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What Brought Me to the Beloved Community?
So, how did I, Dr. Nicole Caridad Ralston, get to Beloved Community? Let me start from the beginning, because in many ways I believe that who I am, my background and identities, have led me to join paths with Beloved Community in New Orleans.
Why Beloved Community: Lesley Brown Rawlings
Often when people think of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) they think of a set of mindsets and beliefs. Concepts that live exclusively in the heart and are segregated from the practices and systems that orient our lives. And while it’s easy to understand how these concepts can seem intangible, we must not let ourselves be deceived. Diversity, equity and inclusion is found in the policies, decisions and structures that manifest very tangible outcomes in our lives.
What We Learned: New Orleans Equity at Work Cohort 2019.
In February of 2019, Beloved Community launched our New Orleans Equity at Work Cohort. This 6 month series included 4 New Orleans non-profit organizations: Live Oak Wilderness Camp, Propeller, First Line Schools, and Louisiana Public Health Institute.
Our Beloved Community Is Growing!
January 2019 has been good to us and you’re probably going to make the rest of our year even better. Our Beloved Community is growing and we want you to help us find our next two team members.
Beloved Community Has Moved!
As of today, we are officially cozied up in our new space at The Blue House. Still nestled in the heart of Central City, this community of designers, writers, researchers, artists, activists, filmmakers, coders, teachers, entrepreneurs, developers, and others share this space to focus on community engagement, civility, and sustainability. It’s a group of people ready for change.
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day…8 Months Too Late!
Hooray! It’s Black Women’s Equal Pay Day! This means that, as of today, on average I, and millions of Black women just like me, will have earned the same amount of money that white men earned in 2018 alone.
New Year, Join Us!
January 2019 has been good to us and you’re probably going to make the rest of our year even better. Our Beloved Community is growing and we want you to help us find our next two team members.
Beloved Community Releases Equity Audit.
A funny thing happened during our pilot year. We scoured the globe for the best resources to support diversity, equity, and inclusion capacity-building supports.
What We Learned Our First Year.
What our pilots for Equity in Schools and Equity at work taught us about supporting organizational change and deepening our own practices.
The MLK Essay We’re Rereading Today
When people ask me how we chose our name or what it means, I describe it in deliberate, painstaking language.