Truth, Repair, and Transformation: Accounting for History on Our Path to Health Equity and Justice​ by https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j RWJF’s Legacy and Impact: Small Group Discussion & Padlet Exercise en-us 2023-03-23 18:09:39 UTC 2023-03-28 18:00:29 UTC hello@padlet.com http://globalpolicysolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/RWJF.jpg We reframed the issue of childhood obesity from an individual failing of diet and exercise to a policy and systems issue about food access and built environment. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535135326 2023-03-28 14:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535135326 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535135542 not giving feedback to unsuccessful applicants. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535135542 Our aversion to GOS, long-term commitments to grantees, and generally low risk tolerance for new orgs. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535135605 2023-03-28 14:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535135605 When we choose who is a priority to fund for what, and who is equipped to do the work to advance our strategic priorities. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535135921 2023-03-28 14:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535135921 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535136632 We are being more explicit with the words "structural racism" and "discrimination" where we hadn't in the past. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535136632 Using the same example of childhood obesity, we did not do a very thorough root cause analysis of why communities were so different in terms of opportunities. Some, but not much. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535136773 2023-03-28 14:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535136773 It's been a long learning journey around what it takes to achieve health equity. We are evolving and it may feel slow, but we are making progress tcostigan2 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137030 2023-03-28 14:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137030 Lack of transparency about funding priorities https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137118 2023-03-28 14:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137118 Agree on the aversion to GOS https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137126 2023-03-28 14:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137126 When we choose near-term wins over longer-term shifts in power/decision-making/resources https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137228 2023-03-28 14:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137228 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137642 evolved our work in tobacco control to intentionally elevate and support the communities that have been targeted by that industry

]]> 2023-03-28 14:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137642 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137899 Funding larger organizations that we deem as "low risk" can keep us within the mainstream or those more adverse to shifting the status quo or not seeing how systems can act differently. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535137899 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138014 Lack of transparency around our ToC, strategies, and approaches and lack of proper acknowledgment of the information and expertise generated by partners in the creation and development of our work. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138014 Our increased focus on supporting community-based organizations and in providing general operating support and flexible funding. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138048 2023-03-28 14:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138048 We are beginning to move from performative work on equity toward work that is more authentic and substantive https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138217 2023-03-28 14:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138217 in some ways, I feel that RWJF led the way in advancing health equity and prioritizing this issue for many in the progressive movement https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138228 2023-03-28 14:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138228 Poor management, lack of transparency, and clear communication on renewal decisions https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138322 2023-03-28 14:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138322 Our grants generally reinforce low pay and poor benefits for non-profit staff. We generally fund what organizations ask for in terms of staff pay and benefits, further enforcing pay inequity. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138340 2023-03-28 14:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138340 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138400 Funding community power-building]]> 2023-03-28 14:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138400 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138610 Contracting with the same consultants and not diversifying our pool of providers]]> 2023-03-28 14:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138610 We can be extremely academic, focused too much on methodology and not enough on qualitative outcomes and important conversations we could be seeding. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138853 2023-03-28 14:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138853 we resist a focus on the incarceration system. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138965 2023-03-28 14:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138965 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138982 RWJF has lifted up and invested in community power]]> 2023-03-28 14:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138982 Does our A&R is accessible to the right people, so that we can address this https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138998 2023-03-28 14:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535138998 Development of programs in the past to diversify pipelines https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139092 2023-03-28 14:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139092 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139112 we are intentionally identifying new kinds of partners - not the same old, same old orgs and actors

]]> 2023-03-28 14:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139112 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139218 Our voice can mean a lot and carries a lot of weight. When we choose to signal a certain direction it gets noticed. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139218 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139240 Declined to consider abortion as healthcare until 2021 -- tacitly endorsing the assault on reproductive healthcare for women /exacerbating outcomes for women of color and low income people]]> 2023-03-28 14:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139240 Funding those we know, speak similar language as, or trust. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139245 2023-03-28 14:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139245 We named and have built the field around "social determinants of health" to move from individual responsibility to the impact of conditions and systems on outcomes tcostigan2 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139278 2023-03-28 14:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139278 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139450 too slow to respond to current injustices. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139450 Commitment to a "bipartisan" approach has been used as a limiting factor to a huge extent. We did not speak out on even core issues like coverage https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139823 2023-03-28 14:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139823 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139832 Our work in climate change and health  equity has very intentionally focused on communities of color and trying to increase access to national, state and local resources.

