{"id":4622,"date":"2021-09-27T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T14:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/?p=4622"},"modified":"2023-12-12T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:35:34","slug":"4-montgomery-organizations-getting-diversity-equity-inclusion-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/4-montgomery-organizations-getting-diversity-equity-inclusion-right\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Montgomery Organizations Getting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Listen to this article<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"During his keynote address at the 2021 Consumer Technology Association Convention, WalMart CEO Doug McMillon had this advice for CEOs who wish to improve their company\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts: look inward.\u00a0 \u201cChange actually starts from within each one of us,\u201d he said. \u201cOur biases, conscious and unconscious, need to be dealt with individually and collectively.\u201d For McMillon, part of that journey has included visits to Montgomery, AL to gain a better understanding of U.S. history and to have conversations with participants in the Civil Rights movement.\u00a0 McMillon isn\u2019t the only one who considers a visit to Montgomery an important step in understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In recent years, management teams from all industries across the country have flocked to this Southern city on the Gulf Coast to participate in diversity training and visit the area\u2019s numerous Civil Rights landmarks. Montgomery, then and now While Montgomery is well-known for its historic role in the Civil Rights movement, modern-day Montgomery is also experiencing an economic development boom. \u201cInclusion now plays a role in the decision-making process for economic development \u2013 not only in the recruitment of companies, but also the attraction of talent and tourists,\u201d says Anna Buckalew, President & CEO, Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce.\u00a0 This Fall, the Chamber will facilitate a partnership with the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative to help business leaders from across the state take part in diversity, equity, and inclusion immersion. \u201cIn Montgomery, businesses, visitors, and residents have the unique opportunity to experience and apply the lessons that our deeply complex and compelling history has to offer in order to create a meaningful position and program around diversity, equity, and inclusion that can result in a more prosperous and vibrant work environment or community,\u201d says Buckalew. Mayor Steven Reed has been a key driver of Montgomery\u2019s diversity efforts and was recently named one of \u201cAmerica\u2019s 10 Mayors to Watch\u201d for his efforts to build equity and increase opportunity. Since being elected the city\u2019s first Black mayor in 2019, Reed has made equity and inclusion key priorities for his administration and worked closely with the Montgomery Chamber to make sure the city aligns its principles and practices with the needs of corporations.\u00a0 \u201cBusinesses and job creators, many of whom are looking to expand their footprint, demand inclusive, tolerant work environments with a diverse workforce in which employees are at their best when they are protected from discrimination and harassment,\u201d says Reed. \u201cIf any city wants to see new and transformative investments, then it must embrace these tenets.\u201d Following are four examples of Montgomery businesses and organizations that are building on the lessons of history to help inform their own diversity efforts: Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base: Having the difficult conversations Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base is Montgomery\u2019s largest overall employer and home to the U.S. Air Force\u2019s leadership center, Air University (AU). The University provides military and professional education for 50,000 resident and 160,000 non-resident personnel each year. When the Air Force Racial Disparity Review identified there was a need to prepare senior leaders to have difficult conversations with service members, AU launched The Air University Diversity and Inclusion Council. The Council is composed of military and civilian members, and strives to make a difference across AU\u2019s culture by creating a welcoming and affirming environment.\u00a0 Among its milestones, the Council has created a diversity and inclusion statement that is now incorporated into welcome packets, completed small group discussions, created a DEI resource guide, devised a council charter, and appointed representatives from each AU school. One of the Council\u2019s most successful efforts to date has involved a collaboration with the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). The Council hosts speakers from EJI and incorporates the EJI experience into AU\u2019s pre-command training course. The training course is mandatory for all group commanders as well as a number of Air National Guard and Reserve commanders.\u00a0 In an interview with the Montgomery Business Journal, Lt. Col. Kim Bender, Director of Public Affairs for AU, explained the collaboration: \u201cThe program is designed to allow students to gain an appreciation for part of our nation\u2019s history they might have otherwise been unfamiliar with, highlighting how some of that history can lead to some unconscious bias, or gain an understanding about the environment from which many of our Airmen come.\u201d\u00a0 Participants consistently rank the diversity training as one of the best parts of the training course. Rolin Construction: Working for and with the local tribal community The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is the only federally-recognized Tribe in Alabama. Rolin Construction, Inc., one of the largest general contractors on the Gulf Coast, borders the Tribe\u2019s external boundary and has developed a deep, mutually-beneficial relationship with the Poarch community. Owner and CEO Shawn Rolin is a member of the Poarch Band, and the company takes pride in their Native American heritage. The company routinely gives back to the community through employment opportunities, donations of labor, and funds to local nonprofits, churches, and members of the tribal community.