IRCO Equity Statement
Our Commitment To Equity, Anti-Racism, & Social Justice
Our immigrant and refugee community in Oregon and SW Washington is the center of our mission, vision, decisions, and actions. We envision a diverse cultural and linguistic community where each person can fully participate, prosper, thrive, and belong. Our work is driven by an equity and trauma informed lens, strong internal values, a learning organization practice, community-centered partnerships, organizing, advocacy, anti-racism, and a social justice ethic and practice. We are dedicated to developing systems and structures of accountability and transparency. We are committed to this journey.
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We Commit
to Reducing Barriers & Disparities...
...by addressing programming and practices that ensure equitable and informed policies and procedural outcomes.
Our Work Is Driven...
...by an equity and trauma informed lens, community-centered partnerships, organizing, advocacy, anti-racism and a social justice ethic and practice.
We Center Those...
...who most disproportionately experience inequities across our service area and organization.
We Resolve to Be...
...anti-racist, eliminate anti-Blackness, provide trauma informed care, and be equity informed, both in our workplace, with our program participants, and the community.
