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Building a stronger community
United Way of Acadiana is committed to serving Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, and Vermilion parishes.
Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life. Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent.
Who WE Are
United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community. United Way envisions a world where all individuals and families achieve their human potential.
Our Mission
To unite people and organizations with passion, expertise, and resources to create more opportunities for a better life.
Our Vision
An educated, prosperous, and safe Acadiana where all individuals and families achieve their potential.
our values
Empowered
Passionate
Collaborative
Responsive
Full of Grace
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement of principle
We value the visible and invisible qualities that make you the unique individual you are today.
We welcome and respect that every person has a unique perspective and experiences that advance our mission and progresses our fight for the health, education, and financial stability in the communities we serve.
We believe that each United Way of Acadiana community member, donor, volunteer, advocate, and employee must have equal access to participate in solving community problems and benefiting from the solutions.
We strive to include diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the center of our daily work
We commit to using these practices for our business and the communities we serve. Join us in embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion for every person in every community.
Let’s LIVE UNITED
Anti-Racism and Ethnic discrimination Statement
We recognize structural racism, ethnic discrimination and other forms of oppression have contributed to persistent disparities which United Way of Acadiana seeks to dismantle.
We understand that these disparities have existed in the past and persist into the present. They manifest in our community in low literacy rates, poor health outcomes, and financial insecurity that United Way of Acadiana seeks to address.
We acknowledge that these inequities are the result of policies and practices that work to marginalize entire populations of people.
We unequivocally denounce racism and ethnic discrimination because it undermines the well-being and vitality of our communities.
Our United Way of Acadiana network strives to engage community members, especially those whose voices have traditionally been marginalized. We strive to work with public and private partners to co-create solutions that ensure everyone has the resources, support, opportunities, and networks they need to thrive.
We work with residents and public and private partners to co-create solutions that ensure everyone has the resources, support, opportunities, and networks they need to thrive.
We commit to leveraging all of our assets (convening, strategic investments, awareness building, advocacy) to create more equitable communities.
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(Note: much of the language above is adopted from the United Way’s Equity Vision in United Way’s Equity Framework: Strengthening Our Equity Muscle to Accelerate Impact, developed in collaboration with local United Ways.)