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RFA
A: What is “Road For All”, Y-USA’s National Strategy to deepen For All throughout all operations?
The outcome and impact of applying GRACE strategies. It is what GRACE does.
What is: Helps the YMCA become the place where everyone belongs?
“We see and value differences as assets...At the Y, we are for all people, but not all behaviors.”
What is the Core Value of Respect, via a GRACE lens?
Transforming behaviors and practices to strengthen the organization so that all communities can fully participate.
What is Becoming An AMO / or being an anti-racist organization?
Organized by the six operational areas and organizational commitment, this tool is used to support a local YMCA in developing an action plan to move towards increasingly higher GRACE performance.
What is The Roadmap?
This is the acronym for our annual support campaign that connect US YMCAs with global YMCA partners to advance work in 4 pillars of Vision 2030
What is WS?
Connecting people across lines of difference.
What is 'bridging'?
All people are unique and have the capacity to reach their full potential with dignity
What is a GRACE Principle?
Assumption recognition. Or Mental shortcuts based on experiences and stereotypes that can often lead to unfair or discriminatory decisions.
What is (unconscious or explicit) bias?
Salesforce
What is a system to track all GRACE service delivery and projects in support to local Ys, that all GRACE staff should be utilizing?
This acronym describes connecting communities across lines of difference
A. What is BB (or B & B)
An adaptable approach, an organizational approach, a global approach, a sustainable approach, an inclusive approach
What are the 5 characteristics of The Road For All national strategy?
The Global YMCA Movement and the Dimensions of Identity Wheel
What are the GRACE 'North Stars' ?
The presence of differences
What is Diversity?
The 4 priorities of Vision 2030 that will be explored during World Council, taking place in Toronto in 2026
What are Community Wellbeing, Meaningful Work, Sustainable Planet, and Social Services?
This is the working acronym for the focus of our National Strategic Plan; and an approach that compels local YMCAs to focus on building authentic relationships between individuals and across communities.
What is CCC?
The four include: Staff and Volunteer leadership Development; YMCA Capacity Building; Community Engagement and Social Impact; and Bridging and Belonging
What are the 4 Cornerstones of National ERGs
The number of GRACE Principles
What is 5?
Removing barriers or obstacles to provide support and nurture all to reach their full potential
What is Equity?
This group of volunteers and local YMCA staff is working to strengthen local YMCA accountability to non-discrimination, per Constitutional By-Laws Article 2g of membershp qualification.
Governance Qualification (GQ) GRACE Advisory Council?
What is the working name of the national approach to measuring local YMCA operational and financial strength?
What is OEA?
The three ingredients recommended for a local YMCA to have available to start on The Road For All action planning.
What are:
1. Local data / metrics
2. YMCA priorities
3. Areas of Operations (they wish to focus on)
GRACE Standard Language Document
What is a resource that succinctly defines all key components of the GRACE body of work?
The full engagement and participation of individuals or communities
What is Inclusion?
This tool may be conflated with the GRACE Performance Continuum from the OEA, but it is distinctly different
What is The Roadmap?