The cookout will still happen, even if we have to pay for it ourselves.
Grassroots movements use collective action to effect change in response to the needs of a specific community. This is often achieved through the mobilization of common skills at varying scales, whether that be local, regional, national, or international levels. Every major formalized movement of change has started as a grassroots initiative – a group of people coming together to speak up and make their working or living conditions better.
The drastic increase in workforce reductions and hiring freezes in 2022 and 2023 has also seen various organizations scale back their financial support for diversity initiatives, including what is often the backbone of these efforts: employee resource groups (ERGs).
