December 14th, 2020 Assembly Notes
– B-corp dialogue.
– At the moment there’s a 5 month wait on getting B-Corp certification so we’re nonetheless ready on that.
– Conduct worker demographic survey and report on outcomes.
– Make these demographics publicly accessible, i.e. on the careers and about us web page
– Mentioned the demographics survey: it’s going to embrace age, location, gender id and racial id.
– Make sure the survey is nameless so teammates be happy to share.
– get extra UGC submissions to mirror actual riders.
– Work to focus on the individuals we do know.
– We must always companion extra with organizations which are led by BIPOC.
– Associate with native orgs that assist marginalized teams to companion on the mega rack and luggage.
(There was a gathering on Nov. 2nd, 2020 however no notes had been taken)
October fifth, 2020 Assembly Notes
Teammates in attendance: Kris (he/him), Jamie (he/him), Evan (he/him), Ashley (she/her)
– Lengthy dialogue on fairness in pricing.
– How can we as an organization make our merchandise extra financially accessible?
– Discussions a couple of low cost program.
– create an inside battle decision system the place staff who expertise hurtful feedback or behaviors throughout the firm can really feel secure, heard, and safe in sharing and resolving their concern.
(There was no September assembly attributable to scheduling conflicts.)
August twelfth, 2020 Assembly Notes
Teammates in attendance: Kris (he/him), Jamie (he/him), Evan (he/him), Ashley (she/her)
– Dialogue about inclusivity within the fashions and expertise we rent.
– Extra work must be executed to rent and pay BIPOC fashions
– Beginning the planning course of sooner could make this extra environment friendly
– We must always have a staff member who’s accountable for the manufacturing
– Guarantee money compensations is on the market (i.e. no “retailer credit score” solely)
– Be clear in how a lot fashions are paid. Be sure that that is outward going through so expertise can see these numbers.
– We have to be extra aware in making shoots extra enjoyable and rewarding for the kids who take part.
– How can we get the donation match program up and operating?
– What orgs can we choose? Discover ones that align with firm values.
– Let’s begin an inventory of organizations.
– How can we make our web site extra accessible? What may be executed now? What may be executed for future web site updates?
July 2nd, 2020 Assembly Notes
In July’s DE&I Xtracycle Crew assembly, we mentioned the next concepts:
How can we be extra inclusive and affirming to BIPOC in our hiring course of?
– Proceed to do inside work to make our firm secure and affirming for BIPOC
– Make the hiring course of extra clear
– Create a system to make sure job listings attain organizations that align with our anti-racist objectives
– Add language to the present job listings that make our dedication to staff mate security, variety and inclusion clear
Concepts for tactics wherein Xtracycle can unlearn racism internally:
– Signal the Biking Business Pledge with the WTF Bikexplorers
– Take anti-bias / anti-privilege coaching (i.e. with The Brown Bike Lady: https://thebrownbikegirl.com/services/)
– Create a weblog submit with anti-racism articles that will probably be frequently up to date
– Add anti-racism useful resource listing to our linktr.ee
– Replace firm values to verify language is reflective of our anti-racist stance
– What are the organizations we have to companion with to deal with the biking infrastructure piece? Perhaps we are able to donate product? I.e. Bike East Bay has a robust fairness focus.
– At check-out, give the choice to donate to native infrastructure. (Provide to match?)
– Donate to a unique native or grassroots group working for justice each month and companion with that org – submit on social, weblog submit, and so forth. (and share story about why we’re doing this)
– Create a grasp doc of orgs and folks we wish to help.
– Begin engaged on hiring BIPOC expertise for subsequent photoshoot.
June ninth, 2020
There’s an pressing have to do extra to dismantle institutional and systemic racism inside ourselves, inside society at giant, & inside our personal biking group. This racism is traumatic and it’s denying Black communities of their dignity, their freedom, their lives.
Xtracycle is committing itself to listening, studying, rising & actively leveraging our privilege to assist convey concerning the justice & fairness that’s lengthy overdue. We now have not executed sufficient – we have to do extra. Our silence this previous week as we turned inward to mirror on our shortcomings on this combat for justice is one instance of how we have now failed Black communities & why we should do higher transferring ahead.
We’re dedicating ourselves to creating tangible modifications to assist convey concerning the justice and fairness that’s urgently wanted to guard & respect lives. We will probably be tapping into the numerous assets that exist for these doing anti-racism work – books, documentaries, podcasts, anti-racism coaching, simply to call a couple of – & we are going to guarantee we financially compensate everybody concerned in creating these assets that our schooling is benefiting from. We will probably be outlining our subsequent steps and we are going to discover a technique to make these publicly accessible. We acknowledge this will probably be an ever evolving course of & it’s our intent to have interaction in it with all of the collective potential we possess, whereas holding one another accountable for the work. If there’s something you want to see us convey into the fold of this important work as an organization within the biking house, please tell us.
Xtracycle has made a donation to Black Lives Matter to help these preventing for justice. Individually, in our personal communities, we’re actively in search of methods to help native, Black-led organizations and we encourage you to do the identical in your group, based on their want & your capability.
These are small first steps, long-overdue.
We are saying their names: Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. George Floyd. Philando Castile. Korryn Gaines. Pamela Turner. Tamir Rice. Oscar Grant. Shantel Davis. Atatiana Jefferson. Eric Garner. Sandra Bland. Alton Sterling. Freddie Grey. Michael Brown. Laquan McDonald. Trayvon Martin. Too many.
