Exploring big feelings. Asking big questions. Diving in headfirst.
As a Black, mixed race woman in a position of power who’s married to a Jewish man — message received.
Workplace affinity spaces can help employees with marginalized identities gain a sense of belonging in the short term, but they aren’t helping with the long-term work of inclusion.
“The Show Must Go On” mentality, at its best, is what makes theater magic. At its worst, it’s the ultimate enemy of EDI work in the arts.
Those who get publicly shamed, or canceled, on social media don’t just disappear. And what happens in the aftermath often makes matters worse.
I made the leap from freelancing to starting my own Equity, Diversity & Inclusion consulting business and building a new model for the work. Here’s why.
Looking to clear some space in my life, I experimented with deleting social media for a month. And lots of things happened.
This work is more often referred to as DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). But while diversity is a crucial piece of the puzzle, here’s why the term ‘EDI’ is gaining traction, and why I’m personally committed to putting the “E” first.
Covid safety recommendations for kids under 5 haven’t changed. So where does that leave their families as masks and restrictions are removed?
Mom guilt is so powerful, so visceral, that it’s hard to describe it with words. For me, it’s like a bully that makes me feel inadequate as a mother when I consider my own needs. It’s constant ache, a tightness in my chest, that whispers “you’re not giving him enough” any time I focus on myself. It might as well be saying, “you are not enough.”
Gratitude messaging is everywhere, and for good reason. But if you’re doing it wrong, like I was, you may not be getting its intended benefits.
