ALIQUIPPA DIVERSITY COUNCIL
Unity Builds Strong Communities!
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our City historically was designed to be segregated when the steel mills were open. The mills are long gone, but we look for ways to rebuild our community and bring together people in our community by working together and supporting areas and people in need.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Annual Community Baseball Game
We sponsor an annual community baseball game for the City of Aliquippa. Our children in our city spend the day playing baseball against our city officials, police officers and firemen. We designed this as a community building event to bring our residents and children closer with our servicemen and officials. We provide free food and drinks for all that attend.
Monthly Veterans Breakfast
We serve free breakfast to all Veterans the first Saturday of each month. We also have our youth mentoring groups work the breakfasts with us. This was our way of giving back to our Veterans and teaching our youth to respect our Veterans.
Annual Harvest Celebration
Our Community Harvest Festival is a celebration for the children of Aliquippa and neighboring communities. Our Harvest Celebration is a day of fun for the community. We partner with local organizations to provide hay rides, treats, food and games for all of the children.
#24 Strong Youth Center
In honor of one of our children, DiMantae Bronaugh, who is battling leukemia, we would like to build a community youth center for all of the children in Aliquippa.
Annual Flower Planting
Every Spring we bring together volunteers throughout our community to plant flowers in our city. This has been a great way to help clean up our community and bring together the people in the community in a positive way.
eQUIPped for Information Technology
We meet with Junior High/Senior High students every Saturday for 3 hours to teach them all about Information Technology. The students are learning networking, hardware, security, data analytics and database design and coding.
Where we work
Awards
Martin Luther King Reconciliation Award 2017
Beaver County United
Community Leadership Award 2017
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants counseled
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups, Social and economic status, Work status and occupations, Religious groups, Family relationships
Related Program
Annual Community Baseball Game
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of donations made by board members
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Ethnic and racial groups, Religious groups, Work status and occupations, Social and economic status
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of attendees present at rallies/events
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Ethnic and racial groups, Family relationships, Religious groups, Social and economic status
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of groups brought together in a coalition/alliance/partnership
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Family relationships, Religious groups, Social and economic status, Gender and sexual identity
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Ethnic and racial groups, Family relationships, Social and economic status, Religious groups
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of new grants received
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people, At-risk youth, Veterans
Related Program
Monthly Veterans Breakfast
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Aliquippa Diversity Council is a non-profit 501c3 organization that was starting in early 2015. Our mission is to work together with everyone in the city of Aliquippa. We sponsor many community events to promote diversity and unity within Aliquippa while trying to make our community a better place.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Aliquippa Diversity Council has "town hall" meetings with the residents. We understand and make it very clear that everyone plays a part in our community progressing forward and that each voice matters. We have received a very positive response by letting others help with decision making on events that we sponsor and be a part of it.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have successfully met all goals put before us to date and plan more for the future.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have made our community aware of the importance of communication and working together to be successful.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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ALIQUIPPA DIVERSITY COUNCIL
Board of directorsas of 10/26/2023
Ms. Catherine Colalella
Catherine Colalella
Aliquippa Diversity Council
Tammy Simmons
Aliquippa Diversity Council
Thomas Shaw
Aliquippa Diversity Council
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.