Community Vision’s DEI Journey
Community Vision has woven equity and inclusion into the fabric of our work since day one. These threads connect to an achievable goal: a society that fully integrates people with developmental disabilities and supports their independence and choices for home and community.
True diversity means we broaden our view of inclusivity and equity. We look at who is impacted even when we are not. We commit to asking tough questions, examining our biases, and making changes to create a community where everyone can contribute and thrive.
Equity Vision Statement
At Community Vision, we see equity, inclusion, and diversity as essential to our organization’s health and sustainability. Through strategic and intentional planning and practice, we will:
- transform the way leaders think, interact, and lead, and create a culture that prioritizes psychological safety so everyone can show up as their whole selves;
- expose every employee to the reference points, language, and learning tools needed to understand the historical, social, economic, and psychological impacts of living within a culture that normalizes and rewards whiteness;
- increase access to the disability services system for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color with developmental disabilities; and,
- spread knowledge and experiences among non-disabled community groups and individual members in the Portland Metro Area so they too can become champions of community inclusion of people with developmental disabilities.
Our 2023 Progress
Our DEI taskforce:
- Met with a DEI professional to get clarity on the work that needed to be prioritized and completed.
- Clarified and strengthened the role and purpose of the DEI taskforce.
- Developed and disseminated a staff survey to measure opinions of DEI in the workplace.
- Integrated DEI training within our new employee orientation/onboarding process.
- Finalized DEI plan priorities, goals, and outcomes.
- Collaborated with Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) to provide disability inclusion and sensitivity trainings to multi-ethnic and multi-cultural staff.
- Updated our holiday list to recognize Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples Day.
