Equity Statement
Grit Plus Gumption Farmstead has a heart that is dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and equity, in all areas of its organization. From our board to our advisors and our interns and volunteers, it is important to us that we are gathering people of different backgrounds, ethnicities, and beliefs in order to better serve our clients.
Grit Plus Gumption Farmstead is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Our people are what we value most. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression and unique capabilities that our partners* (including board members, volunteers, interns, staff, etc.) invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation of our success as an organization.
We embrace and encourage our partners’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our partners unique.
Grit Plus Gumption Farmstead diversity initiatives are applicable—but not limited—to our practices and policies on recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; professional development and training; promotions; transfers; social and recreational programs; layoffs; terminations; and the ongoing development of a work environment built on the premise of gender and diversity equity that encourages and enforces:
Respectful communication and cooperation between all partners.
Teamwork and partner participation, permitting the representation of all groups and partner perspectives.
Work/life balance through flexible work schedules to accommodate partners’ varying needs.
Organization and partner contributions to the communities we serve to promote a greater understanding and respect for diversity.