Demands

As a collective, we are taking a stand and demanding that The National WWII Museum make the changes outlined below

(as inspired by our comrades at DismantleNOMA 2020):


We demand acknowledgement: a public apology from the National WWII Museum for sustaining a discriminatory and toxic work environment amongst its staff, visitors, and supporters.


We demand inclusion: the NWWIIM implement a new recruitment process, along with reduction in the $10k annual gift they must make to maintain their membership, to help diversify the Board of Trustees.


We demand action: the NWWIIM issue an action-plan to diversify leadership positions.


We demand transparency: the NWWIIM reveal the demographics of the members on the current Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work team to ensure the diversity, equity, and inclusion of all of the members is reflective of the community of supporters.


We demand economic security: an equitable redistribution of departmental and staff wages that include a permanent policy to entail all employees make a starting living wage of $15/hr or higher.


We demand accountability: a mandatory, formal, independent investigation into all complaints made to HR and museum leadership regarding BIPOC, LGBTQ+ bias, gender bias, and sexual harassment.


We demand visibility: the NWWIIM implements multiple permanent galleries to honor the BIPOC soldiers who served during WWII.


We demand equity: that the NWWIIM allocate a higher percentage of their budget to the Education department in order to aid in outreach to locally-based BIPOC schools and form meaningful and mutually beneficial partnerships.


We demand safety: the NWWIIM implement a safe and unbiased system for reporting workplace discrimination and racial bias to be evaluated externally by a council composed of independent BIPOC and LGBTQ stakeholders.


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