Anti-racism efforts

I am really interested in this topic as well. I think I may have posted about it before. I have more questions than answers, personally but here some things to think about:


do your naming formats, salutations, and addressee formats respect special characters?

do your naming formats respect how different cultures may use different names (e.g. middle names, multiple last names, specific titles, etc) 

do you track race or ethnicity? if you do, why? how do you collect that information? what do you do with it?

do you keep track of different cultural and religious holidays and consider them when planning communications and events? 

do you ask the vendors you work with about how they are working to dismantle white supremacy culture within their organizations? 

does your organization approach strategic planning through an anti-racism lens? how does your work look different if you are intentionally anti-racist, and what needs to change in your database to better support that shift? 

consider how database and administrative practices alienate marginalized communities? 

do you create forms? how do those forms accommodate cultural difference? 

presuming best intentions on the part of your organization (while I know that may not always be true) - are your board, leadership, and hiring practices set up to provide leadership and staffing that reflect the audience you aspire to serve and the mission you aspire to achieve?