\u00a0 The needs of the Poarch community factor into Rolin\u2019s business decisions. According to the company\u2019s website, \u201cRolin Construction takes great pride in working for and with the local tribal community. Their values are at the forefront of every decision we make.\u201d This extends to the company\u2019s hiring practices: 68% of employees are tribal members, first generation, or spouses of tribal members, and self-sufficiency and improving the lives of tribal members are part of the company\u2019s value system. The company attributes its high rates of employee satisfaction and low turnover in large part to its efforts to hire from the local community.\u00a0 The company is also attuned to cultural considerations when it comes to construction projects. According to the company website, \u201cAs a contractor, Shawn and the Rolin team are sensitive to the historical and cultural needs of the tribe, including the special regulations and requirements associated with projects on trust and tribal fee lands.\u201d As a testament to its commitment to the Native American community, Rolin Construction recently received the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Award for 2021 Diverse Business of the Year. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival: \u201cMeeting the need for equity, inclusion, and diversity in our industry and in our own house.\u201d In 2015, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) made a commitment to anti-racism. This resulted in an overhaul of the organization\u2019s mission statement and bylaws, a new Board committee structure, and institutional leadership. In 2020, in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s murder and a greater spotlight on racial injustice, ASF developed an action plan to further its DEI goals. It created a Task Force Towards Being an Anti-Racist Theater to guide its efforts, which is composed of 50% BIPOC staff members, and instituted mandatory recurring anti-racism and EDI training for staff and artists. Additionally, ASF has committed to the following policies: hiring diverse creative teams for all productions producing BIPOC stories in both their larger space and smaller space having its play reading group membership be 50% BIPOC members partnering with the Montgomery Public Schools to produce a show featuring the students (MPS is 91% BIPOC students) recognizing Juneteenth as an annual paid holiday implementing a deep interrogation as to where BIPOC artists are hired in the season creating a relationship with Alabama State University (an HBCU located in Montgomery) for BIPOC technical\/design students to learn and be paid for their internships requiring its casting director commit to their anti-racism statement creating a Preferred Vendor list culled from each department in the organization reviewing all hiring practices and promotion procedures to ensure that they are anti-racist and anti-oppressive committing to learning about and acknowledging the Indigenous People who were the traditional stewards of the land on which ASF is built committing to educating all funders of ASF\u2019s anti-racism policies and researching foundations and corporations to ensure they also are not supporting racist policies While proud of its progress to date, ASF acknowledges that there is still much work to be done.\u00a0 A statement on the organization\u2019s website reads, \u201cOur action plan will evolve and become more detailed as we learn from each other. We are rebuilding ASF for a post-pandemic world, and we are determined to establish ASF as an anti-racist organization dedicated to serving this beloved community that we call home.\u201d The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Learning about the past to ensure fairness for all Americans Perhaps no other organization in Montgomery uses the lessons of the past to inform its current work to the same extent as the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI).\u00a0 For more than 30 years, the EJI has been committed to changing the narrative about race in America through museums and memorials, public education programs, and proactive efforts to address poverty and racial injustice. Some of the ways the EJI works to achieve its goals include: challenging excessive punishment in court providing legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons advocating for parole and providing re-entry support advancing systemic reform through groundbreaking research, education, and films The EJI considers public education a key part of its work.. According to a statement on the organization\u2019s website, \u201cWe are haunted by our history of racial injustice in America because we don\\'t talk about it. Ending mass incarceration and achieving equality, justice, and fairness for all Americans starts with learning and sharing the truth about our past.\u201d To that end, the organization uses the \u201cpower of place\u201d to inspire people to visit the EJI\u2019s two sites in Montgomery: The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which the Washington Post called \\\"O]ne of the most powerful and effective new memorials created in a generation.\\\"\u00a0 The Legacy Museum invites visitors to learn and reflect about the history of racial justice in the U.S., including enslavement, reconstruction, racial terror lynching, segregation, and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. The National Memorial, which opened in 2018, is the nation\u2019s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people. The site includes a memorial square with 800 six-foot monuments to symbolize each county in the U.S. where a racial terror lynching took place.\u00a0 Through corresponding efforts such as the Community Remembrance Project, the EJI hopes to inspire communities across the nation to have a dialogue about racial injustice and their own local histories.