思考:对公平的战略关注

董事会副主席 Bea González 解释了近距离领导如何成为我们新战略计划的推动因素。

反思:我们为种族平等所做的个人和专业努力》是一个月刊博客。 每个月,我们都会反思自己在工作中为提高多样性、公平性和包容性所做的个人或专业工作。 查看更多

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在我的成长历程中,我的家庭深深植根于对美国梦的追求。 我的父母是农场工人,他们从波多黎各来到美国本土,决心为家人提供一切成功的机会。 虽然他们熟悉阶级差异,但作为一对跨种族夫妇,他们在吉姆-克劳南方所面临的种族歧视带来了新的挑战,也塑造了他们的人生观。 这启发了我的父母,他们教导我们永远不要让假设来定义我们是谁或限制我们的潜力。

我记得在我的一生中,偏见曾一度抬头,比如在公共场合交谈时,人们会要求我们说英语而不是西班牙语。 对此,我会礼貌地断言我确实会说英语。 这些事件提醒我们,社会可能试图把我们束之高阁,但我们绝不能让种族主义阻碍我们的发展。

对我来说,公平就是创造机会,争取公平。 这意味着要确保我们社区的所有人都能获得他们茁壮成长所需的资源、经验和支持系统。 实现公平的努力有助于为那些缺乏机会、知识或意识的人提供机会,让他们知道无论可能遇到什么障碍,他们都能取得成功。

公平还涉及与社区建立关系和接触–学习受问题影响最大的人的智慧,并共同合作解决这些问题。 因此,我为社区基金会一直以来为促进纽约州中部的公平所做的工作感到自豪。

其新的五年战略计划受到近距离领导原则的影响,即以历史上被定型、排斥或边缘化的社区成员的意见、想法和资产为指导。 通过走近我们所服务的社区,倾听和参与,我们可以获得更深刻的见解,建立有意义的联系,确保我们的努力符合他们的需求和愿望。

新计划包括一份公平承诺与行动声明,概述了如何将公平工作渗透到社区基金会的工作中,包括捐赠、发展、交流、金融投资、运营等。 最让我感到振奋的是,我们通过可衡量的目标,让自己对说到做到负责。

作为社区基金会的副主席,我亲眼目睹了即使是最小的倡议或赠款也能产生巨大的效果。 无论是为儿童提供露营机会,还是通过职业发展培训为个人提供支持,对社区的每一点投资都很重要。 我们一路上从被感动的生命中收集到的故事证明了我们努力的重要性。

当我们进入社区基金会的新阶段时,我充满了乐观和新的使命感。 我对我们取得的进展表示感谢,并对我们能够共同创造的影响感到兴奋。 让我们珍惜微小举动的力量,培养人的潜能,建设一个人人享有平等机会的未来。

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