Partnerships for Strategic Impact^® values a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. I do this through my individual actions, individual interactions, and through my work in supporting a social sector that celebrates diversity, values inclusion, centers equity, and advances justice. I center everything I do on an ongoing commitment to being antiracist, to dismantling white supremacy, and to being a vocal and active ally to those experiencing disempowerment, disenfranchisement, and oppression of rights.

I use my whiteness and unearned power to amplify voices different than my own in the service of equity. I act and serve in ways that dismantle deeply-rooted and pervasive policies, systems, and insidious acts of exclusion and oppression, which promote and perpetuate inequitable access to opportunities, to resources, and to thriving.

I pledge myself fully to this work and understand that it must start, and remain centered, within my organization and my partnerships. I must reflect on my own role in the perpetuation of inequitable systems and outcomes. I will make mistakes and will learn from them. My vision of equitable, thriving, and just communities means I also commit to my internal work with humility, intention, transparency, and resolve.

I am committed to contributing to a more just and equitable world by supporting positive change in the social sector. I partner with clients to use impact to promote democracy, social justice, equity, and activate the power of those who have been disenfranchised.

DIVERSITY – Diversity is all of our varied identities and differences, as individuals and collectively, including diversity of beliefs, perspectives, and values.

EQUITY – Equity does not mean equal access. Equity is access to opportunities and resources which support each individual getting what they need to thrive in the context history, as well as in chosen and unchosen circumstances. The work of equity ensures that race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, ability, or zip code do not predetermine power or outcomes for anyone.

INCLUSION – Inclusion is the act of creating environments in which any individuals or groups are and feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued to fully participate and affect decisions and actions at all levels of an organization.

JUSTICE – Justice is seeking to identify and remove barriers which prevent diversity, equity, and inclusion, such as racism, classism, and sexismis.