A Note From Our CEO
Skillshare is, first and foremost, a community. That word is defined as “a feeling of fellowship with others” and, today, we are taking the next step into true fellowship with the Black community in the face of undeniable systemic racism.
This is not a moment to be silent. This is a moment for us to take a stand, as both a community and a company, and do the work that is required to be anti-racist: that means listening, learning, and taking action.
We will continue to explore what this can and should mean. But to start, we are making the following company-wide commitments:
We know that ours is not the voice that matters right now, so we’ll be spending each day this week using our platform and social media channels to amplify the voices of Black artists. See our first featured artist here.
We also know actions speak louder than words, so we will be donating to multiple organizations whose work is leading the way toward racial justice, starting with Black Lives Matter. View the organizations we’re supporting — and how you can join us — here.
We remain committed to building a diverse, inclusive, safe, and anti-racist workplace for all — and yet we acknowledge, like many organizations, we have further to go. We are in conversations with our internal affinity groups and are working to create safe spaces of self-care, and we support our team members who are taking action in their communities now.
We are grateful to be building the Skillshare community together with you, centered on true equality and empowerment. It is our hope that this is the beginning of a new conversation, one where we respond to the call of history and truly demand justice for all.
Matt Cooper, CEO of Skillshare