General Info

The purpose and benefits of anti-oppression and inclusiveness work include: • Create an environment that is genuinely cohesive, welcoming, and equitable through self reflection, action, and meaningful alliances. • Improve an organization’s services and accountability to the communities it serves. • Transform organizational culture, policies, and structures to support the full realization of people’s talents, leadership, and creativity. • Increase understanding and awareness of anti-oppression and inclusiveness issues. • Achieve goals related to social justice. Recognize one’s impact on others and take responsibility for creating a more just world. • Identify and address problems, tensions, or gaps related to race, sex, gender identity, class, and sexual orientation. • Recognize and reflect on biases, whether they are conscious or unconscious, identify the consequences that these biases produce, and devise ways to address their root causes. • Comprehensively resolve conflicts. • Increase competence and skill levels.