Bisbee Bikeways Commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion
The Bisbee Bikeways board and staff are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent that our board and staff members invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation and organization's achievement as well.
We embrace and encourage our board and staff members 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 people unique.
Bisbee Bikeways diversity initiatives are applicable—but not limited—to our practices and policies on board and staff recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits for staff; professional development and training for board and staff; promotions for staff; and the ongoing development of an environment built on the premise of gender and diversity equity that encourages and enforces:
- Respectful communication and cooperation between all board members and staff.
- Teamwork and board and staff participation, permitting the representation of all groups and board and staff perspectives.
- Work/life balance through flexible work schedules to accommodate staff and board members’ varying needs.
- Board and staff member contributions to the community we serve to promote a greater understanding and respect for the diversity of our community.
This project is a grassroots community development effort where a small non profit is trying to make infrastructure changes in rural Arizona. This requires stamina and fortitude to disassemble entrenched power structures in government, and transportation. We continue to persist in creating an alternative transportation system amidst a car-centered world.