]]> 2023-03-28 14:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139832 Sense of urgency leads us to work with the usual partners tcostigan2 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139865 2023-03-28 14:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139865 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139880 By hosting and investing in the leadership of National Urban Fellows.]]> 2023-03-28 14:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139880 going forward there will be additional demographic questions in applications so we can capture data around who we fund https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139983 2023-03-28 14:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535139983 In recent years you can see/feel a shifting focus towards justice and less on simply helping those in need. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140078 2023-03-28 14:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140078 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140302 Autonomy for TTU's to develop working norms that seek to uproot white supremist cultures and practices. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140302 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140308 Coverage work from the past, example: Cover The Uninsured Week ]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140308 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140468 Going back to the same set of grantees time after time ]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140468 Health insurance coverage work https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140478 2023-03-28 14:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140478 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140488 "Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: We honored sports teams with racist mascots. Not anymore." -USA Today ]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140488 Narrative Audit made it clear that deep narratives we put in the world were harmful narratives around health inequities and health disparities data. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140546 2023-03-28 14:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140546 We value our wealth. This affects our ability to take risks that make a real impact. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140563 2023-03-28 14:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140563 Elevating segregation's impact on health equity created opportunities to bring an explicit racial analysis to our work, goals https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140571 2023-03-28 14:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140571 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140596 Our tobacco work in the 90's/00's reduced rates among White populations, but not people of color. Also, it was very much driven by the strategies WE thought would work. Now, we have a fair bit of work that does get into the communities of color that still suffer from higher smoking rates, and the funding puts the decision-making in the hands of the communities.]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140596 In the past we have stayed silent on issues that have been too "political" or "polarizing" under the guise of "reputational risk." https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140643 2023-03-28 14:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140643 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140656 Our vision for a long time focused on people we called Americans. That vision reinforced narratives that were racist, cultures that we valued, or behaviors that we thought were reflective of health and well-being. This vision is still hardwired into many of our practices and culture of the foundation. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535140656 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141069 When I joined the foundation it was much more white in leadership positions. see this changing, strides being made]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141069 promoting equitable evaluation https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141166 2023-03-28 14:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141166 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141302 While we have historically used a deficit frame and tried to reduce disparities, we are open to thinking about what we are missing in that and how to evolve our strategy.  ]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141302 When we have not spoken out or taken a stand on injustices in order to protect our reputation or credibility with various audiences. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141337 2023-03-28 14:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141337 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141408 Requiring folks that are hired to live in the Princeton NJ, NYC, or Washington DC areas - which are very expensive to live in]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141408 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141419 Asset-based framing]]> 2023-03-28 14:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141419 Once narratives were identified as harmful we began to change the way we communicate. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141441 2023-03-28 14:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141441 Hiring a Vice President for Equity and Culture, making education about structural racism mandatory, encouraging EDI goals. All of these prepare RWJF staff to make better decisions about projects, programs and relationships to advance health equity. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141541 2023-03-28 14:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141541 seeking out community voice; Jegna Council (NJ) https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141574 2023-03-28 14:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535141574 Just having these conversations and having the awareness that inequities exist is a step in the right direction for the Foundation. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142033 2023-03-28 14:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142033 we did acknowledge the existence of racism, and we did experiment with approaches to identifying, understanding and mitigating health care disparities, but we were not as bold with our aspirations. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142165 2023-03-28 14:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142165 promoting and supporting anti racist research https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142207 2023-03-28 14:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142207 Impact investing helps us make money available to people from different backgrounds to lower barrier to entry to businesses, etc. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142483 2023-03-28 14:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142483 We take a wholistic view of health. We support work all along a continuum from the doc office to national discourse. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142611 2023-03-28 14:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142611 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142662 we need to explicitly look at the history, so we understand, and then work with others who are proximate to the change we are pursuing to cocreate solutions. we have not always done this or done it well

