IDEA Impact Report 2021

diversity & inclusion The academic year 2020-2021 has seen new challenges and priorities rise up to the top, the most important one being promoting equity and social justice. This is why we decided to add a section about our impact on the community’s diversity and inclusion. While IDEA doesn’t officially keep track of the demographics of our community, we were able to make meaningful changes in the organization in order to make it a safe space for anyone who joins and promote creativity among people with different backgrounds.

RECRUITMENT FOR MANAGEMENT TEAM • Changed language for recruitment to be more approachable. We reduced language suggesting firm requirements needed from candidates and increased language about attributes that would help someone in the role.

• Included information about our values in all role descriptions and applications to show candidates that a culture of inclusion and belonging is important to IDEA. • Reached out to a significantly wider pool of organizations with a variety of cultural backgrounds and specializations at Northeastern to share our Management team applications and encourage minorities and non-business students to apply to our program.

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