2025 DEI Committee

Committee Composition: The Committee consists of both REALTORS® and Affiliate members.

Mission Statement: Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within our community. One of the foundational pillars of this effort is the principle of fair housing, which ensures that individuals are not discriminated against based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, or disability.

Membership: Membership is open to SBAR REALTOR® and Affiliate members

Chair: Denise Graham

Co-Chair: Artavia Franklin

Strategic Objectives:

1. Review assigned topics for the year.
2. Create a plan of action for each with assigned staff.
3. Assign who will be responsible for organizing the programs and where they should be held.
4. Present research during quarterly committee meetings with the association.
5. Solicit projects to membership with the help of assigned staff.

Committee Guidelines:

1. The committee must follow the mission and values of the organization.
2. The committee members must be a REALTOR® or Affiliate member of the South Bend Area REALTORS®.
3. The Committee Chair may serve as Past Chair the following year for consistency.
4. The committee member’s goal should be to attend all of the sessions.
5. The committee cannot have a meeting without a quorum of committee members present.
6. Members are encouraged to attend all meetings, arrive on time, and stay for the duration of meetings. If a situation requires their departure, the member will be recorded as absent if not in attendance for at least 1/2 of the meeting.
7. All members are subject to censure or removal at the direction of the Board of Directors.
8. The Committee Chair has the authority to create a subcommittee or task force.
9. The Committee Chair may recommend that the task force or Subcommittee be dissolved once it is determined that the project is complete.