Our mission.
Black Leaders Actively Changing Culture (BLACC) exists to meaningfully impact Macmillan Learning’s products, policies, practices and programs by supporting and amplifying the perspectives of its Black employees.
Principled commitments to…
BLACC is a collective of Black Macmillan Learning employees driven by the following principled commitments to:
Our selves.
We provide community and safe spaces for Black employees to restore themselves and empower them for the shared work that we do to change lives through learning.
We encourage, support and celebrate Black people showing up professionally as their full selves.
We recognize and celebrate the intersectionality of our members.
We believe that empowerment and equality of Black people requires that we acknowledge our own intragroup privileges and harness them to support, advocate and celebrate points of intersectionality to which we may not all individually belong.
Our organization.
We believe that meaningful representation and inclusion of Black people is essential to the work that Macmillan Learning does to deliver and support our products and services.
We seek and create opportunities to improve the representation, access, awareness and celebration of Black people in the publishing and educational technology communities.
We ally and support the work and recognition of other underrepresented communities within Macmillan Learning.
Our world.
We work to create meaningful, measurable change on issues that impact people in underserved communities throughout the Diaspora.
The Six BLACC Goals
Each of BLACC’s six core goals align to one or more of the organization’s principled commitments to our selves, our organization, and our world.
Support & Celebrate.
Create a community that fosters a sense of belonging, support, and celebration among Macmillan Learning’s Black employees.
Represent.
Represent the interests and concerns of Macmillan Learning’s Black employees to leadership and the organization at large.
Advance DE&I.
Advocate for programs, policies and practices that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion at Macmillan Learning; focusing on the recruitment, retention, development, and promotion of Black employees.
Amplify awareness & viability.
Empower economic advancement of Black people by amplifying the viability of publishing and educational technology as career opportunities.
Magnify awareness & appreciation.
Magnify awareness and appreciation of the contributions of Macmillan Learning’s Black employees and demonstrate the capacity of our members’ talents to help the company achieve its stated goals.
Uplift & enrich.
Identify and create opportunities to uplift and enrich underserved Black people & communities.