The Southern Equity Collective is a majority Black-owned consulting firm with partners located throughout the Southeast. Our southern roots mean that we understand the layered nuances of American history as manifested in present-day structures and systems. We believe this background is an asset to clients across the country and around the world who seek to better understand and implement their role in creating a more equitable society.

OUR VALUES

We are strategists. We are communicators. We are catalysts.

As lifelong learners, we recognize the road to creating a more inclusive society is steep and fraught—and yet it is necessary work.

We are actively doing it ourselves, so we know it can be done.

We commit to creating the space for real work with long-term positive effects, and we only work with clients who commit to the same.

EQUITY

It’s not just in our name. It is our baseline and true north. We recognize the historic and ongoing oppression of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people in the United States, and we challenge gaps in opportunity with a persistent focus on dismantling systemic racism through individual and collective efforts.

INCLUSION

To ensure belongingness and excellence in all that we do, we honor and prioritize the importance of different perspectives and intersectional identities. We are stronger as a company because we are inclusive of all people (so long as they share these values).

MULTI-RACIAL

Every project we work on will have at least one white person and one person of color on the team. Given the nature of this work and the unique roles played by white colleagues and those from historically-marginalized communities, this is non-negotiable.

GROWTH

We are all learning. We expect ourselves and our clients to maintain a sense of possibility and a growth mindset. As colleagues, we commit to keeping each other honest and aware of our respective blindspots. We will provide constructive feedback with compassion for the journey we are on together.

EQUITABLE COMPENSATION

People of color in America have been doing the emotional labor of anti-racism without compensation for too long. We are committed to building wealth for historically marginalized communities. Where possible and necessary, we will help clients’ find grant funding to support their anti-racist work.

OUR VALUES

EQUITY

INCLUSION

MULTI-RACIAL

GROWTH

EQUITABLE COMPENSATION

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

-William Faulkner