We ’re Still Working to Make IntraHealth the Antiracist Organization We Strive to Be

By Polly Dunford, President and chief executive officerMay 20, 2022In May of 2020, the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other Black Americans—on top of generations of systemic oppression and trauma in the US—spurred us to take a good, hard look at ourselves, both as individuals and as an organization that’s committed to equality, equity, justice, and respect. And we found that IntraHealth International lacked important strategies, policies, and metrics related to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We realized we had a long way to go to become the organization we strive to be.Two years ago,I highlighted some of the steps we wanted to take to change our culture, not just to become a more antiracist organization but to address equity, diversity, and inclusion at all levels of the organization. This included diversifying our executive team and board of directors, investing more in the growth of our staff, and overhauling our policies and workplace culture.But that was just the beginning. Today, as we approach the two-year anniversary of George Floyd ' s death, I’m sharing the changes we’re making to be a more antiracist organization—one that doesn’t ignore the legacy of colonialism, patriarchy, and white supremacy in public health. We want to work every day to disrupt systemic racism and address inequity in our workplace and communities.We built EDI into our strategyIn 2021, we finalized a new five-year or...
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