Our Commitment to DEI
Communities In Schools® (CIS®) believes that transformative relationships are key to unlocking a student's potential. We will succeed by including in our strategies, ingraining in our culture, and reflecting in our behaviors, principles and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a result, we break down immediate and systemic barriers to create and sustain equitable outcomes.
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES STUDENTS FACE?
Many of our students are facing multiple issues, which were exacerbated by the pandemic.
- Poverty
- Systemic racism
- Lack of access to resources
- Emotional trauma, and more
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Creating New Pathways to Achieve Equitable Learning for All
Now more than ever, we must reimagine public education and find new ways to create equitable conditions for learning for ALL students, with students at the center, surrounded by a caring community with access to all necessary resources.
STAND UP FOR JUSTICE
We’re calling on YOU to help us create equitable learning environments that benefit and support all students.
THREE WAYS TO MAKE AN IMPACT
We need to understand that a lot of our students come already with many traumas. We need to provide services that will help them and guide them.
Nadia Hernandez DEI Sr. Project Associate, CIS National
As you work with your stakeholders to launch and move through your DEI journey, you will want to create dialogues and planning sessions where they can voice their concerns, apply their insights, and build toward agreement on actions.
Cynthia Silva Parker Interaction Institute for Social Change
On our journey towards becoming an equity-minded organization, awareness is our starting point. But it’s not a passive awareness that suggests only ‘I heard we’re doing something about DEI.’ It’s an active awareness that constantly looks for ways to better understand definitions in ways that are unique to the CIS family.
Aisha Robinson CIS of Chicago
In pursuit of equity, innovation will be the key to our success. We are identifying nontraditional staff recruitment opportunities. We will provide DEI training plans for each staff member that is specific to their area of work and aligned to our mission and goals.
Sharon Vigil, Chief Operations Officer CIS of Central Texas
Resources and Latest News
DEI Resource Guide
This resource guide will lead you through comprehensive diversity, equity, and inclusion readings, tools, and other resources.
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Alumni Activation and Resource Guide
This guide is designed to support your efforts to increase your engagement with the CIS alumni community.
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2020-2021 Communities In Schools Data Book
This Data Book provides an overview of CIS organization and licensed partner operations during the 2020-2021 school year. Data are reported on human resources, student …
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2021 Community Matters Report
This report emphasizes the need to ensure successful reengagement of all students and build a more equitable system of learning that will exist well beyond …
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COVID-19, Race and Schools: Addressing Equitable Learning Conditions for Our Students
The CIS model of integrated student supports can help schools address the local factors contributing to disengagement and inequitable learning.
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The future of our country starts with our students and continues with our alumni. If you are a CIS alumni,
we encourage you to join our community of changemakers. To support alumni engagement efforts, we also have a new Alumni Activation and Resource Guide, which you can download below.