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We know that many working people around the world face challenges related to mental health, physical health, and a lack of successful work-life integration. The stressors that they face can reduce their effectiveness at work, and their ability to be successful in their jobs. In some cases, crises may occur and these traumatic situations can bring further impacts.
People, especially in difficult situations, need support to be at their best. We are here to help.
Supporting wellbeing in communities across the globe
Kidpower
Kidpower International has taught millions of people how to be safe with other people since 1989. As the global nonprofit leader in personal safety education, Kidpower specializes in skills to promote healthy relationships and to protect adults, teens, and children from bullying and cyberbullying, sexual abuse, abduction, assault, workplace harassment, domestic/intimate partner violence, and human trafficking. Kidpower serves families, schools, organizations, workplaces, and communities worldwide - and tailors its programs for those who are most vulnerable, including children living in poverty, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, autistic/neurodiverse people of all ages, seniors, and marginalized people facing prejudice and discrimination.
Progress NC
Progress NC Action was founded in 2011 to promote public policies that make NC a fairer, healthier, more equitable state. It serves as a center for providing innovative research, data-driven messaging and communication strategies to local partners, organizations and coalitions in order to ensure that our elected officials and public institutions are held accountable, transparent and are responsive to North Carolinians.
OutRaleigh
Out! Raleigh Pride is an important way to raise the necessary funds to support the LGBT Center of Raleigh and all of its 20+ amazing community programs.
Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the world?s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people.
Equality North Carolina
Equality North Carolina is the oldest statewide organization in the country dedicated to securing rights and protections for the LGBTQ community. We're invested in ensuring that every North Carolinian can see themselves in this movement and helping create a safer, more equitable world for all marginalized folks. Together we can build a better North Carolina.
National Organization for Women
As the grassroots arm of the women?s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women?s rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States. NOW has hundreds of chapters and hundreds of thousands of members and activists in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since 1966, NOW?s purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.
LGBT Center of Raleigh
The LGBT Center's mission is to serve, empower, and advocate for the well-being of the diverse LGBTQ+ communities. They envision an inclusive world where LGBTQ+ people are thriving, equal, and valued members of society.
Tyler Clementi Foundation
The Tyler Clementi Foundation was founded by the Clementi family to prevent bullying through inclusion and the assertion of dignity and acceptance as a way to honor the memory of Tyler: a son, a brother, and a friend. In 2011, The Tyler Clementi Foundation was born out of the urgent need to address these bullying challenges facing vulnerable populations, especially LGBT communities and other victims of hostile social environments.
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Stonewall
Stonewall stands for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people everywhere. They imagine a world where all LGBTQ+ people are free to be themselves and can live their lives to the fullest.
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American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina
Since 1965, the ACLU of North Carolina has been our state?s guardian of liberty ? working in courts, the General Assembly, and communities to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for all North Carolinians. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with more than 30,000 members and supporters across the state, the ACLU of North Carolina is a state affiliate of the national American Civil Liberties Union.
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Progress NC
OutRaleigh
Trevor Project
Equality North Carolina
National Organization for Women
LGBT Center of Raleigh
Tyler Clementi Foundation
Stonewall
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina
Our Commitment to DEI
Alan King - President and CEO
CEO Letter
We are living through incredibly difficult and frightening times. The tragic and senseless deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and the horrific murder of George Floyd, weigh heavily on our hearts and lay bare some ugly and shameful truths about our country that can no longer be hidden or ignored. For too many people of color, Minneapolis is not an aberration, it is a daily reality. As a nation, we must acknowledge that racism exists in America and that it is a far more pervasive and lethal threat than COVID-19.
Beyond acknowledgement, we must commit to meaningful change...The time for debate and arguing semantics is long past ? Black Lives Matter.
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Responding to social injustice means listening
Workplace Options supports treating people equally and respectfully regardless of background by encouraging healthy conversations about racism, privilege, and social justice. Diversity and inclusion makes WPO a better company, better employer and better member of the communities we serve. We opened the line of communication between our leaders and employees to receive real-time feedback by:
Providing, through a partner EAP, access to confidential counselor-led groups and individual counseling to support WPO employees experiencing distress from civil unrest and social injustice. These sessions have been well-attended, with many employees expressing their appreciation for the service.
