Another related accountability role performed by organizational catalysts involves
keeping the pressure on. They put issues affecting diversity and equity on the agenda,
raising questions about the implications of decisions for advancing inclusion and identifying
opportunities to improve. They create occasions and incentives for people in positions
of responsibility to act, and for people who care about gender and race to press
for change. They maintain the institution’s focus on gender and race as part of its core
mission. They keep problems on the front burner and help put together workable solutions,
making it harder not to take action. They see their role as requiring them to
‘‘hold the institution’s feet to the fire and make sure that it gets institutionalized,’’
(Sturm, 2006, p. 298).