]]> 2023-03-28 14:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142662 Funding Lead Local allowed us not just to elevate community power, but to lift up the structural barriers to equitable community conditions as a foci for our work https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142742 2023-03-28 14:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142742 We have primarily focused on physical health and often ignored mental health or neurological disabilities. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142813 2023-03-28 14:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535142813 Breastfeeding accommodations are now available internally. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143005 2023-03-28 14:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143005 Pamela Russo's (and other staff's) recent presentation of RWJF's work on safe water systems. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143044 2023-03-28 14:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143044 Board composition https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143071 We've prioritized J&J executives and traditional power-holders as our Trustees and therefore point of accountability for many, many years. Which limited our ability to do bold and transformative work. Also our ability to do anything around pharmaceuticals for a long time.]]> 2023-03-28 14:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143071 Willingness to be at the forefront of transformational change https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143076 2023-03-28 14:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143076 Nice over truth https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143091 2023-03-28 14:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143091 compensating for community voice and other inputs in our work as well as our updated honoraria https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143136 2023-03-28 14:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143136 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143202 Why are we located in NJ, in one of the richest/most expensive towns in the state? What would it look like if we moved our headquarters to the south? How could we transform a city in Mississippi by being located there?]]> 2023-03-28 14:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143202 We are not widely sharing the narrative audit, which is in itself a huge example of silence and inaction https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143228 2023-03-28 14:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143228 Funding community-power building among historically oppressed communities, led and organized by BIPOC/LGBTQ+ leaders (we need to do more!) https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143238 2023-03-28 14:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143238 we are currently looking at ways to improve the application process and make it more accessible to people with disabilities https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143298 2023-03-28 14:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143298 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143552 We have elevated the individual responsibility mindset for decades.  that messaging is still present and used my many of our grantees.

]]> 2023-03-28 14:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143552 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143562 Board is more diverse than even ten years ago, but everyone on the board still seems to have a wealthy background, totally different class than the people we are trying to reach]]> 2023-03-28 14:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143562 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143650 we act like we can do everything and refuse to make hard choices]]> 2023-03-28 14:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143650 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143676 Refusal to name and work toward universal healthcare]]> 2023-03-28 14:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143676 New HR policies that name family in an open way https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143864 2023-03-28 14:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143864 recognizing that climate change amplifies structural racism https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143878 2023-03-28 14:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143878 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143985 Our lack of power analysis and not openly identifying the powers/structures that are in direct opposition to health equity ]]> 2023-03-28 14:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535143985 working on policy is a way or endorsing existing power structures. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144284 2023-03-28 14:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144284 Agree that we seem to have played an important role in advancing the importance of health equity. That has also become more of a polarizing concept. Not sure if we contributed to that. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144289 2023-03-28 14:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144289 Having such limited thinking around the geographical diversity of staff... how we build a national CoH when our offices/perspectives are concentrated only in Princeton/NYC/Washington DC? We are missing so much. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144475 2023-03-28 14:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144475 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144530 We have sometimes been too close with hospitals and looked the other way from some of their practices. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144530 a lot of funding we don't want to talk about for pieces of work in LGBTQ+ or marginalized communities could be harmful https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144672 2023-03-28 14:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144672 Finally speaking out on abortion https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144828 2023-03-28 14:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144828 Intentional resources put toward these types of spaces/trainings/dialogues to shift our practices/processes as well as reckon with our history https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144856 2023-03-28 14:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144856 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144933 we have historically put men in positions of power even though 75% of staff are women]]> 2023-03-28 14:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535144933 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535145061 Need board members who have lived experience]]> 2023-03-28 14:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535145061 More diverse staff, increasing inclusion of voices, support for national health equity and social justice organizations and increasing opportunities for participatory processes. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535145211 2023-03-28 14:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535145211 lack of focus on disabilities both internally and externally https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535145396 2023-03-28 14:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535145396 Having such limited thinking around the geographical diversity of staff... how we build a national CoH when our offices/perspectives are concentrated only in Princeton/NYC/Washington DC? We are missing so much. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146194 2023-03-28 14:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146194 I believe in the early days of AIDS, RWJF didn't do much funding in that area. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146251 2023-03-28 14:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146251 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146369 In the past, community members were not valued as experts within their own communities and the issues impacting them. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146369 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146590 Internal anti-racist / racial sensitivity training]]> 2023-03-28 14:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146590 foundation should be advocating for health insurance reform; universal health care https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146773 2023-03-28 14:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535146773 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147050 why don't we ask people what they need and gear our grantmaking to them and what they need]]> 2023-03-28 14:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147050 Actually using the words racism and structural racism where we haven't in the past. