Pro-Equity Anti-Racism, or PEAR, is an innovative approach that goes beyond traditional diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts to drive systemic change, aiming to dismantle oppressive systems and promote equity in all facets of society. This approach recognizes that systems of oppression are the upstream sources of all our inequities, and therefore, addressing these systems is crucial to creating a more equitable world. Oppressive systems such as racism, sexism, classism, ableism, and heterosexism cause inequities and hurt all people.

It's been a few months since we've reached out to you all. We are grateful for your messages, joy, partnership, concern, and collaboration. We are nothing without the Washingtonians we serve.

Our workload at the end of 2024 skyrocketed as we hired new team members, put on a hugely successful event (look forward to more about that in our next newsletter coming out in March!), and well... you should probably read on to learn from each team about what we accomplished this past year. They'll say it best!

WOW! This is a long update! It has been a few months since we’ve written you all and we have a lot to catch you up on.

The Office of Equity has been hard at work all over Washington state, plugging in new team members, having retreats and strategic session, attending events, working through conflict, hosting webinars and community building spaces, and looking into taking on a lot of new projects.

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We’re excited to bring you another issue of ENN, kicking off the summer right! The Office of Equity has been hard at work onboarding new staff, launching event series, working on creating internal and external processes, having team retreats and bonding activities, attending events all over Washington state… and so much more! Read on to get a snapshot of what we’ve been up to.

This spring we want to take some time to get you up to speed on some of the work we’ve been up to as an office. As we have been growing our teams, we continue to work towards building our office culture and finding ways to connect through the growth. We are excited to provide options throughout the enterprise to connect, uplift great work, and convene with community. 

Read more for ways to tap into our efforts!