ANTI-RACISM STATEMENT

Racism exists. Nzuko Ndigbo Hampshire community stand in solidarity with activists fighting racial discrimination. We see you. We hear you. We stand with you. We will use our influence to challenge racist behaviour, language, and action. Nzuko Ndigbo Hampshire commits to intersectional, global feminism and active anti-racism as we continue our fight for gender equality.

Nzuko Ndigbo Hampshire takes a zero-tolerance approach to racism. As an ethnic minority-led organisation empowering the world’s most vulnerable and marginalised peoples facing the worst injustices of inequality, our values Respect, Empathy and Inclusion, are at the heart of all we do and aim to achieve.

Igbo men and boys, women and girls supported by Nzuko Ndigbo Hampshire face social injustice and discrimination on multiple fronts. We
believe that gender equality is not achievable unless all peoples, including the most disempowered by patriarchal and systematic racist systems and structures within society, are included in global movements for equality. As an organisation responsible for creating, shaping, enabling and implementing global change we are committed to ensuring that anti-racist principles are part of the fabric of our organisation, activities and partnerships. We acknowledge that this is an important process that will continually inform and shift our priorities and actions.

Nzuko Ndigbo Hampshire IS COMMITTED TO:

• Diversifying our board of trustees, committees and membership
• Ensuring our platforms and communications are prioritising the voices and stories of ethnic minority with lived experience and disempowered by racism, gender inequality and all social prejudice, particularly Black Women and Women of Colour.
• Creating safe spaces for staff and board members to regularly discuss and map out action on anti-racism, equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Ensuring a race champion to take the lead in the team and on the board.
• Taking a zero-tolerance approach to racism – building a culture of trust, treating allegations of
  racism seriously, and taking appropriate action to address it.
• Collaborating with people from all walks of life and championing the knowledge, experience
  and advice shared by disempowered and marginalised women.
• Creating events for members of our community to support their education around social injustices caused by racism, and the intersectionality of gender equality.
• Reviewing our commitments on a quarterly basis