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147109 Calling it what it is instead of dancing around the issue has been helpful. I don't know that the comfortable with white supremacy yet, we have a ways to go, but in the past 5 years we've made rapid progress.]]> 2023-03-28 14:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147109 health impact assessments https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147266 2023-03-28 14:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147266 Unwillingness to address the negative aspects of our J&J history and continued ownership of J&J https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147501 2023-03-28 14:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147501 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147526 our strategic work - being intentional about pulling the focus on SR forward and getting more focused. This allows us to be intentional about who/kinds of organizations we need to work with to catalyze and support change]]> 2023-03-28 14:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147526 Our work around systems helps to get at the root of some of the issues, however this work takes a very long time to see any movement, and often times the people in the communities that are hurting are not seeing any relief. We should be focusing on systems as well as on-the-ground work. People who are in these communities often times don't see the fruits of this labor. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147762 2023-03-28 14:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147762 silence last summer on the MPX outbreak https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147932 2023-03-28 14:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535147932 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535148340 Inaction on - abortion, prisons/mass incarceration, gun violence (and how these issues are super tied up in structural racism/white supremacy)]]> 2023-03-28 14:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535148340 Perfectionism: We are slow to communicate externally about our strategies because we want to get it perfect/just right. We should be making our current thinking visible even if it's not perfect tcostigan2 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535148949 2023-03-28 14:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535148949 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535149020 Our investments don't represent our values - they're meant to make us more money and not build a better world.]]> 2023-03-28 14:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535149020 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535149031 GROW workgroup that focuses on developing and implementing equitable grantmaking practices and policies.  ]]> 2023-03-28 14:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535149031 Validating employee's needs when they request special accommodations without criticizing or putting them on trial before helping them. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535149799 2023-03-28 14:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535149799 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535149847 losing sight of the role that philanthropy can play, which is NOT solely a funder. It's a voice, an ally, an employer, a provocateur, a convenor, a risk taker]]> 2023-03-28 14:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535149847 Unwillingness to really speak out on gun violence https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535150181 2023-03-28 14:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535150181 We don't have a good system for measuring our impact. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535150582 The system we do have -- programmatic measurements -- but they don't mean much because the goals are very different. Data points don't ladder up to it. $600 million in grants every year, you have a lot to focus on that. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535150582 We often don't do all it takes to make sure new grantees are set up for success with RWJF. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151066 2023-03-28 14:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151066 Problematic overreliance on BMI and obesity as a disease narrative which has perpetuated stereotypes against so many--and esp Black women and girls. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151135 2023-03-28 14:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151135 Third space work to lift up an anti-racist paradigm for community development https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151353 2023-03-28 14:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151353 Creating the ELG https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151458 2023-03-28 14:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151458 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151524 past 5 years, we've been trying to be more purposeful in who we use as vendors - instead of going to who we always use - trying to find more diverse vendors. moving in the right direction and have more work to do]]> 2023-03-28 14:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151524 Health Inequities https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151532 Have been reinforced in spaces where we have priorized our risk aversion, and resultant need for control, over where we have a role to improve equity.]]> 2023-03-28 14:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151532 building tables for our work that is inclusive of the people and communities with lived experience and having their voices shape the work to be most relevant to the people we serve https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151832 2023-03-28 14:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151832 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151971 increasing our use of GOS, including MY GOS]]> 2023-03-28 14:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535151971 The use of jargon and academic language makes it difficult to understand what it is that we actually do, how we do it, and what actual impact we're making https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535152436 2023-03-28 14:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535152436 We are still aiming for significant "impacts" or things that can be scaled. Not acknowledging that most innovative approaches driven by communities & by people do not happen at scale. So this mismatch of expectations vs. the work on the ground continues to miss the mark on how "real change" could happen. We like big, shiny things to show for our work, and no one likes to say that we funded bunch of work for the sake of healing past trauma & building trust. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535152582 2023-03-28 14:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535152582 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535152842 MY grants, rarely do we do 1 year grants. And consistent funding over multiple years and multiple grants]]> 2023-03-28 14:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535152842 Transforming public health data systems initiative https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535153042 2023-03-28 14:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535153042 How can we not work on education if we truly care about dismantling structural racism? https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535154001 2023-03-28 14:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535154001 Shaking up the board composition https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535154034 2023-03-28 14:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535154034 Being a heath and health related philanthropy , what we can do to make the insurance not dictating which medication. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535154097 2023-03-28 14:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535154097 how long it takes RWJF to make a statement on Roe v Wade and reversal (and other important issues) https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535154126 2023-03-28 14:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535154126 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535155632 We need to fund smaller organizations. Move away from renewing the same grants. Offer more GOS.

