“Lumina has become more equity driven.”
Courtney Brown
Vice President of Impact and Planning
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1:17 Equity at Lumina Foundation
Lumina staff talk about Lumina’s collective equity journey.
“Lumina has sprung into action at the heights of racial injustices.”
Dominique Raymond
Strategy Director
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1:28 “We have evolved in five short years.”
Jasmine Haywood
Strategy Director
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1:01 “Racial justice is personal to me.”
Wayne Taliaferro
Strategy Director
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1:36 “Racial equity requires you to be in a learning mode all the time.”
Terri Taylor
Strategy Director
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0:53 “We became more explicit.”
Susan D. Johnson
Director of Grants Administration
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2:01 “Racial justice means giving people the same opportunity.”
Wendy Sedlak
Strategy Director
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1:09 “We needed to start talking about race.”
Kevin Corcoran
Strategy Director
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1:46 “20 years ago we weren’t identifying specific populations to help and now we are.”
Monique Crowell
Senior Accounting Officer
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0:51 “Racial justice means slavery, civil rights, democracy, capitalism…”
Steven Williamson
Data and Knowledge Manager
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1:09 “I think of racial equity in the form of an iceberg.”
Gretchen Syverud
Strategy Director
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1:28 
Working at Lumina
Lumina people talk about working for the Foundation.
“We have three key ingredients.”
Amber Shelton
Human Resources Manager
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1:15 “I firmly believe that we can make a difference.”
Jamie Merisotis
President and CEO
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1:18 “It’s exciting to support people working on the ground.”
Mary Laphen Pope
Strategy Officer
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1:07 “Community colleges are a driver of economic opportunity.”
Kermit Kaleba
Strategy Director
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1:12 “I work behind the scenes, but I get to pay people money.”
Shyvon Lacy
Grants Management Associate
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0:55 “I’ve gone through the emotions of guilt and anger and now I am working on love.”
Scott Jenkins
Strategy Director
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1:34 “Working at a foundation provides magical powers.”
Kevin Corcoran
Strategy Director
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1:34 “It’s so much more than just giving out money.”
Courtney Brown
Vice President of Impact and Planning
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0:51 “My work is around supporting community colleges and all the great work they do.”
Wayne Taliaferro
Strategy Director
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1:12 “You can help create change in the world.”
Terri Taylor
Strategy Director
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1:18 “We are redistributing the wealth.”
Jasmine Haywood
Strategy Director
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0:47 “It’s the people.”
Dominique Raymond
Strategy Director
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1:03 “Humans created the problem, so humans should be able to fix them too (hopefully.)”
Gretchen Syverud
Strategy Director
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1:31 “I love the mission.”
Monique Crowell
Senior Accounting Officer
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1:05 “I like that I can show up as my authentic self.”
Steven Williamson
Data and Knowledge Manager
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0:53