2022 Black Well-being Final w links for Web 11.29.22 - Flipbook - Page 39
BLACK WELL-BEING REPORT 2022
Community Identified
Approaches to
Economic Mobility
BLACK FUTURE CO-OP FUND
In the midst of our reality, we are still dreaming and
remembering the joy of building with each other, the care
of mutual aid. We remember that we are our most precious
asset. Everyday, we are examining the dissonance and finding
our way back to our own humanity. Our planning today is for
generations to come because all of us, not just a few of us, are
deserving of comfort and care. We recognize our abundance
and move from the inner knowing that we have access to an
abundant world.
Lean into each other as our most valuable resource
We are our greatest asset. We are healing and learning to trust ourselves and
each other. We deserve to be with each other from a place of power, clarity, and
compassion.
• Balance individual and collective healing as interconnected,
but not codependent.
• Share meals, space, and knowledge with each other, honoring
our various paths.
• Celebrate each other’s wins.
• Be intentional about what we value and make decisions that
mirror those values.
Hire Black people, pay them well, and put them in leadership roles
Most of us, particularly Black women, are told the lie that we need more experience,
more training, before we can successfully fill leadership roles. We don’t. Impostor
syndrome is used against us.
• Normalize pay transparency.
• Adjust salaries of underpaid Black employees.
• Reflect emotional labor, especially that of Black women,
in their pay.
• Put Black people in leadership roles and support their leadership.
• Embrace shifts in work culture and business practices that come
with Black leadership.
• Cultivate more Black leaders even if their style doesn’t mirror
your own.
• Reverse I-200.
Partner with Black youth to create the jobs of tomorrow
Most of the jobs and organizational models that will move us toward societal wellbeing do not exist today. We are creating them.
• Prioritize teaching curious thinking, problem solving, technology,
arts, and social and emotional skills.
• Partner with youth to redesign curriculum at all levels, catering to
their interests.
• Co-create opportunities for youth to influence the workforce.
• Design ways for people to develop mastery in real-world
settings, outside of the traditional K-12 and college experiences.
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