\", \"US English Male\");\n                }\n            };\n        <\/script>\n     <\/br><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During his keynote address at the 2021 Consumer Technology Association Convention, WalMart CEO Doug McMillon had this advice for CEOs who wish to improve their company\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts: <\/span><b>look inward.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChange actually starts from within each one of us,\u201d he said. \u201cOur biases, conscious and unconscious, need to be dealt with individually and collectively.\u201d For McMillon, part of that journey has included <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailwire.com\/discussion\/walmarts-ceo-details-his-journey-to-racial-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">visits to Montgomery, AL<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to gain a better understanding of U.S. history and to have conversations with participants in the Civil Rights movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McMillon isn\u2019t the only one who considers a visit to Montgomery an important step in understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In recent years, management teams from all industries across the country have flocked to this Southern city on the Gulf Coast to participate in diversity training and visit the area\u2019s numerous Civil Rights landmarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/library\/%20\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8878 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-C-1024x341.png\" alt=\"TDM Library: your one-stop-shop for update, expert DEI Resources. Explore the platform with a free trial. Click here to learn more.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-C-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-C-600x200.png 600w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-C-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-C-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-C.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/341;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Montgomery, then and now<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Montgomery is well-known for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/montgomery-bus-boycott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its historic role in the Civil Rights movement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, modern-day Montgomery is also experiencing an economic development boom. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInclusion now plays a role in the decision-making process for economic development \u2013 not only in the recruitment of companies, but also the attraction of talent and tourists,\u201d says Anna Buckalew, President &amp; CEO, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomerychamber.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Fall, the Chamber will facilitate a partnership with the Montgomery-based <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eji.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equal Justice Initiative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help business leaders from across the state take part in diversity, equity, and inclusion immersion. \u201cIn Montgomery, businesses, visitors, and residents have the unique opportunity to experience and apply the lessons that our deeply complex and compelling history has to offer in order to create a meaningful position and program around diversity, equity, and inclusion that can result in a more prosperous and vibrant work environment or community,\u201d says Buckalew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayor Steven Reed has been a key driver of Montgomery\u2019s diversity efforts and was recently named one of \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yellowhammernews.com\/montgomerys-steven-reed-named-one-of-americas-10-mayors-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America\u2019s 10 Mayors to Watch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d for his efforts to build equity and increase opportunity. Since being elected the city\u2019s first Black mayor in 2019, Reed has made equity and inclusion key priorities for his administration and worked closely with the Montgomery Chamber to make sure the city aligns its principles and practices with the needs of corporations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBusinesses and job creators, many of whom are looking to expand their footprint, demand inclusive, tolerant work environments with a diverse workforce in which employees are at their best when they are protected from discrimination and harassment,\u201d says Reed. \u201cIf any city wants to see new and transformative investments, then it must embrace these tenets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following are four examples of Montgomery businesses and organizations that are building on the lessons of history to help inform their own diversity efforts:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base:<\/h3>\n<h3>Having the difficult conversations<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4624 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.29.51-AM-300x55.png\" alt=\"AU logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"55\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.29.51-AM-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.29.51-AM-600x110.png 600w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.29.51-AM-1024x188.png 1024w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.29.51-AM-768x141.png 768w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.29.51-AM.png 1142w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/55;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base is Montgomery\u2019s largest overall employer and home to the U.S. Air Force\u2019s leadership center, Air University (AU). The University provides military and professional education for 50,000 resident and 160,000 non-resident personnel each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2769127\/department-of-the-air-force-releases-reports-on-racial-disparity-review-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Air Force Racial Disparity