Statement of Inclusion
LEAD’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice & Belonging (DEI-JB):
The following statements demonstrate LEAD’s Commitment to DEI-JB.
LEAD, Inc. believes in the dignity and the intrinsic worth of every human being. We welcome, affirm, and support people of all ages, abilities, and disabilities, experiences, races, color, ethnicities, marital or military status, socio-economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, religion and non-religion, and any other category people use to define themselves or others.
LEAD, Inc. does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of these terms and qualities in any of its activities or operations. These activities include but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
LEAD, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We will take affirmative actions and measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of any of the qualities, groups, or attributes listed in section 1.
LEAD is actively making efforts to diversify its Board of Directors, staff, and interns based on the above criteria. Taking affirmative action measures to ensure our team reflects our community and historically marginalized groups in the United States, is incredibly important to our co-founders. We will continue to share LEAD’s efforts and diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging goals with the public via social media and our newsletters.
Any employee found to discriminate against others for these reasons will be investigated and serious disciplinary action will be considered. Racist or discriminatory behavior will not be tolerated.
In political discussions, we ask all employees to be conscious and aware of sensitive or divisive topics of discussion, unless they support LEAD’s programming directly (i.e. content) or actively contribute to solving a problem at hand. This policy has been made to ensure the mental wellness and psychological safety within everyone at LEAD, Inc.
When sharing personal experiences, we ask all employees to be conscious of providing trigger and content warnings, compassion, and understanding. When speaking about past experiences with others, remember to “take the lesson and not the story” to protect one another’s privacy.
LEAD does not tolerate intolerance. Get on board, or get off the ship (please).