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Intersectionality and Minority Stress How factors like gender, sexuality, religion, income, and disability play a role in unique stressors Understanding minority stress is crucial as it affects those in marginalized groups due to discrimination based on gender, sexuality, religion, income, and disability. Our latest blog delves into the minority stress model and intersectionality, highlighting how overlapping identities can amplify stress. By fostering empathy and promoting social justice, we can work toward a more inclusive society. -By Armeet Narang Join the conversation! Share the blog, discuss diversity and inclusion, and advocate for policies that protect marginalized communities. Together, we can make a difference. https://lnkd.in/gKQrS6pA #MinorityStress #Intersectionality #SocialJustice #Inclusion #namastepsychology

The industry's gatekeepers need to wake up and face the truth: biases are blocking diverse talent. We demand change. #representationmatters #DEI2025 #diversity #netherlands #amplifyvoices

Sound bite from our conversation with Conchitta Bottse on the lack of representation in the Dutch music industry: Our discussion underscored the persistent underrepresentation of women of color in the Dutch music scene, stemming from historical biases, restricted access to networks, and systemic barriers. Industry gatekeepers and their unconscious biases significantly limit opportunities for diverse talent. To address these issues, we must implement bias training, diversify hiring practices, and establish transparent decision-making processes. Creating an inclusive and equitable environment involves mentorship programs, equitable pay policies, promoting diversity in leadership, and amplifying underrepresented voices. #DiversityInMusic #WomenInMusic #InclusiveIndustry #MentorshipMatters #AmplifyVoices

Challenged by how to make your services more inclusive for diverse clients? Here’s a great example of ‘out of the box’ thinking. Discover how hearing impaired people can wear a vest that allows them to “feel” the music for a whole new inclusive concert-going experience. Link in the comments. #service #inclusivity #diversity #innovativethinking #outofthebox #inclusivepractice #inclusivecoaching #accessibilitymatters

🌍 Did you know that Italy ranks first globally for cultural influence and heritage according to the several indexes? (https://lnkd.in/dwgJt-gW). Honestly, I didn’t! While I’ve always known about Italy’s global cultural impact, seeing the data brought a sense of pride. Italy’s influence, especially in the arts, is remarkable for a country of its size. 🎶 Opera, Italy’s first cultural export, has transcended time and borders. Although nearly half of the global opera repertoire is still Italian - with Verdi's "La Traviata" leading the way (source: Operabase) - over the past two centuries, other big operatic traditions have emerged, from the German and French to the Russian and American schools. This evolution speaks to the art form’s global reach. Interestingly, while the Italian language and repertoire remain dominant, new operas are rarely written in Italian today. This highlights a shift in contemporary music, where other languages have become more prevalent. Contemporary opera faces its own set of challenges, but that's a discussion for another day. ✨ Last December, UNESCO recognized Italian opera as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Yet, cultural influence isn’t guaranteed. To sustain and evolve, opera - and culture in general - needs active promotion and support. As I reflect on this during my recent studies in Leadership and Humanistic Management, I feel more connected to the cultural legacy we share with the world. It’s time we embrace this heritage and continue to celebrate the immense role that opera plays on the world stage, while also understanding our responsibility to sustain and nurture it for the future. . . . #italianopera #culturalinfluence #culturalambassador #opera #statistics #madeinitaly

Which strategies do Perform Europe project applicants envisage to move towards more inclusive and greener touring of performing arts works? Our colleague Eglė Valintėlytė took a deep dive into the project proposals and identified 7 strategies for change. Read the article to find out more👇 Want to know more about Perform Europe? 💥Visit www.performeurope.eu to learn more about this EU-funded project. Joris Janssens Eglė Valintėlytė Tille Peters #performingarts #innovation #inclusion #sustainabilty

👀 What’s reshaping the touring of performing arts? From rethinking touring models to amplifying underrepresented voices, Perform Europe's 42 projects are paving the way for touring with #inclusion, #diversity, and #greening at their core. 🗺️ ⚡️Read our latest analysis of the creative approaches and trends our projects are using to address the sector's biggest challenges. 💡 Dive into these 7 strategies of change we identified. Check out the overview: https://cutt.ly/GeHKU1O9  Read the full analysis: https://cutt.ly/ceKkFAjb * Strategies were researched by Eglė Valintėlytė, IDEA Consult. #PerformEurope #PerformingArts #CreativeEurope

