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Operationalizing Justice: A Justice-Lens to Hiring & Recruitment

If organizations are truly committed to doing the work of ending racism, it’s important to start sharing this commitment from the beginning of the employee’s lifecycle — with the job posting. There is a lack of dialogue on how organizations assess and communicate their expectations of employees to be arbiters of their DEIJ efforts. To operationalize justice, these conversations should begin before an employee is even hired. Here are some prompting thoughts for organizations to embed DEIJ into every aspect of their hiring process.

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Operationalizing Justice: Translating “Days Without Incident” to Health Equity

The concept of the “safer space” is one of the more profound new movements in diversity and equity work. It is powerful because it draws away the fluff of rose-colored viewpoints and initiatives for addressing organizational disparities, and instead it lends itself to grounded and pragmatic attitudes. It forces us to operate in the following truth: Safety cannot be promised, physically or emotionally. 

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Operationalizing Justice: The Problem with “Professionalism”

Entering the workforce, I was taught that to survive and succeed I’d need to sacrifice everything about myself, and only then would I master “professionalism.” I was mentored to mask my personhood and humanity into a small, shallow, tight box that was intentionally designed to suffocate me with white norms. If I conquered that tightrope, if I became the most revered and beloved acrobat of white comfort and obedience, then surely I would be rewarded with “success.”

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Operationalizing Justice: Shifting Organizational Culture for Humanity and Dignity

Social justice is not a framework. It is not a list of actions or behaviors. It is a relational orientation toward humanity and dignity for all. So, how do you operationalize a relational orientation? Ultimately, organizations must examine themselves through a lens of the elements of white supremacy culture and decide for themselves how they will divest from the delusion of domination.

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Operationalizing Justice: What One White Leader is Learning on the Journey

I’m a white executive team member for a global human resources consulting, technology and administration firm. We have more than 2,000 employees, with a significant presence in the U.S. This is the story of how I became a member of our newly-formed Black Leadership Council, as their executive advocate champion and ally, and what I learned along the way. My hope is that others can benefit from understanding my experience, and the discoveries I’ve made over the past year. 

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Racial Justice at Work: Practical Solutions for Systemic Change

Racial Justice at Work book cover

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)

Cover of the book We Can't Talk about That at Work (Second Edition) by Mary-Frances Winters and Mareisha N Reese

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