Racial Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility

Hi all,

The REIA community is a place for CDFIs working to deepen and accelerate practices that advance racial equity, inclusion, and accessibility within CDFIs. As we work to better understand and address the legacies of discrimination and institutional racism that continue to underpin inequities in the communities we serve daily, equity, inclusion, and accessibility must be at the core of our work.

This community, originally called "Racial Equity," was created four years ago in response to a specific request from members for dedicated learning space. However, these issues cut across all aspects of lending, financial management, capitalization, communications, evaluation, and more. As part of OFN's periodic audit and refresh of the platform, we would like to understand whether users would rather have these conversations in the Open Forum and across other communities, or whether there's interest in curating a dedicated community for REIA topics. To that end, we're relaunching this community now as a pilot, and plan to reassess activity and community interest after six months. You can share your feedback directly with OFN's Development Services team at developmentservice@ofn.org.

Discussions will be moderated to ensure all posts conform with our Community Guidelines. For further insights on how best to engage with this community and navigate the CDFI Connect platform, please view our FAQs. 

Hi all,

The REIA community is a place for CDFIs working to deepen and accelerate practices that advance racial equity, inclusion, and accessibility within CDFIs. As we work to better understand and address the legacies of discrimination and institutional racism that continue to underpin inequities in the communities we serve daily, equity, inclusion, and accessibility must be at the core of our work.

This community, originally called "Racial Equity," was created four years ago in response to a specific request from members for dedicated learning space. However, these issues cut across all aspects of lending, financial management, capitalization, communications, evaluation, and more. As part of OFN's periodic audit and refresh of the platform, we would like to understand whether users would rather have these conversations in the Open Forum and across other communities, or whether there's interest in curating a dedicated community for REIA topics. To that end, we're relaunching this community now as a pilot, and plan to reassess activity and community interest after six months. You can share your feedback directly with OFN's Development Services team at developmentservice@ofn.org.

Discussions will be moderated to ensure all posts conform with our Community Guidelines. For further insights on how best to engage with this community and navigate the CDFI Connect platform, please view our FAQs.