For Episcopal Service Corps, diversity means having a range of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds and various lifestyles, experience, and interests. We seek to be a diverse community and believe that the feeling of belonging and acceptance is a fundamental human need.
Episcopal Service Corps is committed to being a Brave Space and Safe Space where different points on a journey of learning and growing belong.
Our staff, volunteers, and Corps members are trained in nonviolent communication, LGBTQIA+ and other identity good practices allyship, anti-racism, anti-oppression, suicide intervention, and resilience and are held to the highest standards of confronting bias while maintaining a posture of respectfulness, approaching every individual and interaction with the positive intent of seeking greater knowledge and understanding.
Our Diversity Statement
Episcopal Service Corps values and celebrates diversity in all of God’s creation, strives to build programs reflective of Beloved Community, and commits to creating affirming space for all, particularly BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ persons. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or ability.