Diversity is a fundamental concept that enriches every organization embracing it. From diversity comes the challenges and learnings of different view-points from other peoples’ experiences, environment and ideas Unfortunately, it is sometimes confused with or restricted to a required combination of diversified representatives of genders, ages/generation, cultural, ethnics, religious/philosophical/political aspiration not to mention physical particularities.  We often forget to add in this diversity consideration the business experiences, the numerous types of businesses, the complexity of non-core, famous, big, non-quoted/regulated companies. There are also in Luxembourg thousands of other companies, family business, craftsman, accounting firms and fiduciaries, boutiques, SMEs, shops, holdings/soparfi, PERE business, etc. which also require Independent Directors and contribute significantly to the Luxembourg economy and visibility. These businesses and their Directors’ mandates’ specificities have to be considered by ILA if it still pretends to be THE Institute for ALL Directors. I am convinced ILA has a role to play for all these Directors and must extend its consideration for those specific mandates and individuals in its training program, inclusion in committees and lobbying activities. This includes extending the cooperation and collaboration with other association or representatives (e.g. Chambre de Commerce, Chambre des Métiers, Fedil, etc.).

🗣️ CALLING ALL PRO VOCALISTS: Auditions announced for Shlomo & the GOB Orchestra: A brand new beatboxing theatre show that centres neurodiversity & marginalised genders ✨ Learn more: 👉 https://shlo.link/callout In partnership with Hackney Empire, we are holding 2 days of open auditions to create a new vocal ensemble featuring 7 exclusively female, trans or non-binary voices, led by award-winning non-binary beatbox star SK Shlomo whose previous vocal ensembles have performed on festival stages around the world. 🌈 Women & Trans Voices: This show disrupts the traditionally cis-masculine world of hip hop and beatboxing, shining a spotlight on emerging women and trans performers, who will each be trained and mentored by world-leading women and trans beatboxing experts. No previous beatboxing experience necessary! Learn more: 👉 https://shlo.link/callout Photo by Tony Birch #auditions #beatboxing #theatreshow #neurodiversity #marginalisedgenders #womeninmusic #transvoices #nonbinaryartists #vocalensemble #hiphopculture #mentorship #inclusivetheatre #callforartists #creativeopportunity #genderdiversity #castingcall #callout #openauditions #vocalistswanted #performingarts #artistopportunity #stageperformers #musicopportunity #inclusivecasting #theatreproduction #ACEsupported

📣 We should aim to do the right thing always, not only when it makes us look good. A number of high profile UK creatives, from Sting to Stephen Fry, wrote a letter to the men-only Garrick Club ahead of its Tuesday vote to permit women to join for the first time since 1831. As they put it, "we write as Garrick members who produce/co-produce and manage over 35 current productions in the West End and regionally. The current very public controversy over this issue has put us all in an untenable position. Our relations with female artists, co-producers, authors, cast members, members of our creative teams, backstage and front of house theatre staff have all been jeopardised by the recent publicity to the point that, without serious progress being made to finally address this anomaly, we won’t feel able to continue as Garrick members". Setting aside the question of why such exclusive bastions of elite privilege exist in the year 2024, the gentlemen's letter implies that this exclusion is somehow wrong because the world is now watching, thus making these individuals' existing association look bad, and not because the club was always problematic in the first place. One should not only care about equity when called out by others; being humans of principle means we care about it always, including most notably when it is requires standing up to friends. This is especially the case when you are already privileged AND doubly so when it pertains to something you *chose* to associate with. This is not their place of employment, which may have made them fearful about speaking up against its principles lest they compromise their livelihoods. I fully understand the difficulty of such situations and how much harder it is to do the right thing then. But these men had a choice whether or not to align themselves with the Club's values - which have been starkly obvious for centuries now - and they still made it. Writing about it now in this way is disingenuous in the extreme. Beware of 'allies' who cannot even stand with you when the choice is easy. #leadership #ethics #equity #inclusion #womeninbusiness #gender #garrickclub #exclusion #ally #allies #women #dei