Led a ?family forum? program that brought small groups of employees from different backgrounds together for ongoing conversations on a variety of topics related to social justice. The program was so successful that WPO leaders are looking to expand the program moving forward.
Feedback from our employees has led to a number of new initiatives on diversity and inclusion.
? Formation of a Diversity and Inclusion Committee dedicated to ensuring an equitable, safe, and inclusive workplace for all employees where they can live their authentic lives and do their best work. The committee will help Workplace Options implement goals that will help foster, train, and promote diversity awareness within WPO and externally in our community.
? Commitment to establishing a mentorship program that will provide leadership and development opportunities for talent across our organization.
? Partnership with Shaw University, one of North Carolina?s historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), to offer a full internship for the school?s social work program. Additionally, this internship pilot will serve as a model for our other service centers to follow.
? Support organizations committed directly addressing racial inequalities and social reform.
We support Diversity and Inclusion
Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement
Resources
WORKPLACE OPTIONS
Webinar: Social Injustice - Important Conversations for Company Leaders.
Articles:
Talking about Race at Work
Addressing the Issue of Racism with Your Black Children
Responding to Microaggressions
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Webinar: Why Unconscious Bias Matters to Business
Articles:
How Organizations Can Support the Mental Health of Black Employees
Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News
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CEO Letter
Dear WPO Colleagues,
We are living through incredibly difficult and frightening times. The tragic and senseless deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and the horrific murder of George Floyd, weigh heavily on our hearts and lay bare some ugly and shameful truths about our country that can no longer be hidden or ignored. For too many people of color, Minneapolis is not an aberration, it is a daily reality. As a nation, we must acknowledge that racism exists in America and that it is a far more pervasive and lethal threat than COVID-19.
Beyond acknowledgement, we must commit to meaningful change. The time for debate and arguing semantics is long past ? Black Lives Matter. The personal disgust and outrage we feel at this moment must have a shelf life longer than the next news story. We cannot allow the cynical actions and divisive language that comes from the highest levels of our leadership to alter our focus or dilute our determination to build and live in a just and equal America. And by ?we?, I mean you ? me ? each one of us. We know now that change will not come from the top. Like with COVID, the power to flatten the curve of racism comes from the collective actions of each one of us ? in the voting booth, on the streets, in our conversations, in how we treat each other and how we demand others to treat us.
Our value statement, gleaned from the motto of our home state, is unequivocal ? to be, rather than to seem. Simply put, we ask each person at WPO to live their authentic life and pledge to honor and protect that experience.
We also understand that a commitment to an inclusive workplace requires a commitment to an inclusive community. WPO must be a loud voice and a visible presence in demanding change and safeguarding the lives of our employees and families outside of the office. That means leading by example, calling out injustice publicly, and investing our time and financial support in the individuals and organizations driving reform.
Despite a call to action, I know how hard it is to navigate the pain and despair we are all feeling now. I want to make sure that you each have access to the support you need to process your own feelings, as well as those of our members. To begin, I would like to encourage you to reach out to your team leads, managers, and directors to talk, to share concerns, or to just vent. In addition, we will be offering facilitated virtual discussion forums for all employees to create a group space to share your thoughts and draw strength from each other. Finally, our clinical leadership team is working on a guidance to help in our conversations with members impacted by these events.
Tomorrow, June 4th, I would also like to invite you to join us in recognizing a National Day of Mourning. Organized by the leaders of our nation?s leading civil rights and racial justice organizations, this day is an opportunity to reflect and to envision a path to tolerance and reconciliation. Details of our observance will be shared on Yammer.
I would like to close this message by sharing the last few sentences of Dr. King?s remarkable, Letter from the Birmingham Jail. His words, written while confined in the Birmingham City Jail, have been a source of solace and inspiration many times in my life, including this past week. Penned in 1963, the message still sadly resonates in 2020. ?Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.?
Sincerely,
Ala

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