Equity Statement
At Haven: A Refuge for Pregnancy and Birth. our goal is to promote and foster a culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion within the communities we serve. We will, with intention, include diversity in our workforce and volunteers.
Haven is an equal opportunity organization that does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age and genetic information. This approach offers a range of valuable experiences and perspective. We value continuing education in diversity, equity and inclusion for the sake of continual improvement of Haven as an organization.
Our diverse group of doulas and educators are an essential asset for developing and providing perinatal health and human services that are culturally proficient to address systemic inequities in maternal and infant health.
Diversity is defined as the range of human differences, abilities, experiences, and perspectives. Inclusion is culture that fosters diversity, equity, support, and respect within every facet of organizational services and activities and equity is the fair and just treatment, access and opportunities for all people. We strive to address systemic inequities which are long standing and built into a system that produced unequal rates of morbidity and mortality during the perinatal period even in the absence of individual biases. Examples of systemic inequities include, but are not limited to, racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, and ageism.
Haven holds Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as essential values to support our mission, vision, and values. Our success as an organization is dependent on the employees, volunteers and supporters. of Haven taking strong positive action for the culture to change and we are accountable to the communities that we serve.