Black Lives Matter. Here are some commitments our small team is making.

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Our small team is working on what long term changes we make to take a more anti-racist stance and start dismantling white supremacy that we have been complicit with in the past. 

Below are a few immediate People & Company commitments and asks where you can plug in. (And, at the very bottom of this email we’ve included a shortlist of resources and opportunities to support the Black Lives Matter movement.)

1. Refocus our office hours

We’ve set aside 5 office hours per week, every week, over the next quarter for current and aspiring Black leaders to talk through community projects (of any type) as well as non-Black leaders to strategize around bringing people together to combat racism (in small and big ways). If this is you, contact us here.

Note: We have a backlog of office hour requests. If you already applied and haven’t heard back, we’ll review shortly and prioritize office hours with folks who fit this criteria.  

2. Shift who we interview on our Podcast

So far ~13% of interviewees on the Get Together podcast have been Black leaders. Shout out to these inspiring friends 📣! Going forward, we are committed to amplifying more Black voices and their stories. Over the next six months, a minimum of 30% of who we feature will be Black leaders.

We’re working on how we adapt our process for sourcing stories. But immediately, if you know someone who would make a great podcast guest, we want to hear about them! Please tell us about them here, and share the form with your friends.   

3. Bring on a "Get Together" podcast correspondent to help us signal boost Black leaders

You may have noticed that we just started to bring on podcast “correspondents.” One of our first new correspondents will help us reach our goal for shining a bigger spotlight on Black leaders who are building all types of communities.

If you’re keen, or you know someone who would be excellent at telling these stories (no podcasting experience necessary!), please send us their name. Email bailey[at]people-and[dot]com

4. Up the diversity among our collaborators

Finally, we’ll work actively to increase the diversity in our pipeline of contractors who form the small nucleus we started building with this year.

For now, if you’re an audio engineer/editor, workshop facilitator, or anyone else reading this email and would like to collaborate with us, please reach out.

Thanks for listening. Thanks for speaking up. Take care of each other 🙌.