Strategically Planning for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility across your institution

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light how inequities in our society affect Black and Brown communities economically, socially and physically.

Coupled with the racial justice movement precipitated by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many more, many people and organizations are working to understand better how their current and future actions can make our world more equitable.

Lord Cultural Resources can help you address these issues.

Our services involve both coaching and consulting to build your organizational diversity and also providing expertise and energy to substantially improve your IDEA.

Cultural sensitivity training:

• Diversifying staff, Board, and volunteers
• Building inclusive organizational culture
• Values mapping,
• Resource readings
• Process improvement tips
• Cultural sensitivity issues and solutions

Strategy and planning

Diversity and Inclusion planning to grow general audiences and operating revenue

• Institutional alignment around shared mission, vision and goals
• Increasing confidence, leadership and capacity among Board, staff, and volunteers
• Clear direction to drive substance and messaging
• Performance-based evaluation through measurable objectives

Mission evolution and/or program development aimed at directly engaging communities

• Needs assessment
• Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion organizational assessment via survey, focus groups, historical data, etc.
• Identification of critical success factors and metrics

Our services are flexible and scalable. We are happy to customize our work to reflect your goals, resources, and other unique circumstances.

To find out more about how Lord can help you develop the IDEA services you need right now and in the years to come, contact Andrea Kezdi: akezdi@lord.ca; 416-457-8173.