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When organizational boards struggle to align hiring practices with stated values

Our nonprofit board keeps hiring executive directors who don't match our stated commitment to racial equity, and when I bring this up, everyone nods and agrees but then we end up making the same kinds of hiring decisions over and over.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Groups often mistake good intentions and verbal commitment for the systemic changes required to embody their professed principles.

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