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Mission Case for DEI

Mission Case for DEI

How can a community nonprofit leverage DEI to deliver its mission? Through a Diversity Works engagement to help turn their good intentions into a smart strategy. Like a lot of organizations that take proactive steps to evaluate their DEI performance, the Child & Family Network Centers (CFNC) of Alexandria, VA, is taking positive steps despite not having a written roadmap to guide its DEI efforts. Our engagement helped CFNC identify how a roadmap can help CFNC achieve its mission and better serve its learners and their families.

For CFNC, making a concerted effort to improve its DEI performance means strengthening the organizational culture, increasing the demand for its services among families from a wide range of backgrounds, and establishing itself as a leader in the community. In short, a smart DEI strategy is helping CFNC deliver its mission.

“The Diversity Works evaluation got me thinking about what equity means in the workplace and I realized I wasn’t being equitable with a very valuable asset: my time. I was giving more of my time to people who asked for it. Now I make a deliberate effort to check in with all employees on a regular basis to make sure everyone feels heard and has equal access to my ear.”

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BENCHMARKS

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SCORECARD

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DIVERSITY WORKS EXCHANGE

The Diversity Works Exchange (DWX) is a learning collaborative that helps organizations set goals and improve performance around workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Our approach provides comparably situated, like-minded employers with a safe space to learn from DEI experts and interact with peers who are facing or are successfully addressing similar challenges.

The DWX is designed to help organizations improve across a wide range of DEI competencies, but each cohort selects its own priorities. Diversity Works creates a custom curriculum for each cohort and facilitates the learning process through a combination of online or in-person convenings, interactive webinars, and one-on-one coaching. We create a private, unlisted LinkedIn group for each cohort that allows participants to engage their peers and DEI experts at any time during their DWX term and beyond.

DEI LEADER NETWORK

The DEI Leader Network is a free resource for DEI professionals. We created the network because DEI leaders often feel isolated in their role and benefit from networking with their peers. To join the DEI Leader Network, please get in touch.

ASSESSMENT

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