Equity and Equality AGENCY GOALS
Commitment to Equity and Equality
At HIV Alliance, equity and equality are at the core of our mission to support people living with HIV and prevent new infections. As a nonprofit corporation, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that values diversity and reflects the communities we serve across Oregon. We actively work to ensure fair and accessible opportunities for all, including BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), LGBTQ individuals, and others disproportionately impacted by HIV. Through strategic initiatives such as equity-focused training, leadership development, community engagement, and culturally responsive programs, we aim to eliminate disparities in healthcare access and outcomes. Our dedication to antiracism and social justice is reinforced by a continual effort to listen, learn, and take meaningful action to create a more equitable and compassionate future for everyone.
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Foster an agency culture that is inclusive and values diversity.
- Ensure that the agency’s staff, volunteers, and board reflect the communities in each county we serve, promoting equity and equality through strategies to increase diversity.
- Collect and review staff and volunteer demographics to identify and address areas where diversity and equity are lacking.
- Convene Employee Advisory and Equity Leadership Committees to guide efforts toward fostering equity and equality across the organization.
- Annually review recruitment, hiring, supervision, and personnel policies to ensure they align with principles of equity and equality, making them accessible, fair, and welcoming to all, including BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), LGBTQ individuals, and other populations disproportionately impacted by HIV.
- Provide ongoing, topical training opportunities to strengthen equity and equality within the agency.
- Ensure leadership opportunities are provided equitably to support and promote diversity among staff.
- Conduct annual equity assessments to evaluate compensation and recognition practices and address disparities.
- Increase the number of bilingual and bicultural staff to improve equity and accessibility in serving diverse communities.
Continually improve and adapt programs to meet the needs of diverse communities impacted by HIV.
- Increase testing among BIPOC to improve access to prevention and HIV care.
- Identify and address disparities related to HIV care, such as viral suppression, enrollment in care, and client satisfaction.
- Improve access to culturally relevant HIV/HCV and STI education for BIPOC and LGBTQ youth Increase trans health services.
Foster community engagement and strategic partnerships.
- Review volunteer recruitment and orientation to ensure that they are accessible and welcoming to all including BIPOC, LGBTQ, and others disproportionally impacted by HIV to ensure a strong and diverse volunteer work force
- Strengthen Client Advisory Committees and increase representation
- Administer annual client satisfaction surveys and collect demographic data to assess difference for BIPOC and LGBTQ populations
- Increase general awareness among Latinx and BIPOC individuals about our services
- Increase marketing and promotion materials available in Spanish
- Improve access to client events/education for Spanish speakers
- Support BIPOC and LGBTQ organizations to ensure that the individuals they serve have access to HIV services
Communicate goals, progress, and challenges to ensure accountability and transparency.
- Draft and update equity goals annually
Equity Leadership Committee reviews progress towards goals at least quarterly - Quarterly communication with staff and
- Board regarding progress and challenges
Board of Directors Statement (June 18, 2020)
WHEREAS: The Black Lives Matter movement has arisen in response to historical injustice and institutional inequities that face Black Americans;
WHEREAS: Our nation, in mourning deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others whose lives have been taken, has sparked protests on a global scale, with protesters demanding an end to the historical inequities that Black Americans have faced and continue to face;
WHEREAS: HIV Alliance was founded in 1994 with a mission to support people living with HIV/AIDS and prevent new infections;
WHEREAS: Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS;
WHEREAS: Critical to the mission of HIV Alliance is the importance of providing service to community in a manner that each person impacted by HIV/AIDS is treated with dignity and respect;
NOW THEREFORE: The Board of Directors for HIV Alliance has taken note of the Black Lives Matter movement and desires to express its support for the Black Lives Matter movement as being in concert with the aims and purposes of the HIV Alliance mission.
NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The HIV Alliance Board of Directors hereby adopts the following statement for publication as the statement of HIV Alliance supporting the Black Lives Matter movement:
This June’s Pride Month marks 51 years since a police raid on the Stonewall Inn erupted into protests for LGBTQ+ rights. We owe trans women of color like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who led the protests, for the movement sparked that day. LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) continue to lead the way in advocating for justice and equity despite severe and deadly adversity. BIPOC, and especially Black trans people of color, experience violence on an unprecedented scale and are impacted by serious health disparities including disproportionately high rates of HIV.
In light of Pride Month and the renewed call to action to end white supremacy and systemic violence against Black communities following the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others whose lives have been taken, the Board of Directors for HIV Alliance is reaffirming its commitment to addressing health disparities for BIPOC communities. We acknowledge the fundamental and devastating role of systemic racism in creating these disparities and we pledge to work to undo not only the impacts of racism, but to be a part of solutions that reach the issue at its core. We emphatically affirm, “Black Lives Matter.”
The Board of Directors for HIV Alliance is committed to antiracism and social justice, and fully supports those in Oregon and across the country and world working to lift up Black communities. We are committed to working actively with our BIPOC community partners toward these goals, as well as doing more as an organization to actively work toward creating an equitable health care system that competently serves BIPOC.
Agency Statement (June 2, 2020)
HIV Alliance wants to affirm our commitment to antiracism and improving the health and safety of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
Racism is an ongoing public health crisis and the disproportionate impact of HIV is just one of the many severe health disparities that negatively impact BIPOC. It is fundamental to the success of our mission to deliver equity-based services that address social determinants of health, including combating racism. This work will not stop.
The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and others highlight the violence experienced by communities of color and remind us that silence and apathy in the face of injustice serves to perpetuate that injustice. HIV Alliance is continuously striving to find ways to be better advocates for our community, meet individuals where they are at, and respond to any challenges they face which impact their health. We are reaching out to say that we are listening and that we are here for you.
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With offices in Eugene, Roseburg, Salem, Medford, Grants Pass, and Coos Bay, HIV Alliance serves communities across 32 counties in Oregon. Find a location near you and access the support and services you need.
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