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Southern Lit Alliance values diversity, equity, and inclusion in our hiring practices, board recruitment, and author selection for the programs in the organization.  To this end, we have ratified a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement to govern the organization.

 

To provide informed, authentic leadership for cultural equity, Southern Lit Alliance strives to:
 

• See diversity, inclusion, and equity as connected to our mission and critical to ensure the well-being of our staff authors and the arts communities we serve.
   

• Acknowledge and dismantle any inequities within our policies, systems, programs, and services, and continually update and report organization progress.
   

• Explore potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusiveness.
   

• Advocate for and support board-level thinking about how systemic inequities impact our organization’s work, and how best to address that in a way that is consistent with our mission.
   

• Practice and encourage transparent communication in all interactions.
   

• Commit time and resources to expand more diverse leadership within our board, staff, committee, and advisory bodies.
   

• Lead with respect and tolerance. We expect all employees to embrace this notion and to express it in workplace interactions and through everyday practices.
   

• Pursue cultural competency throughout our organization by creating substantive learning opportunities and formal, transparent policies.