Solid Ground believes poverty is solvable. Our communities are stronger when we support stability
and break down the barriers to overcoming poverty. Solid Ground does both. We combine direct
services with advocacy to meet basic needs, nurture success, and spread change. Through our
programs, people gain stability and build skills that equip them to move forward in their lives.
Through advocacy, we work toward ending racism and other oppressions embedded in our
institutions, policies, and culture that hold people back from succeeding. We bring the voices of
people experiencing poverty into the political process, furthering social justice and supporting our
entire community to reach its potential. As our workforce evolves to reflect the diversity of the
communities we serve, our agency and workplace will be enriched and strengthened and as such we
will:
 Demonstrate the initiative to learn and enhance skills that promote anti-racism, cultural
competency and an understanding of oppression and its impact.
 Participate in intentional learning efforts, including events relating to understanding and
dismantling institutional racism and building cultural competency.