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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.
Wandering Wolves
Like wolves on the move, your organization is on a journey. You are committed to learning through formal training and trying to understand what you don’t yet know. You seek relationships in community, but are looking for direction in how to deepen your commitments and connections. You may feel as though the systems and landscape of this work are overwhelming, causing your focus to sway. Wolves within your pack may be moving in different individual directions, which could be lessening your collective impact.
Want support with how to debrief the results for you and your team?
Motivations
- Individuals in the organization are interested in learning about equity and justice initiatives through online workshops and reading tools and resources.
- You’re learning about your gaps in understanding through building relationships with community.
Pain Points
- Leaders from your organization are out in community but are overwhelmed with the fast-evolving landscape of justice work.
- Motivated leaders are working within a rigid white supremacist system that has many gatekeepers against change.
- Your organization lacks clear commitments that staff may prioritize capacity building in their work.
- There may be lack of trust across team members.
Needs
- A network of allies who can motivate you on your learning journey and point towards practical learning or networking opportunities.
- Consulting or collaborating with experts to receive direction on identifying less overwhelming strategic priorities with clear accountabilities.
- More staff buy-in, commitments to time and funding to make justice and equity focus a reality.
How you interact with Justice and Equity
- You may be going through checklists without commitments in strategic vision or plans.
- You haven’t established reciprocity in relationships.
- There may be resistance to change in your organization.
- You desire to be low-barrier and inclusive in your work but may need advice on what the next steps are to move toward that.
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 Wandering Wolves
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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.
Don’t Call People Out — Call Them In
Do the WorkWe live in a call-out culture, says activist and scholar Loretta J. Ross. You’re probably familiar with it: the public shaming and blaming, on social media and in real life, of people who may have done wrong and are being held accountable. “Fighting hate should be fun,” Ross says.
Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture
Build Inclusive OrganizationsU.S publication by 120 experts in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with insights, tactics and best practices to shift organizational culture and operationalize equity. It includes various tools to assess stages of organizational progress.
EDI Audit Tools
Build Inclusive OrganizationsAnima Leadership offers tools to measure equity progress in an organization. A short assessment offers recommendations on key factors for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion success across governance, human resources, communications, and culture.
The Diversity Gap Podcast
Build Inclusive OrganizationsThe Diversity Gap Podcast explores the gap between our good intentions for diversity and the impact of those intentions. These conversations will challenge you to think about organizational culture and racial diversity in a fresh and nuanced way.
30 Day Challenge
Do the WorkA daily collection of short (10 minute), fun, and thought-provoking activities to mobilize community in the struggle to challenge systemic barriers to equity. Activities are categorized into Learn, Reflect, & Practice.
How to Outsmart Your Unconscious Bias
Do the WorkA TEDx talk on unconscious bias and how the human brain instinctively reacts when encountering the unexpected. Inspires courage to examine our own behavior with the unfamiliar, take control of our expectations, and by doing so, change the world.
Stolen: Surviving St Michaels
Do the WorkIndigenousInvestigative journalist Connie Walker unearths how her family’s story fits into one of Canada’s darkest chapters: the residential school system. This resource has deep insights to the lived experiences of Indigenous peoples & the legacies & impacts of intergenerational trauma.
Towards a Poverty Reduction Strategy
Do the WorkIncome InequalityMia Birdsong suggests a great place to start for addressing global poverty.
Social Innovation Unlocked Canada
Do the Work, Shift the SystemsA collection of crowd-sourced experiential activities and resource guides, including facilitation toolkits. There are 7 categories including Justice, Equity and Inclusion, with 8 tools within this sub-section to access.
Deepening Community
Shift the SystemsA podcast featuring the complex challenges facing cities trying to deepen community, to empower citizens to form trust and connections necessary to sustain inclusive neighborhoods and invest in social well-being of citizens.
Me and White Supremacy
Do the WorkMe and White Supremacy: A 28-Day Challenge to Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor leads readers through understanding their white privilege and participation in white supremacy so they can stop causing harm and be an ally.
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