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.
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.
In response to feedback, an arts non-profit changed its programming to offer a better experience for Black and Latinx clients. Read more.
Local governments are encouraged to prioritize feedback from marginalized groups in India through the 100 Hotspots Program. Read more.
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.
Natasha Abrol | August 3, 2020 When the Black Lives Matter protests began this year, my university’s debate union, a community that never misses an opportunity to talk about its commitment to social justice, did not hesitate to send out a letter from the coaches committing to do more to support anti-racism efforts. When students…
Isadora Hastings February 12, 2020 At Cooperacion Comunitaria, we work to help vulnerable communities rebuild private and public spaces post-disaster in Mexico. One of the keys to this process is tuning in to the needs of indigenous communities and honoring their traditional knowledge, even as they may consider adapting or adding new technologies as they…
Yotam Polizer January 22, 2020 As migrants fleeing conflict arrive on the shore of Levos Island, Greece, IsraAID is there to meet them. They provide emergency medical assistance and psychological first aid for the thousands of people who have left their livelihoods behind and made a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean. IsraAID also works with…
Samuel Addai-Boateng | December 4, 2019 Ghanaians, like many other Africans, define equity as the level of fairness in the way people and groups are treated in relation to an issue. And like the rest of the world, while we understand the value of inclusivity and ensuring that the perspectives of all interest groups are…
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).
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.
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.
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.
