According to Ms. Natter, this internal analysis has had an impact on the way in which DRC’s work gets done. “Since we help people participate in government so that their life experience counts, we have to work hard so our own organization embodies those same values, i.e., life experience and values count. A big part of working on organizational development, culture and anti-racism is recognizing different kinds of knowledge and valuing what is learned untraditionally. This affects how we hire, do our work, our relations in the office, etc.”