Why Uplift
Ensuring a Safe Workplace Culture
Employers play a key role in shaping culture and changing social narratives. We need the powerful voices of employers to rise up and demand culture change to disrupt violence and improve lives both within and outside of the workplace.
People who experience violence might suffer from:
- Unwanted contact from their abuser
- Worry/loss of concentration
- Absences & lateness
- Job performance issues
Businesses Uplift VT is a coalition of Vermont business leaders who have pledged to actively engage in learning and activism that fosters a violence-free Vermont.
How to Engage
Learning
Trainings on recognizing violence and changing workplace culture that meet the needs of organizations of any size or structure.
Actions
Assistance to develop internal policies and practices to promote a violence free culture that is responsive to survivor needs. Options include:
- Model human resources policies
- Posters and information for employees
- Assistance in establishing a confidential resource on staff
Community Change
Use your voice to create a violence-free culture that extends to your customers and community. Options include:
- Become an Uplift Business Ambassador to spread the word
- Posting resources for customers in public places
- Volunteering or donating to efforts to address violence
- Hosting events to engage in community discussion
Uplift Businesses
Join Us
Become an Uplift Business
We are committed to ending violence culture in Vermont. This commitment starts with our own organizational work community. As a Business Uplifting Vermont, we commit to supporting a violence-free workplace culture that can recognize, respond to and interrupt violence so that all in our community may thrive.