Photo courtesy of Ate9 Dance Company.

Participants will be guided in reflecting on how their organization’s mission and core values align with and support the goals of the Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative (CEII). All workshop participants will leave with a beginning draft statement, a building block to create a policy, and plan (required of OGP 3 + 4 organizations), as well as strategies for communicating with their boards to allow for adoption in advance of the fall Organization Grant Program application period

PRE-WORK RECOMMENDED

Attendees should bring a copy of their organization’s mission statement, and core values and any existing diversity, equity and inclusion or CEII statements (if applicable).

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

All current and prospective OGP grantees applying in fall 2020 are welcome to attend, particularly those that do not yet have formal cultural equity policies or plans, (as relates to staff, board, and/or programming) in place. Attendees should be individual(s) in leadership positions who have influence and ability to engage the organization’s staff and board in this work, and/or have a current role and responsibility related to the organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion work. Teams from organizations, including board members, are strongly encouraged to attend.