Two of our clients are doing critical work around diversity at a time when - from the White House to the classroom - the need for inclusion and equity has never been more pronounced, or more promising.
The Diversity in Philanthropy Project (DPP) is the first-ever nationwide effort working to promote and establish voluntary diversity and inclusion practices among foundations and the causes and organizations they fund. DPP has provided support for improved research, data, tools and resources to help individual foundations strengthen diversity-related transparency and performance within their organizations. It has also built momentum for the creation of a field-wide voluntary effort of foundations and philanthropic networks committed to improving inclusivity within their own and the overall sector's staffing, governance, grantmaking, vendor relations and investment practices.
USC's Center for Urban Education (CUE) is working to ensure that two-year and four-year institutions of higher education, as well as higher education systems are welcoming, affirming and responsive environments for groups that have been historically denied access to the benefits of higher education. CUE's focus is on what colleges and universities can do to ensure that the students they admit achieve levels of success that are comparable across racial and ethnic groups. Since 2001, more than 300 college and university faculty and administrators (i.e. practitioners) and by extension their 50,000 students have been impacted by CUE's innovative ideas about education accountability.
Hershey|Cause serves as strategic communications counsel for both projects. We are honored to support such important work and look forward to a day when diversity is celebrated for its many contributions to advancement in all sectors.