Empowered Learning Opportunities
Objective: Cultivate a learning culture grounded in curiosity, humility, and the understanding that equity work is a lifelong practice of reflection, relationship, and reimagining.
Key Action: Schedule learning opportunities throughout the year—for Staff, Board and Ensemble.
Inclusive
Hiring Practices
& Board Recruitment Strategies
Objective: Ensure that Lookingglass’s people—staff, artists, ensemble, and board —are supported through equity-centered practices that honor their full humanity and address systemic barriers to access and belonging.
Key Action: Conduct a barrier audit in the hiring, onboarding, and evaluation practices to identify points of exclusion or systemic bias within staff, Board, and ensemble.
Inclusive Partnerships and Supplier Diversity
Objective: Expand and deepen reciprocal, equity-centered relationships with local communities, vendors, artists, and collaborators. Root partnerships in mutual care, shared values, and long-term vision alignment
Key action(s):
- Conduct internal and external resource mapping:
- Who do we know? Who do we rely on? Who’s missing from our ecosystem?
- Include community organizations, grassroots networks, artists, educators, and cultural institutions.
- Identify opportunities to co-create programming or advocacy efforts with mission-aligned partners
