An Endangered Love Letter to DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION.

SAMENESS, INEQUALITY & EXCLUSION are having a moment right now. Institutions, orgs & even entire States & Nations are flaccidly buckling under the overweight pressures that be.

We’re not having it & we don’t think you should either.

Consider this…

Our team is White, Latino, Mormon, Catholic, Atheist, Gay, Straight, Republican, Democrat, Divorced, Married, Single & everywhere in between. Some have kids, many do not. We’ve got Masters Degrees, colleges under the belt alongside some hard earned GED’s and never granted high school diplomas. We’ve been in prison, on Mormon missions, on University football teams, film sets, farms, and serving your food. We’re in our 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s. We’ve been on food stamps, in high finance, on picket lines & in poverty.

The weirder we individually get, the wiser we collectively become.

We’re a lot like you.

The communities we serve are liberal, conservative, religious, atheist, scientists, astrologers, new agers, old hippies, young doctors, fancy lawyers, rugged farmers, entrepreneurs, potato pickers, construction workers, teachers, hunters, hikers, ranchers & outdoor recreators.

Wouldn’t it be lame if our team didn’t relate to, nor represent in any way shape or form the communities we serve?

If the space we held was solely informed by a homogenous life experience that looked like the same old powers that be, would our vision not be embarrassingly narrow?

Diversity, authenticity, and relatability aren’t free handouts at the expense of the average status quo, they are incredibly competitive legs up in the face of a globalized and changing sense of community.

We are at our best when we weave together wildly complimentary and diverse skills, perspectives, and intuitions.

Be wary of those running away from this truth. When leadership and organizations cease to embody those they serve, they’re creating with their eyes wide shut.

Despite the cultural devolution in the air, we stand proud to invest into diversity wherever it needs to show up.

Let’s keep standing tall no matter how many knees we’re told to bend.