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to promote growth in the right direction, to promote sustainable growth

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to promote growth in the right direction, to promote sustainable growth

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Giving credit where credit is due, re: colonialism

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Giving credit where credit is due, re: colonialism

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It upsets me that this could be a reason. Being a good person isn't like wearing crocs.

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Anxious. Fearful. Angry.

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really interested in exploring this more

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really interested in exploring this more

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Feels good when the community sees themselves in the organization

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Feels good when the community sees themselves in the organization

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This has happened, and it was severely traumatizing on a personal level.

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I think it can be hard to admit that this might be a reason for many people, and the emotion this brings up for me is doubt about whether this might be part of my "why", even if I wouldn't name it as such...

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feels the most authentic - we can see and feel how this is true & necessary

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feels the most authentic - we can see and feel how this is true & necessary

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By diversifying staff, board, audience, there is positivity in seeing and feeling the progress of inclusivity.

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Curious. Repulsed. Confused. Anxious.

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Avoiding this can be paralyzing

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nervous - think we should be called out if we're not doing the work. but nervous about being called out in general

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nervous - think we should be called out if we're not doing the work. but nervous about being called out in general

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I feel like this is why I do this work, it's my intrinsic motivator, and often moral and personal reasons create passion.

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This one is tricky for any white led organization that has pride in its resources and impact, it feels like sharing is good 

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This one is tricky for any white led organization that has pride in its resources and impact, it feels like sharing is good 

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feels like a lot of work to accomplish with existing staff

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feels like a lot of work to accomplish with existing staff

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Tackling this stuff gives us strong point of difference, particularly when bidding for project funding geared for participation and engagement

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Tackling this stuff gives us strong point of difference, particularly when bidding for project funding geared for participation and engagement

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I hate that this is a thing, but I'll take what I can get with an org made up of so many white board and staff.

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I feel more empathetic and grateful when we grown and learn from our actions/experience.

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makes me feel like we are more authentic and effective

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Because I feel like this can accidentally bleed over to white saviorism if it isn't grounded in the right work.

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What even is community if not inclusive?

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What even is community if not inclusive?

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makes me feel hopeful that I can work someplace I am proud to be a part of

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makes me feel hopeful that I can work someplace I am proud to be a part of

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Our community deserves support. This ties in to the morality, and is almost synonomous

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Trepidation in meeting new people and possibly getting some hard feedback.

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I never want to present myself has being able to "save" anything. 

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I never want to present myself has being able to "save" anything. 

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Deep appreciation from invisible or disadvantaged communities is humbling

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Deep appreciation from invisible or disadvantaged communities is humbling

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It gives me freedom to express my own perspective

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It gives me freedom to express my own perspective

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Love the feeling of stretch that this work is having on the organization, helps attract more talent, more donors, more partners, Along with some other non positive stuff of course

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Love the feeling of stretch that this work is having on the organization, helps attract more talent, more donors, more partners, Along with some other non positive stuff of course

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This is true, but I don't want it to be the main reason. A stronger org is a stronger force in the community, though!

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I feel more included when I see others benefiting from our organization. I feel like I helped, that we helped.

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slightly depressed that this might be considered a fad

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slightly depressed that this might be considered a fad

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settled

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But at the end of the day, this is a valid reason, as long as the process is genuine.

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It makes me feel proud that we're addressing this issue and frustrated that there isn't more participation from my org.

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this work is not a fad, poor reasoning that makes me angry and frustrated

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this work is not a fad, poor reasoning that makes me angry and frustrated

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Shame/embarrassment for having operated from this mindset for so long

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Shame/embarrassment for having operated from this mindset for so long

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Struggle to try to extract myself from it

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Because of the desire to avoid it & the regular checking in & being honest about when it's showing up.

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I'm not whether the service my org offers does, in fact, strengthen the community, and the assumption that it does feels like it veers towards white saviorism

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out of alignment

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While I don't feel like this is the best reason personally, often change cannot happen within the org if board members, chairs, or funders don't buy in. This adds a higher probability of buy in.

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I feel very strongly that this should be the sole reasoning behind someone deciding to do this work, peripheral reasoning aside.

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Action feels like it's at least something... otherwise very futile feeling landscape

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Action feels like it's at least something... otherwise very futile feeling landscape

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Do unto others as they want it done. It's about them. Not me.

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This cheapens the moral, emotional reason behind wanting to do this work.

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This cheapens the moral, emotional reason behind wanting to do this work.

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This is the happiest outcome!

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I am all in - but how do I implement this organization wide with a small staff.   How do we keep moving forward with figuring out all the steps  we need to do across our organization?

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They're hard work to bring the organisation along with.  Lots of internal change is needed to sustainably carry the movement forward

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They're hard work to bring the organisation along with.  Lots of internal change is needed to sustainably carry the movement forward

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Not my first initial thought, but money talks

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Not my first initial thought, but money talks

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It's hard to get emotional about business reasons.

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Makes me feel like capitalist interests are being prioritised

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It makes me incredibly sad that this is even a 'why' that has to exist. Business Case should never be a reason to do the right thing.

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I want to run screaming from the room. This is not the right reason to do this work, and it is hard work.

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I want to run screaming from the room. This is not the right reason to do this work, and it is hard work.

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I want my child to have a better world to live in

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I want my child to have a better world to live in

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Let others lead, and then listen.

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I don't want my work to be tied to me as an individual

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I don't want my work to be tied to me as an individual

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Who else are you afraid of offending?

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We are definitely not the ones with the answers.  The new people we reach through this work will have more of the answers

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We are definitely not the ones with the answers.  The new people we reach through this work will have more of the answers