{"id":45749,"date":"2021-05-24T13:34:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gibneydance.org\/?page_id=45749"},"modified":"2021-05-24T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:34:42","slug":"commitment-to-racial-equity-justice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gibneydance.org\/commitment-to-racial-equity-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Commitment to Racial Equity &#038; Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>This page was last edited on May 24, 2021. It will be<\/strong> <strong>updated regularly to reflect Gibney&#8217;s current priorities and actions related to racial equity and justice.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gibney is committed to diversity and anti-racism. We have a critical and urgent responsibility to help combat systemic racism by:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2026 distributing power equitably within the organization as a force for sustainable, positive change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Launched a Multiracial Staff Group (MSG), with paid participation for staff advisors and facilitators, to serve as a key information center with a focus on advocacy and policy change, synthesizing community input to leadership, and assisting in the creation of larger institution-wide anti-racism shifts within Gibney<\/li><li>Developed the Executive Leadership Team\u2014which includes Nigel Campbell, Gina Gibney, Shane Jewell, Yasemin \u00d6z\u00fcmerzifon, Jenny Thompson, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, and Alexandra Wells\u2014to make space for greater power-sharing and expansive leadership<\/li><li>Established increased connections between Board and all levels of Staff:&nbsp;<ul><li>Board Chair regularly attends Executive Leadership Team, Directors, and All Staff meetings<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Monthly Board newsletter is distributed to all Staff<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Board and Staff lunches occur bimonthly<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Quarterly Board meetings include staff presence<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2026 engaging in ongoing education and dialogue, recognizing that we must understand past wrongs and continuously learn and adapt.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Implemented, and continued to implement racial equity and anti-racism trainings with a range of consultants and experts &nbsp;<\/li><li>Engaged Dr. Shelton J. Goode to help implement Board-specific racial equity and anti-racism work<\/li><li>Continued ongoing one-on-one racial equity and anti-racism trainings with Equity Quotient for CEO<\/li><li>Continued the Decentering Whiteness Working Group to expand the anti-racism education of white-identifying staff, including CEO, under the leadership of a staff steering committee<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2026 advancing opportunities and access for the racially and culturally diverse artists, employees, community members, and partners we serve.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Launched <a href=\"https:\/\/gibneydance.org\/center\/#center__residencies\">Black Diaspora<\/a>, a pilot program directly addressing the needs of emerging Black-identifying artists, created and led by Eva Yaa Asantewaa<\/li><li>Increased the racial diversity of Gibney teachers and the diversity of genres across the training class roster to create a more welcoming environment for BIPOC dancers, teachers, students, and community members<\/li><li>Secured funding for a studio space giveaway for four self-identified emerging BIPOC artists<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2026 refining organizational practices, policies, and culture to drive inclusion, diversity, equity, and access.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Launched an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Taskforce on the Board\u2019s Governance Committee<\/li><li>Incorporated Gibney\u2019s Commitment to Racial Equity &amp; Justice revised Employee Handbook, rental agreements, and all other agreements with external parties<\/li><li>Updated Gibney\u2019s Code of Conduct with explicit anti-racist expectations <strong><\/strong><\/li><li>Expanded Gibney\u2019s in-school Hands are for Holding curriculum and content through a racial equity lens that addresses the larger structural powers at play as well as the intersection of race and gender-based violence<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8230;establishing fair protocols and practices that address power dynamics and the role they play in the interactions between artists and institutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Established required internal protocols for negotiating and executing artist agreements through a staff-led Promise Matrix Committee<\/li><li>Completed a comprehensive review process of all contracts and terms, including the addition of an appendix to transparently clarify legal language<\/li><li>Instituted a per class fee guarantee for all faculty within the Training department, regardless of class headcount, to reduce risk assumed by teachers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2026 partnering with and providing material resources to organizations and initiatives that are actively working toward racial equity and justice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Continued sharing of financial and in-kind support with a range of Black-led, community-based, and\/or racial equity focused organizations such as: the <a href=\"https:\/\/alp.org\/\">Audre Lorde Project<\/a>; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturalsolidarityfund.org\/\">Cultural Solidarity Fund<\/a>, established by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indietheaterfund.org\/\">Indie Theatre Fund<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/leimaymain.cavearts.org\/\">LEIMAY<\/a>; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedanceunion.com\/\">The Dance Union<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/dancewave.org\/\">Dancewave<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movenyc.nyc\/\">MOVE|NYC|<\/a>; and the &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naacpldf.org\/\">NAACP Legal Defense &amp; Educational Fund<\/a><\/li><li>Established new partnerships with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serviceneversleeps.org\/\">Service Never Sleeps<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theflea.org\/\">The Flea<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/gibneydance.org\/programs\/villageculturecollective\/\">Village Culture Collective<\/a>, among others<\/li><li>CEO service as a Board member at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dance.nyc\/\">Dance\/NYC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceusa.org\/\">Dance\/USA<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/colorcritics.com\/\">Colored Criticism<\/a> and as an Advisory Board member at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movenyc.nyc\/\">MOVE|NYC|<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/ourpaths_?igshid=1air26yx2qv6l\">Our Paths<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We are accountable to ourselves and our communities to uphold these important commitments and to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible cultural sector.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page was last edited on May 24, 2021. 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