Given the history and past practices in our country, Equity Upward explicitly rejects anti-black and anti-brown actions, xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-indigenous actions, and seeks to affirm and uplift all regardless of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, and immigration status.
We are committed to an anti-racist framework that acknowledges the way racism, oppression, and privilege have perpetuated anti-black, anti-LGBTQ+, and other hierarchies within systems of communications, marketing, resource allocation, and within local communities.
We seek to ensure that strategies, actions, policies, and purchases that we support and employ do not undermine efforts to combat racism. This includes all media partners with whom we work. We do this through ongoing self-assessment, calling in partners, and recognizing that doing work with an anti-racist lens is an ongoing process.
We affirm our values of social justice, racial justice, and community-driven change. The California we envision is anti-racist and inclusive, based on equity, liberty, and justice for all.