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Founded in 2009 and in operations since 2014, Enterprising Latinas (ELI) is a women of color-led organization that recognizes the social inequities driving the gap in wages and wealth for women. We are dedicated to addressing these inequities at the individual, community and systems level.
We believe that when women do well, their families and our communities do better! But to do well, women don't need charity or transactional assistance; they need opportunity, investments and resources to increase their wages and wealth. Unfortunately, many low-income women are stuck in low wage jobs, inadequate preparation for college, and the toxic stress of poverty, while others with unrealized business potential lack adequate support and capital. Current policies do not target wealth building for them. ELI's experience shows the need to center these women's experiences and deeply affirm their knowledge, worth and potential so they can make choices that set them on a path towards wealth-building and to become agents of change. |
Our Diversity & Inclusion Commitment
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Enterprising Latinas creates pathways of opportunities for women in Tampa Bay. We are founded and are led by women of color, Latinas, who understand the value of recognizing and lifting up diversity in all the areas where we work and have impact. Practicing diversity and inclusion allows Enterprising Latinas to fulfill its mission and achieve our goals in the community.
We believe Enterprising Latinas serves as a hub and catalyst for community action that invites everyone from all backgrounds to be part of the change they want to see happen for themselves and the place they call home. We acknowledge and honor the fundamental value and dignity of all individuals. We believe all of our members have knowledge, skills and the capacity to do and achieve great things. We value and respect the unique contributions, experiences and perspectives individuals bring to the work of improving conditions and reaching economic prosperity for themselves, their families and their community. We strive to accept others without biases based on differences of any kind. We pledge ourselves to creating and maintaining an environment that respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences. We commit to equitable treatment and elimination of discrimination in all its forms at all organizational levels and throughout all programs. We strive to build inclusion by working intentionally and deliberately to understand and facilitate the engagement of people who may face different challenges to participate in our programs, as well as by ensuring we can connect and adapt available or new resources to local and personal circumstances. We support the growth of a diverse staff and board because we know we need a robust and varied skillset and collection of backgrounds on our team to address a wide range of community needs. We commit to provide on-going training to staff that we can be effective implementing our anti-racist work. We also commit to individual and organizational efforts to build and maintain an environment that is inclusive of all, that embraces cultural differences and promotes respect, dignity, fairness, and equality. |
Our Work in the Community
We believe talent is everywhere, and opportunities are too! Understanding that our zip code impacts the health and wealth of individuals, ELI chose a place-based strategy from which to advance its work as we seek to transform community challenges into real economic opportunities for low-income women in the rural communities undergoing rapid change in South Hillsborough County, Florida. ELI mobilizes and advocates for resources to invest in moving women out of poverty and to help them become the economic drivers they have the capacity to be.
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