Equity & Fighting Hunger Susannah Morgan, CEO Rut Martínez-Alicea, Director of Equity, People & Culture
Our Equity Journey
The journey started with a CEO transition and a focus on organizational culture…
Equality is sameness in inputs. Equity is sameness in outputs.
Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes.
“Root causes” includes systemic inequities, particularly race.
“This is Our Fight”: Highlights of our Equity Work so Far
“This is Our Fight” 18 hours of training for every staff member in 2015 Formation of an Equity Team
“This is Our Fight” Development of an Equity Lens Development of an Equity Lens Concrete goals for diversity hiring Organizational Assessment in 2016
“This is Our Fight” Board received full day training on EDI in September 2016 Prioritized racial and geographic diversity in Board members in fall 2016
“This is Our Fight” Launched public Equity Statement in January 2017 Launched public Equity Statement in January 2017 Began incorporating equity into public policy positions
The Impacts of our Equity Work
Some Food Today Impacts Tear down walls between clients and volunteers at pantries Recruit partner agencies that target underserved cultural and language groups Translation budget tripled Changes in food purchase towards whole foods
Some Food Tomorrow Impacts Seed2Supper in Spanish Mudbone Grown and the Unity Farm EDI Training for Social Service Directors in Tillamook
Some Food for All Impacts Identifying, recruiting and training people experiencing hunger as advocates. Advocacy against IP22, removal of sanctuary state status