Organizational Equity Action Plan
Instructions: Draft a basic Organizational Equity Action Plan for your organization. Ideally this plan will be created with key members of an organization team focused on Equity. Keep the plan focused, but do pay attention to systems, identity, culture and other aspects that relate to your organization's current status and values around equity.
Defining Terms
Goal: Identify the result you plan to achieve:
Action Plan: Identify the action steps needed to achieve your goal
Deadline: Identify the date to accomplish the action step. (within 30 days, within 90 days, etc.)
Barriers to Implementation: Identify why you would not accomplish the action step.
Overcoming Barriers: Identify what you can do to remove the barrier.
Status/Progress: Return to this document and identify your progress.
Next Steps: Identify how you will continue to make progress on this goal.
Download the Organizational Equity Action Plan Document
Sample:
| Goal: Create an Organizational Equity Plan |
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Action Plan:
- Talk informally with directors and staff about why equity is an important conversation for our organization.
- Talk to Governance Committee about a training session for board and staff on inclusion and equity.
- Recommend formal action for an organization equity plan at year-end Strategic Planning Committee.
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Deadlines
- 30 days
- 60 days
- Ongoing
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Barriers to completing this action:
- Staff and board attitudes: how can we add anything else to our agenda?
Overcoming Barriers
- Set a realistic timeline and encourage thinking strategically.
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Check in on Progress
Date: 30 Days
Status:
- Introduced topic at team and staff meetings.
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Next Steps:
- Continue providing resources and examples to team and staff.
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