]]> 2023-03-28 14:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535155632 The short duration of grants is racist and harmful to the organizations that need support the most and have the least infrastructure. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156071 2023-03-28 14:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156071 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156083 Reproductive justice is a great example of  our avoidance and strategic marginalization of issues (despite their clear connection to our stated mission, vision and values) that have clear roots in racism, patriarchy, colonialism and medical violence and control over BIPOC bodies. It's also an example of how the burden of centering and advancing these issues then fall on the singular will of staff - often staff of color and queer folks - who have to push against institutional barriers to force us to prioritize them.]]> 2023-03-28 14:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156083 We excluded many areas of disadvantage or other elements of privilege, particularly poverty in white communities. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156128 2023-03-28 14:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156128 Our work is absurdly trauma agnostic - unfortunately, this is strongly evident in our newer efforts on system-lever conversation. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156623 2023-03-28 14:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156623 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156633 beginning the conversation and work on truth, reconciliation, and repair]]> 2023-03-28 14:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156633 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156801 measuring and indicators of progress, identifying ones that aren't traditional problematic defaults

]]> 2023-03-28 14:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156801 Our Strategies https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156877 In some epocs of RWJF have held families of color and indigenous people controlled. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535156877 We do not work in some of the most aggreges systems that make ending structural racism unattainable. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535157375 2023-03-28 14:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535157375 +1 on the comment about education -- feels critical https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535157768 2023-03-28 14:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535157768 Stopping short of supporting building political power to move anti-racist policies that move the needle on health equity. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535157843 2023-03-28 14:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535157843 How could we really think resourcing intermediaries instead of actual community-based orgs was the right way to go with power building? https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535157911 2023-03-28 14:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535157911 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535158168 We fund in zero-sum ways that drive competition among organizations that need and want to work together for structural, transformational change - rather than funding in a way that reinforces interdependence and connections.]]> 2023-03-28 14:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535158168 Because we reject place based grantmaking, we will not connect with community or catalyze change to address structural racism. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535158331 2023-03-28 14:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535158331 adavis504 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535158813 Equity & Culture Department 

]]> 2023-03-28 14:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535158813 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535158947 Online resources about life expectances by city and state have been very helpful]]> 2023-03-28 14:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535158947 Promoting the SDOH and now PDOH in ways that advanced the narrative towards justice and away from blame. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535159734 2023-03-28 14:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535159734 Meaningful community power investments (though I worry we are trying to back away from those)! https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535159747 2023-03-28 14:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535159747 Two years for SNAP? Can we not identify and make change sooner? Especially when the way we solicit, select and make grants is harmful? https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535159887 2023-03-28 14:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535159887 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535160182 Equity has been an evolving journey that has been progressing over the last decade]]> 2023-03-28 14:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535160182 our continuing deferral to the hierarchy of the health care system (physicians first). https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535160870 2023-03-28 14:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535160870 We have moved from a university-based grantee population to include many more first-time community-based organizations https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535161022 2023-03-28 14:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535161022 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162024 unwillingness to let go of legacy work keeps us tethered to problematic and ineffective strategies and programming]]> 2023-03-28 14:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162024 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162029 Procurement legacy has been evolving with a focus on advancing equity ]]> 2023-03-28 14:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162029 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162133 we are hesitant on elevating our work in SUDs b/c of J&J's connections.]]> 2023-03-28 14:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162133 dclemonserby https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162159 The jargon and lingo. ]]> 2023-03-28 14:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162159 We can't fully help the communities we're serving without addressing our own issues inside the Foundation https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162520 2023-03-28 14:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162520 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162656 While acknowledging structural racism, we were not ahead of the curve, to name and call this out, in the philanthropic community
 ]]> 2023-03-28 14:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162656 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162727 The expectations for receiving organization infrastructure for managing grants. We disqualify so many important contributors to the work we value in advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers.]]> 2023-03-28 14:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162727 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162842 the Board of Trustees passed a resolution adopting a statement regarding RWJF’s human rights principles for investments ]]> 2023-03-28 14:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535162842 Little to no investigation of guilt, blame, power and how these seemingly only cultural things have real impacts in the way we work and in our analysis. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535163082 2023-03-28 14:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535163082 Not getting more involved in the COVID pandemic https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535163151 2023-03-28 14:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535163151 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535163507 We rarely use external participatory processes for organization-wide strategy development ]]> 2023-03-28 14:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535163507 History of harm and exclusion is still present in the way folks have/ don't have access to even discuss possible funding https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535163973 2023-03-28 14:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535163973 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164133 Our funding of health inequities in indigenous populations is starkly limited.

