Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Animal Experience International.

As more and more of the world starts to wake up to the white supremacist narrative that has unfairly been the norm for far too long, Animal Experience International knows we have a part to play. For far too long companies like ours have been uncomfortable, but not uncomfortable enough to speak out against the white dominance norms and white savior narrative that runs deep in the travel industry.

• We understand that you can’t be what you can’t see. We commit to engaging more with BIPOC communities through all our social media campaigns. Reaching out to learn more about how to partner, support and amplify those who are already doing this important work.
• We commit to the addition of an anti-racism, diversity, and inclusion agreement with all our placement partners. If our placement partners do not have such documents in place we commit to offering help when needed. It’s not about calling out, it’s about calling in.
  
• We commit to doing the work. Reading more books, attending more webinars, taking part in more diversity, equity and inclusion workshops and training sessions. We also commit to sharing these resources, not to virtue signal but to help amplify the voices who have been suppressed for too long.
  
• We will address and adjust the unfair and harmful white privilege narratives that can exist when a company is run by two white women. We commit to hiring in the BIPOC community so our messages can be more diverse and equitable. We commit to diversity on all our teams, including our internships, and social media partners.
• We will add diversity, inclusion, equity, and anti-racism messages to all our manuals and training materials. This will include self-evaluations, history of violence against the BIPOC community in travel, white privilege, systemic racism and of course allyship. This will not all be written by AEI, we will work with qualified professionals to develop these resources.