Thamara Subramanian, Author at The Inclusion Solution

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: What We’ve Learned: The Power of Community

Posted by Thamara Subramanian | Mar 5, 2020 | Features, Recent Posts, The Toll of DEI Work | 0

As we culminate this series on managing the toll of DEI work, this conversation is just beginning. This series is more than a set of blog posts—it’s a movement. As our writers and readers showed us, managing the toll of DEI goes beyond our individual actions; it’s about cultivating a community of change-agents, being honest about and critical of the systems we work in, and revisiting the fundamental principles of our health and well-being that we often put on the back-burner.

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: Reclaiming “Resilience” & Moving from Paradox to Progress

Posted by Thamara Subramanian | Jan 23, 2020 | Features, Recent Posts, The Toll of DEI Work | 1

Resilience. The wellness buzzword. At first glance, it sounds great—and in theory, it can be. However, the key to why resilience is the current buzzword of the wellness space is also its ultimate downfall: institutions have claimed resilience as an individual behavior modification, something you should be able to learn once given the tools, often ignoring the conditions, policies, practices, and history that affects how we ultimately cope with stresses that are within and beyond our job descriptions.

A Point of View: Inclusion Starts With (Cens)Us – What You Can Do to Foster Equity With The 2020 Census

Posted by Thamara Subramanian | Dec 12, 2019 | Point of View, Recent Posts | 0

There are many things to be excited about as we embark on the year 2020: new trends, technology, milestones, spicy presidential debates…you name it! But I cannot wait for the 2020 Census season! The census is one of the few and most important ways we can participate in civic engagement in the country. It is just as important as (or some might argue even more than) getting your vote out at your local, county, state, and of course, the presidential election. So why the census, and what’s the point?

Unpacking the Conversations that Matter: Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps When You Don’t Have Boots & Redefining “Hard Work”

Posted by Thamara Subramanian | Dec 5, 2019 | Features, Recent Posts, Unpacking the Conversations that Matter | 1

When we focus on the individual in our society’s view on “worked hard,” we are losing a vital but often overlooked part of success: the “Us.” We need to celebrate, recognize, and act upon the fact that an individual’s success is intertwined with the systems we live in — systems that in turn have their own unique conglomeration of power, privileges, opportunities, and adversities. Think about it this way: How can you pull yourself up by your bootstraps, if you never had “boots” to begin with?

Gen Y on D&I: The Millennial Workplace Wishlist for the Decade to Come

Posted by Thamara Subramanian | Nov 21, 2019 | Gen Z on DEI, Recent Posts | 0

Newsflash: 18 to 24-year-olds are not Millennials anymore! We are no longer teens, college kids, or the eager interns at the new start-up. Negative connotations aside, we are, and will continue to be a majority of the workforce, and the most racially and gender diverse US workforce ever. So, what does this imply for the future of our ever-changing workforce? I’ve created a list of three of my most wanted “wishes.”

Author: Thamara Subramanian

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: What We’ve Learned: The Power of Community

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: Reclaiming “Resilience” & Moving from Paradox to Progress

A Point of View: Inclusion Starts With (Cens)Us – What You Can Do to Foster Equity With The 2020 Census

Unpacking the Conversations that Matter: Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps When You Don’t Have Boots & Redefining “Hard Work”

Gen Y on D&I: The Millennial Workplace Wishlist for the Decade to Come

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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