Black History Month is a time to celebrate and honor the significant contributions Black people have made to society. It’s an opportunity to recognize the injustices that Black people have faced throughout history and to commit to creating a more equitable and inclusive future. What better place to start than the workplace? Problematic words and…
It’s been a year since the murder of George Floyd, which galvanized people of all races, genders, ages, etc., to speak out for BLM and push for racial equality. A year later, a 2021 Emtrain Workplace Culture Report shows that only 50% of employees believe their employers are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In…
We are living in unprecedented times. Politics consumes discourse, and polarization causes rifts in families and friendships. While political discussions in the workplace aren’t necessarily inappropriate, such conversations can interfere with work relationships, productivity, reputation/brand of the company, morale, and possibly even the civil rights of employees. It can also alienate customers or clients. So…
The goal of unconscious bias training is to get people to understand that their perspective is informed by their life experiences and that our brains are constructed to find the quickest answer — which means pattern recognition and reliance on stereotypes. In fact, we teach kindergartners by showing them pictures and having them match pictures…
Can we agree that many children are afraid of the dark? Many children also believe that monsters have taken up residence in their closet and for sure, a monster will attack them and drag them off to the corners of some dark monster land when no one is looking. But certainly, as long as they…
Trying to explain to friends, family or colleagues “what’s the matter with saying All Lives Matter?” Having a hard time finding the right words, or not really sure yourself? The phrase has become a lightning rod with serious consequences, just one example: a sportscaster has lost his job for saying it. Saying “Black Lives Matter”…
#ActionforEquality I’ve received a multitude of emails, texts and PMs of support and for those, I am forever grateful. Thank you. I have also had a lot of friends, peers and colleagues reach out asking me what they can do to help and honestly not knowing where to begin. I spent most of the last…
“I’ve been watching current events through my lens as a diversity and inclusion practitioner, but I don’t have and can never have all the dimensionality of the problems we face around race and racism. Here I offer my observations as to what got us here and how we can go forward, together.” We saw civil…