Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy

LWV is an organization fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in principle and in practice. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to the organization’s current and future success in engaging all individuals, households, communities, and policymakers in creating a more perfect democracy.

There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, gender identity, ethnicity, race, native or indigenous origin, age, generation, sexual orientation, culture, religion, belief system, marital status, parental status, socioeconomic status, language, accent, ability status, mental health, educational level or background, geography, nationality, work style, work experience, job role function, thinking style, personality type, physical appearance, political perspective or affiliation and/or any other characteristic that can be identified as recognizing or illustrating diversity. Read more about this National campaign on this link.

The LWVGGB participated in the DEI Survey, along with 20 Wisconsin Leagues. View the results of the LWVWI 2020 DEI Survey here.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Continued Learning

Books:

Braiding Sweetgrass - Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
So You Want To Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
Once I Was You - A Memoir Of Love And Hate In A Torn America by Maria Hinojosa
How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die by Keith Payne
The Woman's Hour - The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss
The Women's Suffrage Movement edited by Sally Roesch Wagner with a foreword by Gloria Steinem