Limiting the work of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to bias training is not a sufficient strategy. Solely focusing on personal attitudes and beliefs doesn’t account for the historical, political, and practical ways some communities are marginalized and oppressed. To facilitate meaningful change, here are seven strategies to help your organization move beyond bias trainings…
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Organizations pursuing racial justice must engage in a process wherein they identify the injury (the root causes of injustice), develop and implement a treatment plan (address the root causes while grappling with the discomfort and pain), and then provide the time and resources for healing to happen (respect and honor the needs of those impacted by injustices in your workplace).
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Don’t let your celebration be limited to the month of February. Extend your celebration, learning, and recognition of Black history throughout the year. Challenge your biases about Black people. Read books by Black authors. Watch films by Black screenwriters. Support Black businesses. Let Black people share their histories, and listen.
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Even as this country celebrates Black History Month every February, there seems to be an astounding hate for Blackness and Black people. Our ancestors have not only fought in this country’s wars and been instrumental in the construction of this nation, we are as deeply invested as other Americans in the righting of this place we call home.
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In a world where we are told we don’t belong and confined to spaces that are meant to break us, it is liberating to define spaces just for ourselves. Black-only spaces give us room to exist in ways that are meaningful and transformational.
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