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This Labor Day week 🇺🇸 we’re thinking about what it means to innovate for the “future of work,” and the role that decolonization - especially decolonizing time - plays in building a more inclusive future and workforce for all 💛✊🏾. This #ThrowbackTuesday ( yes - Throwback Tuesday😂) we are throwing it back to our founder’s, Surayya Walters’, interview with social entrepreneur, wellness advocate, and transformational speaker Crystal Jovanna Ferguson, MPA on her Created to Inspire podcast 🎧✨. In this episode, Surayya and Crystal tackle: Why “time is a function of oppression” 🔥 🔥🔥 and how leaders must change how they manage time to be authentically inclusive For those who want a post-Labor Day 🇺🇸 listen on decolonizing the workplace and how we view work - take a listen! Link to the podcast episode: https://lnkd.in/gFNc4pZj #LaborDay #diversity #futureofwork #equity #inclusion #education #career #college #university

Calling all DEI-driven entrepreneurs! 🚀 Join our DEISIGN webinar to learn how to build businesses that make a difference. Discover strategies to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into your business model and drive social impact. Let’s design the future of inclusive entrepreneurship together! 🌍💼 #DEI #Entrepreneurship #SocialImpact #InclusiveBusiness #DEISIGN

Unconscious bias can silently shape our workplace decisions and interactions, often in ways we don’t realize. In our latest article, we dive into what unconscious bias is, its impact, and how we can take steps to recognize and address it to build a more inclusive environment. Check it out and let’s work together to create a workplace where everyone can thrive. #DEI #Inclusion #UnconsciousBias #WorkplaceCulture

In today’s global workforce, cultural competence isn’t just a buzzword—it’s essential. Understanding and valuing diverse perspectives can drive innovation, improve communication, and enhance teamwork. Our latest article explores why cultural competence matters and how we can cultivate it in our workplaces. Let’s commit to creating more inclusive environments where everyone can thrive. #CulturalCompetence #DEI #Inclusion #GlobalWorkforce #DiversityMatters

Retreating from the work of DEI is a death sentence to any organization that is bullied in to dismantling teams and pulling back work that is the cornerstone of it’s culture and business. DEI is about human connections and is a business imperative that helps the economics of every organization. If you stop people from connecting and having access to your brand, you create a barrier to your business’s growth. Thank you Madamenoire for the opportunity to discuss this important issue. #DEI #DEIwillNeverDie #DiversityEquityandInclusion #Inclusion https://lnkd.in/duG2g6S3

💛 Entertainment Through iDEIntity Radio 📻 The first pillar of our mission: Amplify New Voices 💛 . Through this pillar, we commit to providing a "brave space" for the dissemination of DEI content and conversation. Introducing iDEIntity radio where we will engage in spirited and live streamed group discussions on various topics related to this work, while being a platform for the music of underrepresented musicians and artists. The radio will be used to market our new digital DEI hub (coming soon) and bring our mission and vision to a broader audience. This season on iDEIntity Radio, we will address the following topics ⬇ and more: ✴ Being a "DEI" Hire ✴ DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) vs. MEI (Merit, Excellence, and Intelligence) ✴ Will DEI die in 2024? ✴ Does the defuning of DEI in the tech industry (MAANG) set the tone for DEI as a whole? ✴ DEI = Definitely Earned It? Check out the slide deck for thumbnails to promote our first round of episodes for this season. Casting for our first season will begin THIS WEEK. Episodes will be recorded virtually on Riverside.fm and StreamYard. Do you have anything to say on the above topics? Register to be casted in our first season of iDEIntity radio here ⬇ : https://lnkd.in/ehGr6P8u #diversity #equity #inclusion #radio #show #online #diverse #topics #opinions #musicians

Unconscious bias can silently shape our workplace decisions and interactions, often in ways we don’t realize. In our latest article, we dive into what unconscious bias is, its impact, and how we can take steps to recognize and address it to build a more inclusive environment. Check it out and let’s work together to create a workplace where everyone can thrive. #Neurodiversity #DEI #Inclusion #Innovation #WorkplaceCulture

✊🏾 Wisdom Wednesday 💛 : Viola Davis, Award-Winning Actress and Founder of JuVee Productions reminds us...... That diversity is not a trending topic - now, or never. It is a fundamental human right for our diversity to be acknowledged, cultivated, and celebrated. Today we celebrate Viola Davis for her: ✴ Advocacy for fair wages for actors and actresses of color (closing the pay gap) ✴ Outspokenness regarding the very battles she's faced due to colorism and other forms of racial discrimination ✴ Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through representation and storytelling through JuVee Productions. What can Viola's career teach us? ✅ Speak up - be an impassioned advocate for diversity and make your voice heard on key issues (i.e, the wage gap) ✅ Leverage your story - your story is powerful and can be used to foster more empathy and sway the hearts and minds of key decision makers ✅ Build for others - commit your career to creating systems and structures that can increase representation and belonging for yourself and others Visit www.ideintity.org and sign up for our mailing list and to be notified for our big announcement in the coming days! #diversity #equity #inclusion #Viola #Davis #actress #wisdom #belonging #WisdomWednesday

🚨This Week's News Roundup 🚨 : MIT's enrollment of Black, Latino, students drops after Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ban 😪 MIT's president says the following on the change: "The class is, as always, outstanding across multiple dimensions, but what it does not bring, as a consequence of last year’s Supreme Court decision, is the same degree of broad racial and ethnic diversity that the MIT community has worked together to achieve over the past several decades." We empathize with and deeply understand the struggle to prove the "case for diversity" in light of the Supreme Court's verdict. This highlights the need for: ✅ Educators and administrators to continue to push for diversity in new and innovative ways ✅ Cross-sector collaboration in ensuring that diversity at all levels - student and career & professional - remains a priority ✅ Policymakers and advocates to continue seeking new ways to empower and protect organizations and leaders who will put diversity first What do you think about the Supreme Court's verdict and its impact on higher education? We would love to hear your perspective in the comments ⬇ #diversity #equity #inclusion #MIT #highereducation https://lnkd.in/e63N4tXx

This is not your corporation's defunded and phased out DEI program, but a diversity, equity, and inclusion model and organization committed to doing things differently. We are here to: 💛 Amplify new and diverse voices 💛 Provide a platform for advocacy 💛 Create job and economic opportunities 💛 Invest and reinvest into the entrepreneurial and diversity ecosystem Our waitlist community is by email invitation only. Please follow our LinkedIn page or sign up on our website www.ideintity.org to be notified as to when you are invited to join our waitlist community. #diversity #equity #inclusion #model #waitlist #community #email #invite