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Originally posted by ladygreek
Since increasing membership is part of my job, I am looking at it as Blacks are not members because the org. does not serve them. You don't have to be a member for the ACLU to take your case. But, here in MN, I think we talk a good game but that is all. I constantly challege my ED on why we don't consider vendors of color when buying supplies, etc. We don't we partner with the NAACP or Urban League on issues forums. And why are we so pro-union, when historically unions have discriminated against people of color. (If we hold a food event, we can only use union venues and caterers. That in effect eliminates all the small family-runned caterers of color in the Twin Cities.)
So basically, I am trying to build a case for our staff and about increasing our out-reach to communities of color and especially the Black community, and why some of our current policies are preventing that.
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That sound more a beaucratic problem. THere is alot of things that you are saying is true. To get our attention is to get our face up there.
It was the same with my college campus, there was no faces of color in the brouchure. When I attended we made sure our faces were out there. That has served us as an double edged sword, now that we are five years out of college the current students are getting burned by our inroads of getting on the surface of the campus.
I think showing that we are on the forfront, by getting members or doing business with different multicultural businesses would help. But it looks like you are hitting a glass ceiling.