DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION (DEI)

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION AT NOBLE

We build diverse teams because they perform better and get the best results for our students. We believe the staff at all levels of the organization should reflect our students and communities. We bring others in and make people from all backgrounds feel included in all spaces to create a culture of value and belonging. We share ideas, input, and perspectives, and we seek diverse voices and bring in traditionally excluded individuals and perspectives to arrive at the best decisions. We actively seek understanding to avoid assumptions and bias in decision-making. We examine ourselves to ensure that our practices and beliefs lead to equitable outcomes for all.

ANTI-RACISM AT NOBLE: OUR COMMITMENT

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Anti-racism at 911±¬ÁÏÍø is the continual process of dismantling the systems or policies at every level of our organization that perpetuate and support racism through assimilationist, patriarchal, white supremacist, and anti-Black culture. Anti-racism means a redistribution of power where the voices, experiences, and brilliance of all of our people ¨C especially Black and Brown students, alumni, staff, and families ¨C inform and shape our decisions. This means centering the voices and experiences of our students, families, and communities in creating culturally relevant schooling that affirms the lived experience and traditions of all who make up our community. 911±¬ÁÏÍø is committed to working with our community, accepting our past, and creating a new path forward.

911±¬ÁÏÍø acknowledges that its past policies and practices have promoted assimilationist, patriarchal, white supremacist, and anti-Black culture. 911±¬ÁÏÍø is committed to using this moment in our nation¡¯s history to evaluate past practices that may have harmed the academic, social and emotional well being of students, former students, alumni, families, staff and the communities we serve. 911±¬ÁÏÍø is devoted to learning from our past and forging a more just future for all that we serve.

In order to continue our path toward becoming an antiracist organization, we, individually and collectively, commit to:

  • Reexamining our past policies and practices that have encouraged assimilation or negatively impacted our students, staff, and communities, and where appropriate, intentionally changing policies and practices in the interest of equity
  • Addressing anti-Blackness at 911±¬ÁÏÍø and redressing that harm
  • Institutionalizing continual, critical self-reflection that promotes ownership and culturally responsive and sustaining practices at every level of our organization
  • Building our individual and collective consciousness about race and racism and examining our implicit biases and areas of privilege
  • Ensuring that all of our community members, including students, families, and staff, have the space to be their authentic selves and ensure their voices are heard.
  • Approaching all of our work with a lens of intersectionality ¨C taking into account an individual¡¯s overlapping identities and experiences (e.g. race, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, citizenship, etc.) ¨C in order for the whole person to be valued and affirmed in all spaces at 911±¬ÁÏÍø
  • Building curricula that welcomes and affirms each student¡¯s unique identity and values community cultural wealth

*The order of our commitments is not indicative of importance, chronology, or priority. They must all live constantly and continuously.

El antirracismo en 911±¬ÁÏÍø es el proceso continuo del desmantelamiento de los sistemas o pol¨ªticas en todos los niveles de nuestra organizaci¨®n que perpet¨²an y apoyan el racismo a trav¨¦s de la cultura asimiladora, patriarcal, supremacista blanca y anti-Negra. El antirracismo significa una redistribuci¨®n de poder en donde las voces, experiencias y brillantez de toda nuestra comunidad ¨C especialmente la de estudiantes Negros y de color, ex alumnos, personal y familias ¨C forman y dan forma a nuestras decisiones. Esto significa centrar las voces y experiencias de nuestros estudiantes, familias y comunidades en la creaci¨®n de una educaci¨®n culturalmente relevante que afirme las experiencias y las tradiciones vividas de todos los que son parte de nuestra comunidad. 911±¬ÁÏÍø se compromete a trabajar con nuestra comunidad, aceptar nuestro pasado y crear un nuevo camino hacia adelante.

911±¬ÁÏÍø reconoce que sus pol¨ªticas y pr¨¢cticas pasadas han promovido la cultura asimilacionista, patriarcal, supremacista blanca y anti-Negra. 911±¬ÁÏÍø se compromete a utilizar este momento en la historia de nuestra naci¨®n para evaluar pr¨¢cticas pasadas que pueden haber perjudicado el bienestar acad¨¦mico, social y emocional de estudiantes, ex estudiantes, ex alumnos, familias, personal y las comunidades a las que servimos. 911±¬ÁÏÍø se dedica a aprender de nuestro pasado y a forjar un futuro m¨¢s justo para todos los que servimos.

Con el fin de continuar nuestro camino hacia convertirnos en una organizaci¨®n antirracista, nos comprometemos, individual y colectivamente, a:

  • Reexaminar nuestras pol¨ªticas y pr¨¢cticas pasadas que han fomentado la asimilaci¨®n o impactado negativamente a nuestros estudiantes, personal y comunidades, y cuando sea apropiado, cambiar intencionalmente las pol¨ªticas y pr¨¢cticas hacia la equidad.
  • Lidiar con pol¨ªticas y pr¨¢cticas anti-Negras en 911±¬ÁÏÍø y reparar ese da?o.
  • Institucionalizar la auto-reflexi¨®n cr¨ªtica y continua que promueve la responsabilidad personal y pr¨¢cticas de receptividad y sostenibilidad en todos los niveles de nuestra organizaci¨®n.
  • Construir nuestra conciencia individual y colectiva sobre raza y el racismo y examinar nuestros sesgos impl¨ªcitos y ¨¢reas de privilegio.
  • Asegurar que todos los miembros de nuestra comunidad, incluidos los estudiantes, las familias y el personal, tengan el espacio para ser aut¨¦nticamente ellos mismos y asegurar de que sus voces sean escuchadas.
  • Afrontar todo nuestro trabajo con una mentalidad interseccional ¨C teniendo en cuenta las identidades y experiencias superpuestas de un individuo (por ejemplo, raza, identidad de g¨¦nero, orientaci¨®n sexual, clase social, ciudadan¨ªa, etc.) ¨C para que toda la persona sea valorada y afirmada en todos los espacios de 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
  • Crear curr¨ªculum acad¨¦mico que acoja y afirme la identidad ¨²nica de cada estudiante y valore la riqueza cultural comunitaria.

*El orden de nuestros compromisos no es indicativo de importancia, cronolog¨ªa o prioridad. Todos deben vivir constantemente y continuamente.

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DIVERSE LEADERS FELLOWSHIP

The Diverse Leaders Fellowship (DLF) is designed to identify our diverse talent and invest in their development, while also strengthening our leadership pipeline at 911±¬ÁÏÍø. This pathway will enhance the experience of its participants through supplemental networking opportunities, and one-on-one mentoring. It is open to all  911±¬ÁÏÍø employees who identify as a member of a group that represents the communities we serve. 

MENTORS & FELLOWS

To view our current mentors and fellows, please click below for more details.

To view past Diverse Leaders Fellowship cohorts, please click the links below.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION LEADERSHIP

D. Nigel Green

Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

D. Nigel previously served as Muchin College Prep¡¯s Assistant Principal of the Scholar Experience. He will be responsible for helping to shape 911±¬ÁÏÍø into the equitable, anti-racist organization we all aspire for it to be. He will be supporting the amazing educators and leaders through their individual, organizational, and institutional journeys toward a more just 911±¬ÁÏÍø. He hails from Kenwood Academy (Go Broncos!), Northern Illinois University ¨C BS, Marketing, University of Missouri-St. Louis ¨C MEd, Special Education.

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