]]> 2023-03-28 14:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164133 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164255 There was a lack in funding diverse groups in the past for an extended period of time.]]> 2023-03-28 14:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164255 We have falsely equated not speaking out on important topics as not taking a position. A non-position is a position. Silence speaks volumes. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164427 2023-03-28 14:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164427 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164601 We invented our grantmaking policies/norms. They shouldn't be this difficult to change.]]> 2023-03-28 14:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164601 We have traditionally avoided major areas such as incarceration, child welfare, gun violence, and climate. Areas that are direct descendants of a structurally racist society. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164747 2023-03-28 14:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164747 Investment side: Ignoring/not challenging banks' ongoing/profitable extraction of wealth from low-income communities through fees/fines/partnerships with payday loaners, etc. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164904 2023-03-28 14:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164904 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164921 we have used reputational harm, risk and legal limits as a way to constrain our work.

]]> 2023-03-28 14:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535164921 We've decided we need to exist in perpetuity https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535165173 2023-03-28 14:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535165173 Extreme pay disparities among staff. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535165948 2023-03-28 14:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535165948 Failure to properly reflect on our work. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535166647 2023-03-28 14:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535166647 A resistance to asking 'why' and a negative relationship with testing, trying, and innovating *(i.e. failing) https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535167662 2023-03-28 14:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535167662 Funding systems that we're unlikely to change even in the long term rather than systems in which we could actually make a tangible and meaningful difference---today, our country's culture of gun violence and it's impact on all but esp children and families is top of mind. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535168395 2023-03-28 14:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535168395 We seem to only hire doctors to be in charge of the foundation. Which limits the pool of potential leaders to older applicants that are mostly white and male. And greatly limits the mindsets of how to approach our strategy. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535169730 2023-03-28 14:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535169730 Being present for social justice issues. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535170541 2023-03-28 14:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535170541 This isn't the ER, we have the time and resources to do root cause work and gain comfort with in it https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535170777 2023-03-28 14:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535170777 Can we say that we center racial justice without having a more intentional work on the harm of the criminal legal system (the prison Industrial complex- PIC together with the harm done by the medical industrial complex (MIC)? Also why don't we use these terms- PIC and MIC? https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535171685 2023-03-28 14:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535171685 Our strategies are extremely simplistic & linear compared to the real wicked, complex systems we aim to change. Also - sitting with the discomfort & pain of acknowledging that there are things that we cannot change is really important. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535172670 2023-03-28 14:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535172670 Our JJ connection has had negative implications because of our Board composition and where are assets lie. We can't speak truthfully about and fully address the opioid crisis because of this. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535173048 2023-03-28 14:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535173048 accountability https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535173152 lacking in both our internal and external policies and practices ]]> 2023-03-28 14:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535173152 We use all the right words which we may not fully understand them - we say we want to use "asset-based" framing yet not funding works done by communities who are being active agents of change - because it is either too small and/or not a "fit" in our strategies. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535179982 2023-03-28 14:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535179982 Some programs discriminated against cultural norms in an attempt to address perceived health issues https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535183705 2023-03-28 14:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535183705 In regard to not speaking out often enough, totally agree. Looking back, for me, what we did a few years ago in connection to the RWJF Sports Award was a moment to be proud of. https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535198027 2023-03-28 15:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535198027 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535257637 PAAs are still marginalized here. Lack of promotions or even access to info about our work.]]> 2023-03-28 15:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535257637 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535258733 too much focus on research/not enough on direct action]]> 2023-03-28 15:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535258733 https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535449703 RWJF has a long history of white supremacy culture and consciously/unconsciously use these characteristics as their norms and standards make it difficult, if not impossible, to open the door to other cultural norms and standards. As a result, we really only allow other people and cultures to come in if they adapt or conform to already existing cultural norms.]]> 2023-03-28 18:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/equityandculture/r9c85wuojjktyd8j/wish/2535449703