Earlier this year, many ​​of our members completed a survey about diversity, equity, and inclusion among their Boards of Directors. This was a project of the Center for Community Engagement (CCE) at St John Fisher College in consultation with the Urban League’s Interrupt Racism initiative, the Council of Agency Executives, the Greater Rochester Black Agenda Group, and the United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes. The survey had several goals:

• To establish accurate baseline information of current Board composition with regard to race;
• Learn the current extent of diversity in local Board leadership;
• Identify promising local strategies or practices;
• Document challenges faced by local nonprofits in achieving and sustaining diversity and inclusion;
• Identify tools that would be helpful to local nonprofits in this work; and
• Assess the degree to which local nonprofits understand racial inequality in the community, and the degree to which local nonprofits seek to address these inequalities.

I hope you will attend,​Thursday December 9^th from 11 am to noon for a summary report by Ed Doherty. We will have time for round-table discussions following the report. ​ ​Click to RSVP.  ​Board Chairs, and Chairs-elect are welcome​; please share this invitation.