Gateway Equity Institute

Gateway Equity Institute activates and supports communities to advance equity and justice. We achieve our mission by empowering leaders to drive institutional and systemic change, providing a wide range of transformational training and coaching opportunities, and engaging youth through in-depth diversity programs.

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History & Organization Merger

Gateway Equity Institute (GEI) was founded in 2024 as the result of a merger between Diversity Awareness Partnership (DAP) and NCCJ St. Louis. Thanks to the decades of experience in community education accrued by each organization, we are uniquely poised to work in a wide array of spaces: schools, businesses, grassroots networks, faith-based organizations, and more. All of these sectors can foster psychological safety and work proactively toward justice.

Prior to their official merger, DAP and NCCJ St. Louis successfully collaborated on events like Dialogue for Change 2020 (community sessions that fostered vulnerable, growth-minded discussions about race and racial justice) and the 2021 Diversity Summit. While upholding the effective components of both DAP and NCCJ programs, GEI has tailored them to address emerging challenges in the ever-evolving landscape of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as well as provide a complete continuum of training and education services for businesses and organizations.

We extend a special thanks to Commerce Bancshares Foundation and Enterprise Holdings Foundation for their support and contributions during the merger of DAP and NCCJ St. Louis.

GEI's Changemaker Hub membership program offers supportive spaces where we can come together as our authentic selves, both in-person and virtually.

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Training & Education

GEI’s education and training programs are delivered through presentations, seminars, community forums, and interactive sessions where the focus is understanding and dialogue. These sessions raise awareness around topics of diversity and strategies for inclusion. We take a comprehensive approach to inclusion by working with your organization to contextualize training within a broad array of other services.

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