Mary-Frances Winters, Author at The Inclusion Solution

By Whose Standards and At What Cost?

Posted by Mary-Frances Winters | Jul 15, 2021 | By Whose Standards, Features, Recent Posts | 0

As we continue to unpack and understand the challenges of realizing an equitable and just society, it is important to question standards, and who gets to set them. Who gets to decide what is professional and unprofessional? Who gets to decide who is respectable? Who gets to decide what is “scholarly?” Who gets to decide what “version” of history is taught in schools? Over the coming weeks, our next feature series, “By Whose Standards?” will challenge standards and “rules” — both written and unwritten — set by those in power that disadvantage Black and Brown people and other marginalized groups.

The Buzz: Nikole Hannah-Jones — You Win and What Can We Learn?

Posted by Mary-Frances Winters | Jul 8, 2021 | Recent Posts, The Buzz | 0

I can only imagine how fatiguing it was for Nikole Hannah-Jones to go through this process, and finally make the decision to accept the appointment at Howard. Why should someone who is so accomplished and has made such a significant contribution to understanding Black history from the perspective of Black people be humiliated and degraded in this way? The answer is that racism continues to loom large in our society, and it is exhausting. It impacts our physical, mental and spiritual health.

The Buzz: The Truth About Critical Race Theory

Posted by Mary-Frances Winters | Jun 24, 2021 | Recent Posts, The Buzz | 0

It is appalling to me that Critical Race theory (CRT) is being demonized as some nefarious ideology designed to spread lies about race and racism in America and corrupt the minds of innocent children. I contend that those who are attacking CRT are grossly mischaracterizing what it is in a coordinated attempt to stop the renewed efforts since George Floyd’s murder to address systemic racism in this country. Here are 10 truths about Critical Race Theory that those of us who are anti-racists, allies and power brokers need to share as widely as possible.

Operationalizing Justice: Are we ready to center justice in DEI work? A Re-Imaginaction Lab Recap

Posted by Mary-Frances Winters | May 20, 2021 | Features, Operationalizing Justice, Recent Posts | 0

As part of our focus on operationalizing justice, The Winters Group hosted our first of four Re-Imaginaction Virtual Learning Labs. With over 100 participants from China, France, Abu Dhabi and all regions of the U.S., we engaged in a conversation about re-imagining and acting with a justice-centered lens. Are we going to do justice work in earnest with fidelity and integrity? Are we going to acknowledge intergenerational harm? Our complicity? Are we going to take collective accountability? Are we going to step up and work through the resistance? It takes courage. It takes real leadership. It requires collective accountability.

The Buzz: Nothing Will Work Unless Women Do!

Posted by Mary-Frances Winters | May 13, 2021 | Recent Posts, The Buzz | 0

There are many unanticipated and unwanted consequences from the pandemic, and women leaving the workforce in unprecedented numbers is one of them. In the last year, four times as many women left the workforce as men and the unemployment rate for women at the end of 2020 was 30 percent. This situation could reverse the gains in workplace gender equity made over the past 50 years. This is a huge issue globally, and I am only touching on implications in the U.S.

Author: Mary-Frances Winters

The Buzz: Nikole Hannah-Jones — You Win and What Can We Learn?

The Buzz: The Truth About Critical Race Theory

Operationalizing Justice: Are we ready to center justice in DEI work? A Re-Imaginaction Lab Recap

The Buzz: Nothing Will Work Unless Women Do!

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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