What we are doing

1. Promote an inclusive definition of forcible displacement that enables conversation partners to define this term in accordance with their own lived experiences.
    

2. Ensure the conversation partner team is representative of our values of gender equity by empowering women and non-binary voices.
    

3. Brig on conversation partners from a range of geographies to break down the assumption that language learners should learn a language from a specific part of the world or dialect.
    

4. Work with conversation partners and language learners who have various computer literacy gaps so that CU is an accessible opportunity.
    

5. Adapt our payment systems so that they work for all conversation partners in each of their unique contexts.
    

6. Design and maintain an online platform that is easily accessible to conversation partners from a forcibly displaced backgrounds.
    

7. Hold cultural sensitivity training for all language learners and conversation partners that participate in our programming.
    

8. Require all administrative team members to have the same basic understanding of many complex issues related to our work (race, gender, borders, humanitarian aid, etc.) through completing required readings and holding periodic discussions on key topics.

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1. Implement an inclusive volunteer hiring process to ensure anyone interested and qualified can join the team.
    

2. Implement a rigorous on-boarding process to ensure administrative team members have the proper awareness and cultural sensitivity required to work with forcibly displaced communities.