A New Harmony: Equity, Access, Belonging

View the A New Harmony Workbook – PDF. To request a printable workbook, contact info [at] GalaChoruses.org (GALA Choruses).

GALA choruses have a unique opportunity to explore issues of equity, access and belonging because our choruses offer more than just a place to sing: they are also communities of belonging.

GALA Choruses has designed a new workbook to help explore these conversations. Early drafts focused on a model called DEI: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. But the more GALA’s Open Table Committee explored the vision of A New Harmony we realized we could create a new way to frame this conversation without using the word “diversity”, which is overused today, or “inclusion” which innately infers that some people are in and others are out.

It is the belief of GALA Choruses that these topics are valuable for every member chorus. We hope that these conversations will inspire and launch your chorus on a journey toward equity, access and belonging.

In addition to the development of the workbook, GALA has consulting expertise available to help you with implementation. The workbook is a great resource but you may have trouble figuring where and how to start. GALA can provide assistance under the 411 consulting program at no cost to the member chorus. We can assist with deciding where to start, how to modify the scenarios and discussion questions in the workbook to make them most meaningful for your chorus, finding a facilitator for group discussions if needed, etc. Please contact Executive Director, Robin Godfrey at executivedirector [at] galachoruses.org to discuss how GALA can assist with implementation of the New Harmony workbook.

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