Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Our Commitment to Anti-Racism

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As an affordable housing organization, we recognize the significant role that our country’s housing system has played in upholding the power of white supremacy that this country was founded on. This has resulted in discriminatory practices and a wealth gap that advantages white people and disadvantages Black people and other people of color. We live in a city with a history of housing segregation, redlining, and systematically denying people of color access to safe and affordable homes. We cannot create stable communities through affordable housing without addressing racial justice. Housing justice is racial justice.

Bellwether Housing continues to aspire to do the challenging work of putting forth anti-racist education and action within our organization and in our wider community. We are committed to becoming an anti-racist organization and continuing to do the work to dismantle the systemic and institutionalized racism that our country was built on. Our anti-racism work is led by a 13-person Equity Committee made up of staff from across our organization. 

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As part of our anti-racism work, we are publishing demographic data about the racial and gender makeup of our board, leadership team, staff, and residents. Our goal is to be transparent about racial and gender parities and disparities at our organization. We believe it is important that our staff, leadership, and board reflect our residents and our greater community. We include King County demographics data to show how our organization compares to our geographic area. This information is updated annually. ​​