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Congratulations on completing the survey! Below you will find your persona report which gives more insights about where your organization might be needing support and guidance in developing knowledge, skills, and values in justice and equity work. The following persona is a suggestion for where your organization may be in their journey, and it might not fully capture the needs, motivations, and/or challenges your organization is experiencing.
Teachable Turtles
Like turtles, your organization is moving with thoughtfulness and intention on your journey. Seeking wisdom and knowledge, as Teachable Turtles you care deeply about this work and understand change can’t be rushed. You may be feeling stuck by what you don’t know, uncertainty of where to go next, or a desire to do it right. Though moving carefully can be wisdom in action, you might consider where the desire for getting it right may be holding you back.
Want support with how to debrief the results for you and your team?
Motivations
- Your organization receives funding that has equity and justice-based outcomes.
- As leaders, you care but you also may be stuck in what you don’t know!
- You may hold this unawareness as fear of change and fear of doing the “wrong thing”.
Pain Points
- Staff and leaders in your organization don’t always represent the people in the communities that you are serving.
- Leaders are often comfortably entrenched in their position of power.
- Leaders may be unaware or uncomfortable with how to take responsibility for unlearning necessary to push your organization into focusing on justice and equity within your systems.
Needs
- Become aware of what you don’t see, such as your privilege and positionality.
- Build further understanding that you are each implicated in the work. Practicing justice and equity work is demanding. It requires active participation from all people involved. This means not just assigning others to do the work for your organization.
- Build equity commitments into your strategic plan and move it towards actioning it.
How you interact with Justice and Equity
Teachable Turtles value justice and equity initiatives and know that they are a priority in work but may not understand the nuance at a deeper level. You may view your role as creating space for equity-deserving groups to lead, but hold a mindset that the outcomes exclude you participating actively as well. You may not understand how to use your own power and privilege to affect change. You’re still curious about better understanding reciprocity and how to center ongoing relationship building in your work.
Want support turning your team’s insights into action? By signing up for ongoing support on your journey, you’ll receive our debrief and reflective tools right to your inbox over the course of a few months. This will allow you and your team time to engage with the resources on the platform, and equip you with support to integrate your learnings.
Beyond these resources, we’re fostering communities of practice for organizations committed to this work. As these networks evolve, we’ll keep you connected, ensuring you have the space to collaborate, share, and grow.
Join us in shaping a future where learning leads to meaningful action.
Resources for the Teachable Turtles
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Equity and Anti-Racism Assessment Tool
Do the WorkThis organizational self-assessment tool was developed by the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism in Nova Scotia, to support municipalities and villages to enact equity and anti-racism plans. It enables organizations to assess their efforts and action plan next steps.
The Diversity Gap
Build Inclusive OrganizationsThe Diversity Gap is a book for leaders who want to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of their organizations while also addressing the systemic cultural factors causing their diversity efforts to fail.
3 signs your org is ready for EDI work
Build Inclusive OrganizationsA blog about what to look for before jumping into Diversity and Equity work, when to jump in enthusiastically and when to be deeply cautious. Quake Lab is an equity and justice agency providing tools, expertise and methods for inclusive practice.
Positive Deviants
Get InspiredThis podcast features rich conversations with extraordinary characters who succeed despite all odds. They are dedicated to the emergence of a flourishing future, while navigating chaos, systems collapse and uncertainty.
Glossary of IDEA Terms
Do the Work, Get InspiredThis comprehensive glossary by CCDI provides a reference for anyone interested in terminology used within inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA). Published in 2022 by Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, it’s 76 pages long.
Facts About Poverty
Get InspiredIncome InequalityA resource that outlines facts about poverty and how it intersects with different issues like food, housing, health & disabilities, and more. The resource includes additional links to other anti-poverty supports.
Pronouns
Do the Work2SLGBTQIA+An interactive online resources that lets you play with and learn about the use of pronouns often used within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Resource allows you to build skill and comfort with different pronoun uses.
10 Insightful TED Talks about Disabilities, Accessibility, and Inclusion
Get InspiredDisability JusticeCurated by Easter Seals Canada, this resource offers 10 TED Talks on disabilities accessibility, and inclusion worldwide. Topics range from challenging stereotypes, failure in disability, humorous takes on disability, and how to design to be more inclusive.
Organizing for the long haul with Community (NPQ)
Get Inspired, Shift the SystemsBlack & AfrocentricAn interview with Maurice Mitchell, a nationally recognized social movement strategist, a visionary leader in the Movement for Black Lives. It offers a short read or an audio interview.
Anima Leadership
Build Inclusive OrganizationsAn organization based in Toronto, Ontario, offering free initial consultation to organizations, courses, professional certificates and services. Resources include blogs, a podcast, books and a virtual café.
There’s Something in the Water
Learn from CommunityBlack & Afrocentric, IndigenousThe 2024 documentary, “There’s something in the water” examines the disproportionate impact of ecological disasters on Black and Indigenous communities in Nova Scotia. It discusses and reveals the effects of environmental racism.
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