Review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> identified there was a need to prepare senior leaders to have difficult conversations with service members, AU launched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airuniversity.af.edu\/Diversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Air University Diversity and Inclusion Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Council is composed of military and civilian members, and strives to make a difference across AU\u2019s culture by creating a welcoming and affirming environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among its milestones, the Council has created a diversity and inclusion statement that is now incorporated into welcome packets, completed small group discussions, created a DEI resource guide, devised a council charter, and appointed representatives from each AU school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the Council\u2019s most successful efforts to date has involved a collaboration with the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). The Council hosts speakers from EJI and incorporates the EJI experience into AU\u2019s pre-command training course. The training course is mandatory for all group commanders as well as a number of Air National Guard and Reserve commanders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomerychamber.com\/blog\/montgomery-business-journal-3603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montgomery Business Journal<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lt. Col. Kim Bender, Director of Public Affairs for AU, explained the collaboration: \u201cThe program is designed to allow students to gain an appreciation for part of our nation\u2019s history they might have otherwise been unfamiliar with, highlighting how some of that history can lead to some unconscious bias, or gain an understanding about the environment from which many of our Airmen come.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants consistently rank the diversity training as one of the best parts of the training course.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Rolin Construction:<\/h3>\n<h3>Working for and with the local tribal community<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4625 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rolin_Construction_Transparent_Logo-300x140.png\" alt=\"Rolin Construction logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rolin_Construction_Transparent_Logo-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rolin_Construction_Transparent_Logo.png 483w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/140;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pci-nsn.gov\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Poarch Band of Creek Indians<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the only federally-recognized Tribe in Alabama. Rolin Construction, Inc., one of the largest general contractors on the Gulf Coast, borders the Tribe\u2019s external boundary and has developed a deep, mutually-beneficial relationship with the Poarch community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Owner and CEO Shawn Rolin is a member of the Poarch Band, and the company takes pride in their Native American heritage. The company routinely <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolinbuilds.com\/More\/Community-Culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gives back to the community <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through employment opportunities, donations of labor, and funds to local nonprofits, churches, and members of the tribal community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The needs of the Poarch community factor into Rolin\u2019s business decisions. According to the company\u2019s website, \u201cRolin Construction takes great pride in working for and with the local tribal community. Their values are at the forefront of every decision we make.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This extends to the company\u2019s hiring practices: 68% of employees are tribal members, first generation, or spouses of tribal members, and self-sufficiency and improving the lives of tribal members are part of the company\u2019s value system. The company attributes its high rates of employee satisfaction and low turnover in large part to its efforts to hire from the local community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company is also attuned to cultural considerations when it comes to construction projects. According to the company website, \u201cAs a contractor, Shawn and the Rolin team are sensitive to the historical and cultural needs of the tribe, including the special regulations and requirements associated with projects on trust and tribal fee lands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a testament to its commitment to the Native American community, Rolin Construction recently received the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Award for 2021 Diverse Business of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Alabama Shakespeare Festival:<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cMeeting the need for equity, inclusion, and diversity in our industry and in our own house.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4626 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.35.29-AM-300x20.png\" alt=\"Alabama Shakespeare Festival logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"20\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.35.29-AM-300x20.png 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.35.29-AM-600x40.png 600w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.35.29-AM-1024x68.png 1024w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.35.29-AM-768x51.png 768w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-10.35.29-AM.png 1378w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/20;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) made a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asf.net\/anti-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commitment to anti-racism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This resulted in an