Community Conversations on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

United Way Hastings & Prince Edward in partnership with United Way Northumberland and a host of community collaborators, has created the Community Conversations project to start dialogue and fulsome conversation with our community around the topics of equity, diversity and inclusion.

“This project will include a series of conversations in order to learn alongside community members” explains Jodi Cooper, Director Community Impact at United Way Hastings & Prince Edward. “By better understanding how our community is doing with diversity and inclusion and by learning directly from community members about how we can improve then everyone can reflect on recommendations and calls for action to create communities that are inclusive and equitable.”

The end result for this project will be the creation and distribution of a community action plan that brings together what was heard in the conversations, the recommendations that came out of the conversations and how and who should take ownership over the different elements of the recommendations.

“Everyone is invited to attend and we’ve created both virtual and in-person opportunities” states Cooper. “With three panelists at each event the community can listen to the panelists unique perspectives and will be able to engage in a conversation about their own experiences if they wish.”

To register for these sessions, please visit Community Conversations Sessions – United Way Hastings & Prince Edward (unitedwayhpe.ca)