{"id":6569,"date":"2020-06-10T22:01:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T22:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/?p=6569"},"modified":"2020-06-10T22:01:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T22:01:38","slug":"the-journey-ahead-for-our-racial-justice-work-a-letter-from-the-ceo-of-magoosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/blog\/the-journey-ahead-for-our-racial-justice-work-a-letter-from-the-ceo-of-magoosh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey Ahead for Our Racial Justice Work \u2014 A Letter from the CEO of Magoosh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nHere at Magoosh, we\u2019ve been outraged and heartbroken along with the rest of the world these past few weeks. We\u2019ve been processing this internally as a team, and wanted first to be thoughtful in our support of one another\u2014especially our Black colleagues\u2014before drafting a response beyond our initial statement<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nGeorge Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Tony McDade. Ahmaud Arbery\u2014four Black Americans who were senselessly murdered at the hands of police officers and vigilantes this year alone. These murders, among so many others that have occurred over the years, are unequivocally unacceptable. This should not happen. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\nWe at Magoosh stand with those protesting and with the Black community against racism and violence. <\/strong>We know that the U.S. systems that claim to support all individuals actually oppress and harm the Black community. We also acknowledge that racism has existed for many decades prior to this moment and sadly will exist into the future. The fight is long and difficult. We’ve been taking action, and we’ll continue to do so.\n<\/p>\n

The Work We\u2019re Doing Today<\/h2>\n

\nWe\u2019re donating to organizations that uplift the Black community and fight against racial injustice.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\nWe\u2019ve committed $50K towards organizations that uplift the Black community and fight against social injustice. More broadly, we donate at 1% of our revenue each year using a combination of employee donation matching and corporate philanthropy towards organizations that help with education equity and access. Later this year, we will share the organizations that we chose to support and why.\n<\/p>\n

\nWe\u2019re building upon the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging work already started.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\nWe’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. Representation matters.\n<\/p>\n

\nWe know that in order to achieve our mission, the makeup of our team needs to represent the diversity of our student base. Several years ago, we created specific and measurable diversity goals<\/a> among several axes including race. Since then, we\u2019ve heavily audited our hiring process: we increased the number of Black and under-represented applicants in our pool through active sourcing, anonymized and standardized steps in our hiring process, and shared with candidates what each interview would entail and how it\u2019s representative of the role.\n<\/p>\n