Transforming core services to virtual overnight...bring your child to work EVERY day...sleepless worry for ourselves and our at-risk loved ones...even deeper divides along socio-economic and generational lines...amplified racism and xenophobia....How are we supposed...
As you may know, we are in the midst of a blog series highlighting cross-cutting themes that show up across our recently released DEI focused case studies. This month, however, we are interrupting our regularly scheduled programming – as it seems we are nationally –...
Ever since Promise54 released Unrealized Impact — a first-of-its-kind effort to quantify the state of diversity, inclusion, and equity in the education field — we’ve received many requests for narratives sharing organizations’ actual DEI journeys. We’ve heard you loud...
At Promise54, one of our most sacred guiding principles is the idea of being radically human. I’d like to share what it means to me, and where it came from. I’ve spent most of my 20+ year career in organizational environments that held hard and fast rules about the...
Apply Now to Join Us in 2020! We are excited to have completed the 2019 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Accelerator program. This second cohort brought together 132 leaders from 43 organizations to understand their current state around diversity, inclusion, and...
Moving Beyond Diversity to True Inclusion panelists at NSVF Summit 2018 (L-R: Hilary Darilek, Pamela Inbasekaran, Athena Palmer, Dr. Tonya Horton, and moderator Jovian Zayne)[/caption] My team and I launched Promise54 with a clear mission: to help adults thrive so...
Leaders often shy away from public discussion of our work to deepen diversity, inclusion, and equity in our organizations for fear of saying the wrong thing, being or making others uncomfortable, taking credit for the work of the collective, conveying that we have...
Today, on the 64th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, I find myself reflecting deeply on the intent of this landmark decision. I believe the spirit of this decision was a promise to decouple race from access in order to eventually remove the...