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The Bridging Connections Podcast

The Gender Equity in Hiring Project
Featuring: Sara Shapiro Plevan, Founder & Executive Director
The Gender Equity in Hiring Project started in 2018 to have deep conversations regarding respectful, equitable workplaces. They established a growing network of female partners and thought leaders across our community to listen and collect data. With the stories they heard, they began the work of advocacy launching thief first cohorts and workshops in 2019. The goal is to create systems that support fair and equitable advancement for people of all genders. GEiHP continues to help people become workplace advocates, and empowers them to negotiate better. They also provide plethora of resources and tools, consulting and coaching.

About The Gender Equity in Hiring Project*

We begin our work rooted in the belief that reformulating hiring and employment processes are key leverage points for Jewish organizations as they begin to address gender biases. In order for the change we seek to become embedded in our communal organizations and our individual actions, we must dig deeply into cultures of bias--and build capacity to recognize and correct these biases as we build support systems to align our employment practices with our Jewish values of equality and fairness.

Building an ecosystem and network of support helps us to think collaboratively, creatively, and differently as we solve work this challenge. This is why we do this work together. We strive to bring multiple perspectives and networks to our effort. Our decades of experience working with Jewish organizations and communities enable us to weave networks of partners, challenge the status quo, pivot to greater inclusivity, and demonstrate how to do so while living by our Jewish values.

GEiHP is making changes…

Across our community, we see powerful steps toward change. We see individuals stepping forth, noticing gender inequities and calling them out. We see organizations working internally and externally on their processes, policies and workplace culture. We see small steps forward–and big strides, too. The pipeline for advancement, the pipeline for leadership is being strengthened every day. We are here to support you and serve as catalysts as we together build our movement for change.

CONSULTATIONS
We are here to support you and your organization as you amplify your goals, hopes and dreams. Let's partner to change the system, not to change women; to dismantle bias, seek equity, and to bring feminist principles and values to bear on your work.

Organizations: As we approach our work through an organizational change frame, we begin with support of Jewish workplaces as the ideal place to begin change in employment processes. We look forward to speaking with you about concerns that may range from the specific to the holistic, and partnering with you to address and design specific solutions.

Individuals: We are now able to offer a small number of individual consultations for employees and those seeking employment. While our work begins from an organizational change frame, we recognize that we may be able to offer support and guidance for individuals as they move through hiring processes or problem-solve around specific employment and work

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