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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

 

When Forthright was founded to work with organizations that love kids, we had the opportunity to build a company that reflects our values. We chose to build a firm that puts People First. That commitment extends past our own team and our clients, and out into the world and the communities we serve.

At Forthright, we are committed to using our privilege, our work and our platform to create a better world. We commit to maintaining an environment where all teammates, consultants, clients, partners and friends, regardless of gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, language, national origin, religion, disability or age, know they are valued.

As communicators, we know that effective and meaningful outreach and advocacy begins by listening—and ensuring every impacted community member is included in this listening. That asking good questions, the right questions, and then truly listening gets you really, really far in creating lasting, equitable change that people can feel.
 

We ask:

How can I seek to understand your lived experiences? How has history shaped where we are today? How are people truly feeling? Why? What do they value? What is preventing them from taking action? Who is in this conversation, and equally important, who isn’t? Why aren’t they? What barriers must we remove to get them here?
 
When we approach a campaign, we make sure we're grounded in community-identified challenges and solutions. We strive to incorporate inclusive community feedback processes as well, from reviewing existing research to conducting interviews and gaining important perspectives from those most impacted by the issue. We see ourselves as partners in this work. We’ve included additional examples of our work in our case studies section.