Equity Guidelines for Board Members

Modern Marimba’s work focuses on dismantling barriers that have historically excluded and marginalized people from fully creative expression. Through a collaborative and inclusive approach to education and performance, we offer something rare: a musical environment where justice, artistry, and community are in harmony.

Modern Marimba draws inspiration from values-based frameworks that remind us to:

• Honor and respect all living beings.
• Center the well-being of our community and the planet.
• See music not as charity, but as connection.
• Believe in music as a holistic, transformative experience — not a transaction.
• Stand for economic, racial, and social justice in all we do.
• Value artists’ creativity, autonomy, and freedom of expression, and uphold their right to professional, livable wages.
• Value our donors as partners, building trust through transparency and reciprocity.
• Recognize and honor time, advocacy, and creativity as meaningful forms of contribution alongside financial gifts.
• Commit to resolving conflict with care and accountability, using practices such as transformative justice, restorative justice, and mediation.
• Strengthen collective impact by building relationships with other nonprofits, unions, and mutual aid networks.