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

by Thamara Subramanian | Mar 5, 2020 | 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: The Physiology of Inclusion™

by Kevin Carter | Feb 27, 2020 | 0

We are living in a time of significant polarization, due to factors such as rapidly changing demographics and immigration patterns, globalization of the marketplace, advancements in technology, and deviations from traditional societal norms of the past. The Physiology of Inclusion™ (POI) is a whole-body system to improve the physical, mental, and emotional health of DEI practitioners and leaders in order to enable them to lead inclusively.

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: Setting Healthy Boundaries

by Leigh Morrison | Feb 20, 2020 | 0

Most of us in D&I can recall plenty of times we have felt overwhelmed by the work. For me, there were the times in college that I felt obligated to obsessively defend points I believed in via social media, and found myself shaking with anxiety as a result. There have been times when I’ve received emails after-hours, alerted by a ping on my phone and, with a sense of dread, swiped right to reply, thinking, “it must be urgent if it came this late.” The solution to each has been the same: establishing boundaries.

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: The Role of Cultivating a Robust Sense of Self

by Brittany J. Harris | Feb 13, 2020 | 0

How can we continue to thrive and maintain wholeness while doing this work we care so deeply about, that is so core to who we are, within systems that make it difficult? A study titled ‘African American Women as Change Agents in the White Academy’ by Muriel E. Shockley and Elizabeth L. Holloway specifically explores the experiences of Black Women navigating the racism and sexism in academia, and more specifically, factors that contributed to their capacity to thrive.

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: Dissecting The Emotional Toll and Fatigue of DEI Work

by Mary-Frances Winters | Feb 6, 2020 | 0

Millennials of color tell me that it is fatiguing to keep educating white people, and that it is not their responsibility to do so. The emotional toll is too great. I thank younger folks for awakening me to the exhaustion that I had undoubtedly suppressed, ignored, or did not connect to the work. I normalized it and felt somewhat guilty if I wanted to take a break. How can we manage the emotional toll and fatigue?

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: Understanding Your Triggers

by Leigh Morrison | Jan 30, 2020 | 0

During my first-ever interview for a D&I facilitation role, my interviewers asked, “What topics do you find triggering?” Having never personally experienced substantial identity-based trauma, my first response was, “I don’t think I have any.” As I considered their question, I was imagining myself breaking down in-session, unable to continue. I didn’t think any topic would bring me to this point, and I assumed that answering the question with “nothing” had to be a good thing… right?

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

by Thamara Subramanian | Jan 23, 2020 | 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.

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: The [Diversity] Struggle is Real

by Brittany J. Harris | Jan 16, 2020 | 0

The [diversity] struggle is real. We recognize this work is personal. Inasmuch as DEI work has evolved into a profession and “booming” industry, it is important to note that this work is rooted in the quest for civil rights and justice. A quest that is deeply personal—grounded in Black and Brown people’s desire and inherent right to be seen and honored as the full human beings that we are. And while, in some ways, this work has evolved in ways that center profits over humanity and justice, for many, it is still deeply personal.

Category: The Toll of DEI Work

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

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: The Physiology of Inclusion™

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: Setting Healthy Boundaries

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: The Role of Cultivating a Robust Sense of Self

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: Understanding Your Triggers

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

Managing the Toll of DEI Work: The [Diversity] Struggle is Real

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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