Institutional Goals for Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racist Work

As part of new employee orientation, all Brentwood employees participate in a multiculturalism and identity workshop. Members of our Equity and Inclusion team have been trained by Visions, inc. in their (PACE) Personal Approach to Change and Equity to facilitate this onboarding.

Every employee is expected to participate in SEED seminars. 

Each faculty member has annual goals. Each of our faculty and administrators enter at least 1 annual growth that is DEI-specific.

All employees are part of facilitated discussion groups, rooted in our selected summer reading. Discussion groups take place throughout the year and cover a variety of topics, including, but not limited to: white fragility, colorism, red-lining, gender identity, free speech vs. hate speech, and more.

Community members regularly participate in NAIS POCC, Pollyanna, and a multitude of outside offerings both virtually and in-person.

Brentwood has partnered with other local Los Angeles schools to sponsor Critical Conversations . With this sponsorship, members of the Brentwood community have access to premier speakers virtually. There is also the opportunity to be part of small group discussions, following the speaker. All speakers are recorded and can be accessed at any time. 

Members of the Equity and Inclusion team developed a bias reporting tool for students in Middle and Upper School. Students can submit a report available to them on their Schoology page. There is follow up from each report so that action is taken. Anonymous reports are for data gathering purposes.