We strive to:

• Create inclusive and diverse coalitions with BIPOC representation

• Actively honor and acknowledge capacity and labor, especially of BIPOC individuals and organizations

• Engage with organizations to work explicitly toward racial equity

• Establish and maintain proactive and healthy communication

• Hold ourselves accountable to one another to uphold our values

When engaging with new partners, we:

• Emphasize CFA’s commitment to racial equity and diversity, equity, and inclusion

• Discuss how our work is rooted in addressing systemic and structural racial- and gender-based barriers

• Actively recognize and value the collective power of diversity

• Foster open communication to uplift the talents, knowledge, and perspectives of our partners

As ongoing practice, we: 

• Amplify racial equity goals in coalition communications

• Identify and speak out against racial inequities and/or biases

• Make resources and information accessible

• Work to dismantle systems, assumptions and practices based in the fallacy of white supremacy

Our conversations about racial equity and the intersections with our work are an ongoing learning process for the organization. This is part of the work.