Exploring big feelings. Asking big questions. Diving in headfirst.
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.
Many actors of color know what it feels like to be on “the list” of people who get called to fill certain roles. The feeling is nuanced, and it changes depending on the theater’s actions, or inaction.
