Sharing our Racial Equity Policy
After a year of reflection, hard work and discussion, writing, reviewing, more writing and more reviewing, we are proud to share our newly adopted Racial Equity Policy.
As an organization committed to culturally-specific care focused on African American health, we have worked diligently over the past 13+ years to ensure our clinic is an affirming, safe and welcome space for African American community members. Over these years, we have established specific policies, procedures and approaches that speak to our deep valuing of racial equity. This Racial Equity Policy, drafted by NxNE staff and approved by our board on December 6, 2019, gathers those principles and approaches in one document, institutionalizes our commitment to racial equity, calls us to a more racially equitable vision for our own organization, and establishes a plan for accountability to our racial equity vision.
We encourage you to read our vision statement below and then click to read the full policy.
Our Racial Equity Vision
We envision North by Northeast as:
A safe space where African American/Black cultural norms are celebrated and embraced, and where every effort is made to ensure services and care are free from the negative impacts of racism and implicit bias.
A health clinic where everyone who walks through our doors is treated with respect and empathy and where patients are empowered to advocate for themselves.
A workplace where staff will have racial equity as a core value, both in their work and personal lives.
A model for other nonprofits of an organizational culture and structure that operate according to racial equity values.