overhaul of the organization\u2019s mission statement and bylaws, a new Board committee structure, and institutional leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s murder and a greater spotlight on racial injustice, ASF developed an action plan to further its DEI goals. It created a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asf.net\/anti-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Task Force Towards Being an Anti-Racist Theater<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to guide its efforts, which is composed of 50% BIPOC staff members, and instituted mandatory recurring anti-racism and EDI training for staff and artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, ASF has committed to the following policies:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hiring diverse creative teams for all productions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">producing BIPOC stories in both their larger space and smaller space<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">having its play reading group membership be 50% BIPOC members<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">partnering with the Montgomery Public Schools to produce a show featuring the students (MPS is 91% BIPOC students)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recognizing Juneteenth as an annual paid holiday<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">implementing a deep interrogation as to where BIPOC artists are hired in the season<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creating a relationship with Alabama State University (an HBCU located in Montgomery) for BIPOC technical\/design students to learn and be paid for their internships<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">requiring its casting director commit to their anti-racism statement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creating a Preferred Vendor list culled from each department in the organization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reviewing all hiring practices and promotion procedures to ensure that they are anti-racist and anti-oppressive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">committing to learning about and acknowledging the Indigenous People who were the traditional stewards of the land on which ASF is built<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">committing to educating all funders of ASF\u2019s anti-racism policies and researching foundations and corporations to ensure they also are not supporting racist policies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While proud of its progress to date, ASF acknowledges that there is still much work to be done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A statement on the organization\u2019s website reads, \u201cOur action plan will evolve and become more detailed as we learn from each other. We are rebuilding ASF for a post-pandemic world, and we are determined to establish ASF as an anti-racist organization dedicated to serving this beloved community that we call home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI):<\/h3>\n<h3>Learning about the past to ensure fairness for all Americans<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4627 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5fff236c78af2655bf5de56e_EJI-300x104.png\" alt=\"Equal Justice Initiative Logo \" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5fff236c78af2655bf5de56e_EJI-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5fff236c78af2655bf5de56e_EJI.png 512w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/104;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps no other organization in Montgomery uses the lessons of the past to inform its current work to the same extent as the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more than 30 years, the EJI has been committed to changing the narrative about race in America through museums and memorials, public education programs, and proactive efforts to address poverty and racial injustice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the ways the EJI works to achieve its goals include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">challenging excessive punishment in court<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">providing legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">advocating for parole and providing re-entry support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">advancing systemic reform through groundbreaking research, education, and films<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EJI considers public education a key part of its work.. According to a statement on the organization\u2019s website, \u201cWe are haunted by our history of racial injustice in America because we don&#8217;t talk about it. Ending mass incarceration and achieving equality, justice, and fairness for all Americans starts with learning and sharing the truth about our past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To that end, the organization uses the \u201cpower of place\u201d to inspire people to visit the EJI\u2019s two sites in Montgomery: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/museumandmemorial.eji.org\/museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/museumandmemorial.eji.org\/memorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Memorial for Peace and Justice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/museums\/a-powerful-memorial-in-montgomery-remembers-the-victims-of-lynching\/2018\/04\/24\/3620e78a-471a-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> called &#8220;O]ne of the most powerful and effective new memorials created in a generation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Legacy Museum invites visitors to learn and reflect about the history of racial justice in the U.S., including enslavement, reconstruction, racial terror lynching, segregation, and racial disparities in the criminal justice system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Memorial, which opened in 2018, is the nation\u2019s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people. 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