Because of these convictions, New City Kids will hold itself to these practices:

1. We actively foster an environment of inclusion and welcome for all people. We do this by recruiting students from city schools; by hiring staff that reflect the diversity of our students; by serving as watchdogs and advocates for our children and their families.
2. We actively seek a diverse pool of talent. We do this by seeking connections with a diverse representation of community leaders; by using our networks to do hard and soft recruiting of potential staff; by searching nationwide for new and talented leaders.
3. We foster a search process for executive leadership positions which includes intentionally seeking out qualified candidates of color. While all qualified candidates who have a mission alignment with New City Kids will be considered equally, we will be intentional about seeking candidates for executive leadership positions that reflect the ethnicity of the children this ministry serves. One of our main strategies for accomplishing this will be an internal training program that seeks to develop qualified internal candidates. 
4. We work to have a board that reflects the diversity of the city. We do this by using our networks to create relationships with community leaders; by leaning on our staff for more connections. 
5. We resist the strong cultural inertia towards tribalism. We do this by resisting isolation, tribalism, and non-biblical policies which lift up one nation, political group, or ethnicity as more worthy or legitimate than others.
6. We work towards seeking out the disenfranchised. We do this by empowering all people to become leaders and change agents God intends.