{"id":6855,"date":"2021-02-11T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-02-11T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T16:00:17","slug":"progress-so-far-on-racial-equality-and-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/au\/news\/stories\/progress-so-far-on-racial-equality-and-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Progress So Far on Racial Equality and Justice \u2014 Reflecting During Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Note: This post was updated on February 19 to reflect the correct figure at the time for URM attrition.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n

February is <\/span>Black History Month<\/span><\/a> \u2014 a time to honor the largely untold history of the Black community while also taking action to build Black futures. An important part of this is carrying forward the legacy of those who fought before us to reach true racial equality and justice. Last year we endured a global pandemic that revealed some of society\u2019s deepest inequalities, while at the same time facing a reckoning of racial injustice, violence, and hate that has persisted for far too long.  <\/span><\/p>\n

In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. \u2014 \u201cout of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope.\u201d \u2014 we saw that in the midst of the darkness, the light became the way that people around the globe began to speak up and show up for racial equality. The conversations seemed to move past whether or not there was a problem \u2014 to how do we collectively solve the problem and create a better world. <\/span><\/p>\n

As a company, industry, and business community we were called to act. Led by our values, we formed the <\/span>Racial Equality and Justice Task Force<\/span><\/a> to help drive systemic change in our workplace and community across four P\u2019s \u2014 people, purchasing, philanthropy ,and policy. Our task force \u2014 led by some of our most senior executives and made up of employees at every level including leaders from our Black employee resource group \u2014 went right to work. We deeply listened to the communities impacted, we set <\/span>goals and metrics<\/span><\/a> to track success, we committed funding to the work, we stood up <\/span>new programs and processes,<\/span><\/a> and we <\/span>empowered leaders to drive change<\/span><\/a>.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Though we know there is much more work ahead, it is encouraging to see how much has been accomplished in six months \u2014 truly demonstrating the power of community, intention, inclusion, and direct action. We are incredibly grateful for our employees who dedicated their time and energy to this important work and to all those around us who continue to inspire and lead the change. This work is ongoing, here is a look at our progress so far: <\/span><\/p>\n

People<\/b><\/h2>\n

We are intentional about building an equitable workplace that looks like society and where everyone can succeed. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Goal: <\/b>Double U.S. Representation of Black Leaders and Increase U.S. Representation of Underrepresented Minority (Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Multi-racial)  employees and leaders by 50% by 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n