Our Focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 

WGC's DEI Committee
Hina Naseem and Judy Smith, WGC DEI Committee Co-Chairs

2019/2020 Snapshot:

• We are proud to be among the many giving circles across the country that are investing in DEI.
• We committed last year to enhance our core values to better meet our mission by implementing a diversity, equity and inclusion lens to our work.
• We’ve received national and local funding from the Gates Foundation-backed Philanthropy Together effort, and from the Horizon Foundation.
• We are collaborating with giving circles regionally and countrywide.
• We created our DEI Committee last year and have met several times.
• Our Advisory Board has been reading and discussing Waking Up White, by Debby Irving.
• Our Advisory Board went through a DEI training session in March.
• We recently made a statement on the May 2020 death of Mr. George Floyd.
• We recently made a statement on the June 2020 LGBTQ+ SCOTUS ruling.
• We recently made the decision to re-allocate $10,000 for social justice grants, which will be determined with the help of the DEI committee.
• We are moving forward to implement DEI into all of our efforts.