Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement

It is a priority for Dam Worth It Company to continue to make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of the culture of our company and the community we serve. We provide our company team, branch members, ambassadors, and everyone else in our community with resources, policies, and findings that break down barriers to ending the stigma of mental health, access to mental health care, reinforce the importance of the experience of our members with marginalized identities, and build supportive relationships with communities our society has historically ignored. 

We recognize the essential role we play in this intersectional work of making Dam Worth It and our community a place where past and present inequity and injustice are brought to the surface and addressed with compassion, honesty, and integrity. We lead by example and approach this work knowing it requires sustained commitment. As we will undoubtedly make mistakes in the process, we will listen, adapt, and learn, for the benefit of our members and surrounding communities. 

We expect all members of our community to understand and embrace our commitment to DEI and help address the unfair stigmas and challenges faced by historically and institutionally marginalized communities.


Long-Term Actionable Items

Company:

  • Continually identify and dismantle inequities within our strategies, initiatives, policies, and communities

  • Explore potential underlying, unquestioned topics surrounding mental health and diversity and inclusion through monthly learn and discuss sessions with executive team

  • Support executive level thinking about how systemic inequities impact our communities and our work and address them with compassion, honesty, and integrity 

  • Practice and encourage transparent communication and discussion in all aspects of our interactions

  • Regularly review our membership demographics and include policies and procedures with explicit statements that require Dam Worth It to achieve the broadest idea of DEI in all our spaces

  • Dam Worth It only collects demographic information that members supplied voluntarily

Branches:

  • Dam Worth It is in the process of establishing a DEI coordinator at each of our branches who will extend and facilitate all DEI initiatives and discussions within all our branches

  • To ensure and sustain our commitment to DEI, all branches and ambassadors will be provided with resources and learning opportunities about the intersection of DEI and mental health throughout their journey with Dam Worth It

  • Dam Worth It is in the process of establishing affinity groups that will serve as a safe and compassionate sharing space for members who share some affinity, including but not limited to lived experience or racial identity

zero-tolerance policy

Dam Worth It prohibits and will not tolerate acts of harassment and discrimination of any sort. Any gestures, any written, verbal ,or physical act, or any electronic communication whether a single incident or a series of incidents that:

  • Are reasonably perceived as being motivated by either actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, age, ,socio-economic status, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identities and expression, or a mental, physical or sensory disability

  • Has the effect of insulting or demeaning any member or group of members or creates a hostile environment for the member by interfering with a member’s participation or by severely or pervasively causing physical or emotional harm to the member