collective.aporia believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) among our teammates and throughout our collective is critical to our success as a global organization. It is our responsibility and passion to continuously learn, grow, fail, and learn some more in our DEI journey.

collective.aporia is a place for ally-ship, co-conspiracy, and co-collaboration, as stated in our manifesto. We understand that this requires constant learning, and we always encourage feedback from our collective regarding how to improve ourselves and practices. Our hope is to continue to learn, grow, and create truly inclusive spaces for diverse voices around the planet. 

Here's how we plan to do it: 

2021 DEI Actions in motion:  

• Diversifying the pool of workshop facilitators.
• Monthly in-house DEI trainings. 
• Requesting DEI statements from all workshop facilitators. 
• Creating the Work Exchange Initiative. 
• Creating the Community Scholarship. 
• Creating and adding an EEO statement to our Work Exchange Initiative. 

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Long term DEI Goals: 

• Develop a mentorship initiative to oversee and hold collective.aporia accountable to DEI standards.
• Collaborating with international collectives working to uplift diverse communities
• ​Diversifying the pool of workshop facilitators to make sure that at least 60% are artists from underrepresented populations, especially BIPOC, LGBTQIA2+, and/or differently-abled artists. 
• Making a monthly donation to a charity supporting diverse communities. 
• Yearly DEI training from an outside coach or organization. 
• Integrating DEI accountability into all aspects of the organization. 

Click here to read individual DEI statements and relevant training/experience from our team. 

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