their own way, in their own communication style.

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Show that we are practicing internally what we profess to do in equitable partnerships with communities

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Show that we are practicing internally what we profess to do in equitable partnerships with communities

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More learning spaces, more reflection spaces

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More learning spaces, more reflection spaces

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create a systematic decision making framework which shares to decision making and problem solving with staff, particularly lifting up the voices of bipoc and black individuals.  

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create a systematic decision making framework which shares to decision making and problem solving with staff, particularly lifting up the voices of bipoc and black individuals.  

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mental wellness support that meets the needs of Black staff.
Self care days.
Use of PTO w/o explanation.
Remote work flexibility.

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Invest in slowing down and lighten up on the sense of urgency

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Learn from how other organizations are doing this better

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Learn from how other organizations are doing this better

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identify competencies for managers and leaders which identify their ability to be equity centered and pro black leaders

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identify competencies for managers and leaders which identify their ability to be equity centered and pro black leaders

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Creating more inclusive environments for Black colleagues to feel safe and heard and have their experiences acknowledged

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Examine how partnerships work - are they mutually beneficial, what are we giving freely, without expectation of reciprocation to our Black partners?

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Examine how partnerships work - are they mutually beneficial, what are we giving freely, without expectation of reciprocation to our Black partners?

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Be explicit about who has power to make what decisions

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Be explicit about who has power to make what decisions

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Intentionally fund Black led and serving organizations so that they can operate from a place of abundance.
Don't make them jump through hoops.

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Name Black folks specifically.

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Pausing in the hiring process until a truly diverse set of applicants is reached

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Pausing in the hiring process until a truly diverse set of applicants is reached