Pride Month is a time for us to recognize, make visible, and celebrate the deep diversity of human beings and the multitude of our sexual orientations and gender identities. It is a time for joy, celebration, and for renewed energy to take on the challenges, systemic barriers and bigotry that continues to limit, attack, and […]
How Men Can Honor and Support Women During Women’s History Month? As we celebrate Women’s History Month and take time to recognize both the incredible contributions and leadership of women across all sectors of global society, we also take this time to recognize the barriers and structures still keeping women from full access and opportunity […]
Performative DEI: What Brian Flores is exposing about sham DEI efforts in the NFL and the persistence of Anti-Blackness everywhere February 11, 2022 By: Roger Moreano When former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores announced last week that he was filing a class action lawsuit against the National Football League and its teams, most notably […]
April is Arab American Heritage Month. Although not proclaimed officially by the U.S. government, this year the State Department announced that it will honor Arab Americans this month, stating that Arab Americans’ “contributions to the US ‘are as old as America itself.’” Arab Americans come from over twenty different countries and cultures, and have long […]
I’ve received a number of emails from colleagues and clients asking me about the argument that DEI, anti-bias, and anti-racism training is not effective and even detrimental. In short, the argument being presented is that these trainings do not reduce discrimination or turnover of marginalized populations, and therefore are a waste of time and resources. […]
My guests on the podcast this week are Dr. Kami Anderson and Dr. Joy Wiggins, co-authors of the newly released book, From Sabotage to Support: A New Vision for Feminist Solidarity in the Workplace. I had the opportunity to participate in a workshop led by the authors and based on the book. It was an […]
Coretta Scott King said, “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” Compassion is a must in times of crisis. No matter where you work or what you do, you and everyone you know has been impacted physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually by the novel Coronavirus known as […]
I was honored to present “The Missing Link to Sustainble Diversity and Inclusion” at TEDx Rose Tree in Media, Pennsylvania in November, 2019. In my talk, I introduced the new concept of “expansion.” Here’s a little background on the concept: Diversity encompasses all of the dimensions of human identity that make us who we are. Diversity […]
I often hear people use the term “toxic” to refer to their workplace culture. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Chris Armstrong and Vince Brantley, the co-founders of Veritas Culture, a consulting group specializing in organizational culture change. Chris and Vince argued that, very rarely is an entire organization toxic. According to […]
I recently had the honor of facilitating a program for a group of government leaders where we focused on leading diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in organizations that have historically been very homogenized in their demographic make up. The first activity I conducted included partner introductions where individuals had to answer the question, “what key […]