Danielle V. Minson — Raising the Bar

October 9, 2017 | 0 Comments

Fundamental #26 — Embrace Diversity

For the better part of two years, our Federation team has been making a deliberate effort to define what drives our work and how we do it. The four core values of Community, Inclusivity, Learning, and Integrity rose to the top. The next step was to identify a list of fundamentals: actionable, daily core behaviors that bring our core values to life and define our culture. Each week, we make a point to focus on practicing a different fundamental, and I kick off that effort by sharing my thoughts on each one at the beginning of each week. Here are my thoughts for our twenty-sixth week:


EMBRACE DIVERSITY — Know and celebrate what makes each of us unique. Be curious about and welcome backgrounds and perspectives different from your own. Everyone has something they can contribute.

One of our core values is “inclusivity” which basically means embracing diversity. 

Another one of our four core values is “community.”  These two core values overlap because you cannot have a true community unless it is characterized by inclusivity. A community is supportive, healing and transformative only if that community members feel included regardless of their differences.

I am proud of all the ways our team is diverse. We just need to keep opening up to each other about who we are, what we care about and where our strengths are and aren’t. That creates a safe, supportive micro-community for us to work in and makes our work more enjoyable and more effective. 

See here for Shep’s comments on all the fundamentals so far.

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