PartnersGlobal Signs CREED Pledge for Racial & Ethnic Equity
March 22, 2022 – PartnersGlobal is pleased to join the Coalition for Racial & Ethnic Equity in Development (CREED) and sign the Pledge for Racial & Ethnic Equity (REE). PartnersGlobal joins more than 30 not-for-profit and for-profit development organizations committed to building racial and ethnic equity within international development.
By signing the REE pledge, PartnersGloblal commits to:
- strengthening its commitments and accountability for racial & ethnic equity within its policies, systems, and culture;
- creating practical and quantifiable standards for advancing racial & ethnic equity; and
- working to instill racial and ethnic equity as a core principle in the development sector.
“To be effective and create meaningful shifts, CREED’s Racial & Ethnic Equity pledge is taking a focused view to build equity by concentrating on strengthening racial and ethnic equity within United States-based organizations,” said Indira Kaur Ahluwalia, Founder/Chair of CREED and CEO of KAUR Strategies. “CREED welcomes PartnersGlobal to a learning community of like-minded organizations committed to integrating racial and ethnic equity into how we work.”
“We encourage our global development sector colleagues to be partners in addressing racial and ethnic equity to improve and deepen the impact of our collective work. Strong democracies cannot be achieved without racial and ethnic equity. We all have a responsibility to push for meaningful change.” – Roselie Vasquez Yetter
About CREED
The Coalition for Racial & Ethnic Equity in Development (CREED) is a collective of international development and humanitarian assistance organizations based in the United States committed to building REE. We pledge to advance racial and ethnic diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within our own organizations’ policies, systems, and culture in keeping with attainable and measurable goals; and work to instill REE in international development.
Contact
For questions about the pledge or how to sign, visit https://coalition-for-racial-and-ethnic-equity-in-development.org/