Insights Archive - Page 9 of 15

Written text that reads "Standing with the Asian American Community Today and Every Day

Standing with our Asian American Colleagues, Friends, and Family

Mission Partners is committed to the principles of racial justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are committed to understanding and acknowledging historical and ongoing racism. We are committed to challenging racism and white…

Leaning into the Real Work of a Better Business Model

A few years back, shortly after receiving our B Corp Certification, a fellow business owner asked why we had gone through the process; knowing the investment of time it had required of our small team. “Why put yourself through that when…

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Industry Commentary, Race Equity

Institutionally Underserved, Historically Resilient.

“We are not a ‘historically’ underserved population. My history is one of ancestors who survived so I could thrive. My history didn’t start with ‘western civilization.’ I am colonially underserved. I am institutionally underserved.…

Industry Commentary, Race Equity

Black History is More than A Month.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – former President Barack Obama Although former President Obama first delivered…

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Industry Commentary, Mission Forward

A Time Like No Other…Or Is It?

“As security fears gripped its capital and a global calamity continued to claim the lives of hundreds of thousands of its citizens, the United States prepared for a presidential inauguration unlike any in its history.” That sentence…

child walking into the waves on the beach

Agency News, Award Wins

Mission Partners Receives 2021 Real Leaders Impact Award

We are honored to share that we were announced as one of Real Leaders' Top 150 Impact Companies of 2021. This is an enormously special honor for us, as the award is typically reserved for much larger and more established companies. But…

Cardboard protest sign reading What lessens one of us lessens all of us

Inclusive Marketing, Industry Commentary

Promoting Equity Through Design

In our recent community conversation we looked at recent examples of how design has subtly (and sometimes not-so-subtly) perpetuated stereotypes, prejudices, and racism. Design is all around us and we all participate in the system as either…

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Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry Commentary

Using Business as a Force for Good

By: May Robinson, Mission Partners Director of Community Engagement Recording of "Using Business as a Force for Good" Highlights from "Using Business as a Force for Good" On August 20th, we brought together our Managing…

Protester with a face mask holding sign that says "I'm Deaf But I Hear You #BLM"

Mission Forward

Building Trust and Empathy in Communication

By: Amira Barre, Mission Partners Research and Engagement Coordinator Recording of "Building Trust and Empathy in Communication" Highlights from "Building Trust and Empathy in Communication" In our last community conversation on…

Leadership Insights, Management

What I Know For Sure

But one thing’s for sure; some of the greatest innovations in history have come in moments of crisis. However we are seen post-COVID-19 will be defined by how we show up during COVID-19. As we near the fall, as schools scramble to determine feasible and safe solutions, as election officials determine how best to ensure we get out to vote, I am doubling down on three things: humanity, equity, and civility.

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