July 8, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Alexandra Hart, comms@democracyinternational.com

WASHINGTON, DC – Democracy International (DI) has joined the Coalition for Racial and Ethnic Equity in Development (CREED). The coalition is a collective of international development and humanitarian assistance organizations based in the United States committed to building racial and ethnic equity.

The coalition’s racial and ethnic equity pledge aims to create practical and quantifiable standards for advancing and strengthening racial and ethnic equity in our own organizations and in the international development and humanitarian assistance sector to build a more equitable world for everyone.

By signing CREED’s pledge, DI commits itself to advance racial and ethnic diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within our own organization, policies, systems, and culture in keeping with attainable and measurable goals, and work to instill racial and ethnic equity in international development.

“We are proud to join CREED and to reiterate our longstanding commitment to prioritizing and advancing the principles and practices of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in international development,” said DI CEO and President Eric Bjornlund.

To learn more about CREED and to sign the pledge, please visit creedinaction.org.

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