How do we start building a culture of equity and inclusion in nonprofits through reimagining "human resources"?

Over the past year, nonprofit organizations have been shifting the way they're thinking about their staff. For far too long, human resources (HR) has been there to protect organizations. HR in and of itself is rooted in the enslavement of Black/African Americans, and then the continued oppression of historically excluded groups over the past century.

Traditional policies and practices in the nonprofit sector (i.e. 40-hour work week, annual performance evaluations, hierarchical supervision structure, low pay due to funding, etc.) primarily serves to uphold white cultural norms and the continued systemic oppression of historically marginalized communities.

Despite the shift of nonprofits towards diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging over the past two years, most non-profit leadership is still over 90% White. There's a reason why we continue to use the same practices year after year to hire people but then ask ourselves why we're still not diversified. To practice equity and inclusion within nonprofit human resources means accepting that it's going to take a culture change. Join us for this workshop and learn about what your organization needs to do in its next steps.

Goals:

• Discuss how white supremacy and white cultural norms influence practices in human resources/people & culture in the nonprofit sector

• Share the different ways that we can start building a culture of equity and inclusion in nonprofits

*Unfortunately, we do not offer certificates or CEUs for this webinar.

**Healing Equity United is a Black and Asian women-owned collaborative that works with nonprofit organizations toward creating and sustaining cultures of diversity, equity, inclusion, and healing.