This year, we're building on our 2020 goals and continue to share our progress and findings.
| |  | | Verywell's 2021 Anti-Racism Pledge | To our readers—
Last June, we shared Verywell's first Anti-Racism Pledge—a detailed promise to all who visit Verywell, so they may see themselves in the health and wellness content we create.
In 2020, our pledge detailed specific targets we identified to evaluate and improve the articles, artwork, and voices that make up our brands. This year, we will build on these goals and continue to share our progress and findings.
We created our Anti-Racism Pledge in response to the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, our country's cultural reckoning of racial justice and civil rights for Black lives, and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and brown individuals.
Today, continued violence against Black lives and the rise in physical assault, verbal harassment, and other discriminatory acts against Asian Americans unfortunately reminds us that systematic racism continues to oppress and harm the lives of all BIPOC individuals.
It has always been unacceptable, but until our public pledge, we did not play an active role in the fight against it.
As a health website that reaches more than 38 million readers per month, we are uniquely positioned to create positive change. That starts with covering topic areas we have ignored, empowering voices we have neglected, and representing those we have overlooked.
What follows is a reminder of Verywell's 2020 goals, our progress to date, and how we will continue to take steps toward impactful change.
Our team remains dedicated to building an anti-racist brand and community, recognizing the racial inequalities that impact the core content we create, and taking actions to address inaccuracies and narratives that harm the most vulnerable among us.
Please continue to hold us accountable and trust we are doing the same within our team. We want to hear how you feel you are, or are not, represented in what you see across the Verywell brands. Your feedback is valuable and helps us continue to improve and grow, with the aim of working together, not creating shame that may cause more division.
Please email us at feedback@verywell.com.
We make these changes today and we will remain committed to them tomorrow and every day that follows. Thank you for being a part of the Verywell community and joining us in our efforts to do better.
Sincerely,
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