Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

DEI STATEMENT

The Sanctuary Model is a trauma-informed method for creating or changing organizational culture in order to more effectively provide an environment within which healing from psychological and social traumatic experiences can be addressed. 

WMPC and its partners are embarking on a Sanctuary training and implementation process that aims to help agencies reclaim a culture of hope and innovation. 

As a result of our Sanctuary training, we expect:

• A decrease in physical, verbal, and emotional forms of violence leading to a greater sense of safety
• Systemic understanding of complex bio-psychosocial impacts of trauma and what we can do in response
• Increased focus on what happened to the individual and not “what’s wrong” with that individual
• Better ability to articulate organizational and clinical goals and create strategies for change
• Greater understanding of reenactment behavior and resistance to change both organizationally and clinically
• More democratic processes at all levels