Where Are All the (Other) Disabled Workers? Reflecting on Unemployment and Self-Disclosure
In September, I was laid off from my full-time job, ironically just in time for National...
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Category: The Buzz
Hiding Under the Covers: How Covering May Not Keep Us Safe After All
As children, many of us feared the monsters under our beds or lingering in our closets. Some of us sought nightlights for refuge from the dark, many found ease in shutting our closet doors tightly, and others ensured they were tucked away, hidden under the covers. As we age, the mythical monsters under the bed are replaced by more tangible threats. Our classrooms, and then our workplaces, are filled with various anxieties and for many of us — especially those from marginalized groups — bias, discrimination, and othering present daily threats.
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Join Us at The DEI Strategy Academy™ 2024: Navigating Change with Confidence
As the Vice President of Strategy and Assessments at The Winters Group, Inc., and the principal facilitator for The DEI Strategy Academy™, I’m excited to invite you to join our six-week virtual learning experience designed to help you craft a sustainable and measurable diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy for your organization. The program kicks off next week and there is still time to register!
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The Buzz: The Secret School, the Floating School, and the ‘Reading Rainbow’ School
Imagine being punished for reading or writing. What would life be like? Would you be able to support yourself or your family? How would you navigate the world if you couldn’t read or write? Or what if you had to hide the fact that you knew how to read or write? Could you keep it a secret?
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The Buzz: How to Not Lose An Election
I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard speculation about the end result of the 2024 U.S. presidential election in the last month. Much of it reads to me like overwhelmed resignation. I believe it’s important to routinely ask ourselves — who benefits from your inaction? If anything, the last several weeks have proven that much can change in a short time.
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The Buzz: Why I Celebrate Disability Pride
At a recent panel on diversity in digital media at NYU’s Summer Publishing Institute, I commented on having ADHD and how the insights from inhabiting multiple marginalized identities serve as motivation in my work to make organizations more equitable, accessible, inclusive, and just. As part of my journey, I’ve come to reframe my lived experiences as the source of my capabilities for being an inclusive writer and editor, making me more attuned to power dynamics, missing perspectives, and the people or groups most impacted by policies and decisions.
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The Buzz: 5 Election Year Prep Tools for Your Intergenerational Organization
I only mildly jest when I refer to voting as a sacred process in our collective national experience. This year’s context is thick with anticipation. A U.S. presidential election, as well as city- and state-elected offices, will shift our day-to-day lived experiences as individuals, organizations, and businesses.
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The Buzz: Why I Celebrate Loving Day
As a biracial woman, I am proud to celebrate Loving Day and honor Richard and Mildred Loving, who stood up to the law to legalize interracial marriage in the United States. They were true pioneers for love in a country where police officers once felt authorized to drag people out of bed with flashlights and handcuffs to prevent interracial families.
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The Buzz: The Moment – Reflections on the 4th Anniversary of the Murder of George Floyd
On May 25, 2020, the nation witnessed a horrific murder of a Black man at the hands of police. George Floyd became another name on the growing list of names of unarmed Black men and women killed by law enforcement. After the public release of the video, people were outraged, and protests erupted across the globe. Organizations began taking strong stances against racial discrimination and committing to be antiracist organizations. We were amid a movement, we thought.
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The Buzz: The Unspoken Mental Health Concerns of Our Black Health Care Professionals
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In recent years, the focus on improving mental health within our general population has been an ongoing effort as mental health crises continue to rise post-pandemic. Some experts indicate that in 2022, about 59.3 million U.S. adults reportedly experienced some form of a mental health condition.
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The Buzz: Where Is the ‘Us’ in Inclusion?
As advocates for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), we are fighting battles on many fronts: EDI fatigue in organisations, concerted efforts to limit EDI work in some spheres, lack of resources—you name it! Today I want to talk about an internal issue, relevant to us EDI practitioners, advocates and experts: the lack of an “us” in EDI.
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The Buzz: The [Black] Dolls Are in Town
The Addy Walker doll and the Black Barbie were staples in my childhood. They were proof that I, a Black girl, was special, worthy, and beautiful. In a world that tells Black girls and women, we aren’t good enough, Addy defied mainstream claims. It warms my heart that over time dolls with dark brown skin, coily and kinky hair, full lips, and deep brown eyes have made their mark on the shelves of hundreds of stores and also online.
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