Join us to explore how operations teams can lead institutional change aligned with equity commitments. Organizations making bold external commitments to racial equity often encounter internal dissonance when policies, culture, and infrastructure reproduce rather than challenge “business as usual.” GEO’s Equitable Operations Community brings together finance, HR, risk management, IT, and administrative professionals to interrogate and shift internal practices toward authentic intersectional racial equity.
This session features the Racial Equity Systems Self-Assessment, a tool created by CFON’s NEON cohort to help foundations examine the internal systems changes needed for meaningful external impact. Facilitator Pamela Ross, Vice President of Community Impact at John R. Oishei Foundation and NEON cohort member, notes that the assessment “provided a helpful framework for candidly discussing organizational change, focusing on building desired outcomes without judgment.” Rather than a scorecard, this tool initiates honest conversations about institutional norms that may unintentionally create barriers to equity goals. We’ll introduce the assessment, explore strategies for using it effectively, and engage in hands-on experience. Dismantling systemic racism requires commitments at individual and institutional levels—this session offers practical frameworks for that work.
Learn more and join the Equitable Operations Community by completing this form: https://www.geofunders.org/what-we-offer/peer-learning/peer-communities.
Questions or concerns? Contact Javon Averett (averett@geofunders.org) or Kelly Wise (wise@geofunders.org).
