Positive change

As an organization, we oppose all forms of discrimination, inequality, inequity, and oppression based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, and physical or mental ability. We support the aims of achieving racial justice.

We acknowledge that implicit bias is everywhere. It is all around us. It is not enough to be neutral. We must work against it. Structural, institutional racism is also everywhere. We must support the individuals harmed by these systems. We must also help to change these systems so they are truly equitable and support all people.

In our professional roles as communicators and cultural influencers, we have the opportunity to combat ignorance and bias. Our work must support representation, advance equitable policies and access to resources, and create a culture of inclusion and acceptance of all people.

We believe in the transformative nature of our work, to effect change and have an impact. We value and invest in our work for organizations and institutions that fight injustice, inequality, and disparities in employment, income, education, and health. We must choose and invest in work that prevents and undoes the harm of inequality and injustice.

That said, we have the opportunity to make our own organization more diverse. We are aware of this and know we have much to learn and to do in this regard. We pledge to enhance our intern and employee recruitment efforts to attract, teach, and learn from a more diverse pool of talent. We pledge to make ourselves teachable in matters of diversity, equality, inclusion, and anti-racism. We pledge to hold ourselves as an organization, and each other as colleagues, accountable in our efforts to better our understanding, to take action, to speak out, and to effect change.