REDI+B SERVICES
Develop a sustainable climate of inclusion in your organization
Taking action with a commitment to social justice. Guiding global, national, and regional diverse industries to meaningful impact, in a collective effort to ignite change.
Free REDI+B Exploratory Call
Please contact us for a FREE 15 minutes exploratory call to analyze inclusive strategic priorities, internal structures, and help explore a collective vision. Identifying strength and areas of growth within Racial Equity, Diversity, Inclusion + Belonging goals.
Coaching
Train and coach board, and leadership staff on REDI+B best practices to implement interactive racial equity through inclusive practices, and representation at all levels. Identify bias through respectable dialogue, with a recognition of people and their experiences -- discovering a connectedness of history, culture, and identity.
Inclusive outcomes: Identify racial & social justice activism to address systemic racism.
Learning Modules
Facilitation of Learning Modules includes training of System of Racial Inequity film discussions. These discussions include deeper conversations about racial inequity, the history of discrimination, white privilege, bias, prejudice, internalized racism, interpersonal racism, institutional, and structural racism. Courageous Conversations are also an integral part of the individualized program. Learning labs are designed based on client needs, and can include different content specific to anti-racism work. Additionally, designing Affinity groups to promote cross-functional inclusive groups to implement organizational change, as well as Inclusive development for things like marketing, branding, values etc. Inclusive on-boarding strategies are also part of the learning modules, to ensure equitable hiring practices.
Inclusive outcome: Embedding criteria to operationalize equity, and assess and evaluate needs to integrate inclusive strategies.
Audit of policies and procedures
Part of auditing policies and procedures is measuring organizational impact for the internal and external community impact for an equitable environment. Through this processes, embedding anti-racist criteria operatonalizes equity, igniting change through a deep dive into the foundation of respective organizations. By first looking at internal policies and procedures through an REDI+B lens, anti-racism is implemented through the infrastructure, and foundation of an organization.
Inclusive outcome: Embedding criteria to operationalize equity, assess and evaluate needs to integrate inclusive strategies.
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Keynote Speaker
Grant collaborator
Co-facilitation
Moderator
Program development co-creator
DEI Strategic Advisor
All programming is offered live or virtual and in English or Spanish.
(REDI+B) Pledge Badge
Inclusive Strategies, LLC. Racial Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (REDI+B) Pledge Badge
As a REDI+B activist, Social Impact Strategist and community organizer, Inclusive Strategies stands committed to advancing racial equity, dismantling racism, and fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Our pledge badge signifies our dedication to understanding our relationships with ourselves and others, valuing diverse identities, and taking actionable steps towards creating an inclusive ecosystem where all individuals feel a sense of belonging.
REDI+B Badge Outcomes
- Recognizing Inequities: Acknowledging systemic racism and the different levels of racism, including internalized, interpersonal, institutional, and structural forms.
- Demonstrating Historical Harm: Showing evidence of historical injustices and the lasting impacts of systemic oppression.
- Addressing Bias and Microaggressions: Identifying and addressing biases, microaggressions, and oppressive behaviors through collective action and awareness.
Examples to Address Racial Equity:
- Structural Decision-Making: Implementing inclusive decision-making processes that consider diverse perspectives and voices.
- Policies and Practices: Developing inclusive policies and practices that promote equity and fairness.
- Norms and Values: Cultivating a culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion as core principles.
- Community Engagement: Building partnerships and collaborations to create a more inclusive and equitable community environment.
Commitment Statements:
- I commit to challenging systemic racism and oppression and work towards fostering racial equity in all aspects of our work.
- I pledge to actively listen, learn, and unlearn to address biases and promote inclusivity.
- I vow to advocate for policies and practices that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We adopted the Inclusive Strategies Racial Equity Pledge:
By adopting this pledge badge, we affirm our commitment to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all individuals. Together, we strive for organizational change that advances racial equity, diversity, and belonging in our community and beyond.
Pledge Badge Registration
Join us in our mission to build a more equitable, inclusive, and welcoming environment for everyone. Register below to support the cause, and you'll receive a high-resolution Pledge Badge file to download.
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“The Mass Brewers Guild has had the absolute pleasure of working with Inclusive Strategies to advance our industry’s diversity, inclusion and equity goals. Waleska’s energy and passion for this work is contagious. She meets individuals and organizations where they are and helps to guide them along their journey creating a solid base of education and understanding matched with warmth and kindness. Meetings with Waleska leave you feeling empowered, energized, and armed with a path forward. We highly recommend Inclusive Strategies.”
Katie Stinchon, Executive Director
“I can’t praise Waleska highly enough. She is passionate about her work, clear in her beliefs, and skilled in her approach. But perhaps the quality I admire the most in her is her humility. She sees all of us as partners, moving—as best we can—in the direction of racial healing and equity. Waleska’s humanity is always front and center in her work. Her openness allows people to engage in conversations that might otherwise be difficult to begin."
Eileen McCaffery, Executive Director
The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts has benefited from a long and strong relationship with Waleska. She has advised and supported us around our grantmaking, community advocacy, and most recently, internal work around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). She is a tremendous resource with the knowledge, skill and insight to build understanding and communication within and among communities, workplaces and other institutions"
Katie Allan Zobel, President & CEO
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Springfield, MA
JRI is a large, programmatically diverse agency with about 3000 employees. We serve kids and families in community based and residential settings, adults with developmental disabilities, and have services focused on prevention and harm reduction in high risk communities.
Waleska is the kind of consultant we needed—it is not a cookie-cutter approach, rather she listens, learns and then advises. Waleska has helped us to integrate what we have learned into sustainable systems. Specifically, her work with us include: Racial Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Strategic Planning, racial inequality film discussions, digital learning labs, racial healing conversations post national traumatic incidents, creation of JRI Racial Justice & Healing Planning Team, collaborative crafting of JRI Elevating Racial Justice & Healing Training Work Plan.
I can’t praise Waleska highly enough. She is passionate about her work, clear in her beliefs, and skilled in her approach. But perhaps the quality I admire the most in her is her humility. She sees all of us as partners, moving—as best we can—in the direction of racial healing and equity. Waleska’s humanity is always front and center in her work. Her openness allows people to engage in conversations that might otherwise be difficult to begin."
Andy Pond, President & CEO
Waleska is a true visionary who can visualize success and create the metrics to support her ideas. She has been able to manage C-Suite initiatives involving diversity, education, and busines in addition to handling the financial responsibilities of such initiatives to the bottom line. At the same time, her leadership skills and dynamic presence are more than excellent because she is able to build collaborative an inclusive work environments with a passion and productivity. I highly recommend Waleska because she brings the energetic insights and planning framework that helps organizations find success”
Janine Fondon, CEO of
UnityFirst.com
& Chair, Undergraduate Communications at Bay Path University
Inclusive Strategies, LLC.
Springfield, MA