Brittany J. Harris, Author at The Inclusion Solution

Operationalizing Justice: Moving Beyond ‘Listening Sessions’ Towards Strategic, Accountable Partnership

Posted by Brittany J. Harris | Apr 22, 2021 | Features, Operationalizing Justice, Recent Posts | 0

The Winters Group is often called on to introduce justice-centered concepts that are new to the ‘corporate world’ in support of leadership’s espoused commitments to prioritize anti-racism and justice. This is important work… AND now is a timely opportunity to reimagine strategic, accountable partnership. I have read and heard from many Black and Brown people that they are experiencing “listening session fatigue” within their organizations. People want change. People want action. This is important work. How can we move beyond listening sessions to more strategic, accountability-driven partnership?

Operationalizing Justice: POWER to the People

Posted by Brittany J. Harris | Apr 8, 2021 | Features, Operationalizing Justice, Recent Posts | 1

I’ve previously referred to “power” as the silent “P” in corporate DEI work. We’ve talked about cultural differences without equal attention to the ways in which group membership and systems of oppression make some cultural differences valued over others. We’ve talked about unconscious bias without attention to the nuance that all biases are not created equal, and power has significant — even deadly — implications. We cannot begin adding “equity” and “justice” to our DEIJ industrial lexicon without addressing and amplifying the role of power.

Operationalizing Justice: The Anatomy of Truth-Telling & Reconciliation

Posted by Brittany J. Harris | Feb 4, 2021 | Features, Operationalizing Justice, Recent Posts | 0

Justice work isn’t just about compelling statements and campaigns. It is certainly not about leveraging DEI firms as window-dressing to mask the deeply entrenched and harmful practices that persist within an organization, nor should it be centered on maintaining the goodness and sanctity of whiteness. Truth telling and reconciling are requisite to achieving any form of equity or liberation. Put simply… “The truth will set [us all] free.” Ya’ll — the stakes are high.

DEI Beyond The Boardroom: Three Hard Truths in the Aftermath of Election 2020

Posted by Brittany J. Harris | Nov 5, 2020 | DEI Beyond the Boardroom, Features, Recent Posts | 0

Lately, I have been experiencing a strong sense of indifference and uncertainty related to our work — diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. Black people are dying, white nationalism and supremacy are embodied within the highest offices of government and, in more subtle ways, within most organizations. This is deeply troubling, yet unsurprising. I’ve been grappling with a few hard truths as we experience this segment in history — hard truths that have implications for DEIJ work more broadly.

DEI Beyond the Boardroom: Hashtags Won’t End Police Brutality—Your Policy Dollars Might

Posted by Brittany J. Harris | Sep 24, 2020 | DEI Beyond the Boardroom, Features, Recent Posts | 0

As I write this post I am frustrated. It is September 23, 2020, and a few hours ago, I learned that one of the three Louisville, KY, police officers who were involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor was charged for the risk he posed to white people, not the life he stole from Breonna Taylor, a Black woman. It says a lot about what appeals to America’s whiteness’ moral compass, and the devaluation of Black women’s lives. Whiteness is only moved by Black death that is visible and that it can see. I am so over this system.

Author: Brittany J. Harris

Operationalizing Justice: Moving Beyond ‘Listening Sessions’ Towards Strategic, Accountable Partnership

Operationalizing Justice: POWER to the People

Operationalizing Justice: The Anatomy of Truth-Telling & Reconciliation

DEI Beyond The Boardroom: Three Hard Truths in the Aftermath of Election 2020

DEI Beyond the Boardroom: Hashtags Won’t End Police Brutality—Your Policy Dollars Might

Racial Justice at Work: Practical Solutions for Systemic Change

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

Inclusive Conversations: Fostering Equity, Empathy and Belonging Across Differences

We Can’t Talk About That At Work! (Second Edition)

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