Journey of a Veteran
Melvin Bridgmon | January 6, 2021 The story of Outreach Chicago’s (OC) leader Melvin Bridgmon is a long and complicated…
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High-quality feedback loops create trusting relationships where clients and service providers are equal, respected players in change-making. By building quality feedback loops, we can create the space for people to share their honest concerns and opinions about equity and advocate for inclusive change. When these concerns are respected and responded to, feedback can be a force for equity. But it must be done right.
This page includes a few quick examples of times that feedback has contributed to diversity, equity and inclusion goals. We also share thoughts from global leaders in the Feedback & Equity blog series, and stories from our friends at the Fund for Shared Insight in their #Feedback4Equity campaign.
Quick Examples
Prioritizing Women
When listening to community needs after the September 2017 earthquakes in México, Fondo Semillas decided to prioritize women’s needs that had been long ignored. Read more.
Improving Programming for Diverse Clientele
In response to feedback, an arts nonprofit changed its programming to offer a better experience for Black and Latinx clients. Read more.
Responding to Marginalized Citizens
Local governments are encouraged to prioritize feedback from marginalized groups in India through the 100 Hotspots Program. Read more.
Feedback & Equity Blog
Would you like to read more great examples? In this special 2019-2020 blog series, leaders from around the feedback community grapple with the tough questions and hard work that go into ensuring feedback drives us toward a more equitable future.
Why investing in Black girls’ futures goes beyond listening
Girls share their experiences as Black girls with muralist Austin Miles to help her create a mural for the Mending…
Afterschool Equity
Natasha Abrol | August 3, 2020 When the Black Lives Matter protests began this year, my university’s debate union, a…
A New Way To See: Collaborative Decision Making After Disasters
Isadora Hastings February 12, 2020 At Cooperacion Comunitaria, we work to help vulnerable communities rebuild private and public spaces post-disaster…
Building Equity Slowly
Yotam Polizer January 22, 2020 As migrants fleeing conflict arrive on the shore of Levos Island, Greece, IsraAID is there…
Feedback as Advocacy: Equity in the International Context
Samuel Addai-Boateng | December 4, 2019 Ghanaians, like many other Africans, define equity as the level of fairness in the…
Listening Deeply: Not Tokenizing Trauma in the Workplace
I work for Polaris, where one of our primary programs is operating the National Human Trafficking Hotline for human trafficking (among other work we do in the field such as policy advocacy).
Building a New Machine with New Tentacles: Moving Towards More Inclusive Philanthropy
There’s a very real movement happening right now around equity, diversity, and recognizing power dynamics that are hard-wired into philanthropy. These issues have existed for decades, but people are now getting more comfortable discussing things directly and that’s a good thing.
Asking the Hard Question: Does Our Feedback Work Promote Equity?
Valerie Threlfall and June WangNovember 8, 2019 What kind of feedback promotes equity? The Listen4Good team at Fund for Shared…
Can Listening After Disasters Provide an Opportunity for Gender Equity?
Fondo Semilas is a feminist fund: we are focused on listening to women’s voices and needs to move towards greater gender equity. We gather funds from other organizations and individual donors around the world and re-grant them to
InAction as Action; Weaponizing Feedback
We are publishing the blog anonymously at the request of the author, who is undocumented and living in the United States. In this powerful piece, they detail what it’s like to give feedback from a precarious position and be met with inaction.
When Numbers Don’t Lead to Power
When I first started working with Feedback Labs and they asked about our “Feedback Loop,” I had to google the term to see what it meant. I work with SHAPE Community Center and “feedback” usually takes place with one party saying, “Hey, I’ve been meaning to talk to you.”
I Don’t Need to Have a Conversation About It
As Dennis and I were discussing developing and launching an inclusivity and feedback series, he mentioned how he’s looking forward to feedback leading to a two-way generative conversation. I looked at him, and said honestly, “I don’t feel everyone’s opinions need to be equal in conversations on inclusion and equity.”
Feedback, Inclusion, and Equity
For me, feedback has always been about inclusion and equity, though I realize that the link is not always clear – or automatic. So as I step back from my day-to-day duties as CEO of Feedback Labs, I would like….
#Feedback4Equity
If you would like to learn more about the connection between feedback and equity, also check out work from our friends at Fund for Shared Insight.
Join the Conversation
Do you have a story or idea you would like to share about the connection between equity and feedback? Please send us a message at [email protected]. We would like to include your voice in this conversation.