Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Accessibility Statement
Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow (LIFTT) will always endeavor to advance, build, develop, and support a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and accessible work environment, community, and society that offers equal opportunities and outcomes.
LIFTT’s endeavor to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at the workplace, community, and society, is a permanent process of identification and removal of barriers arising from bias, discrimination, racism, and structures that support such attitudes and actions affecting individuals, with the following characteristics:
- Ethnicity, race, and culture
- Sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression
- Age
- Differences in ability
- Immigration status, nationality, and national origin
- Education and socio-economic status
- Family structure
- Military and veteran status
- Religious and other beliefs
- Membership to local, state, and nationally recognized groups and organizations
LIFTT will always:
- Support team members’ and consumers’ individual and collective diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts
- Facilitate the exchange of diverse perspectives
- Incorporate value from the numerous views that diverse individuals bring to achieve inclusive excellence
- Implement initiatives that support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, community, and society
- Create a learning environment that welcomes communication of diverse perspectives, experiences, and realities
- Conduct outreach and engage individuals representing marginalized groups
- Establish inclusive and equitable practices at the workplace and community
- Include marginalized individuals and groups in career development and recruitment of new and future team members
- Encourage team members to support diverse perspectives and ideas
- Respect individual, cultural, and identity-based differences, value and acknowledge unique skills and experiences
- Pursue educational and experiential opportunities to develop diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility
- Advocate for diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessible practices in its recruiting and professional development programs, community activities, and systems change advocacy
- Raise awareness, knowledge about the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion among all stakeholders.