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The Spirit of Diversity: Building a Community of Support and Inclusion Discover the power of finding your tribe and working with people who believe in your vision. Learn how diverse backgrounds and faces can elevate your success in business and create a supportive community. Join us as we explore the importance of inclusivity and collaboration. +21 A true connoisseur knows their limit, drink responsibly! #drinkresponsibly @spearheadglobal_inc @happycorkbrooklyn @moethennessy @sistasupplychainnetwork @tasteofblackspirits #DiverseFaces #CommunitySupport #InclusionMatters #CollaborationOverCompetition #BuildingSuccess #SupportiveCommunity #BusinessInnovation #InclusiveWorkforce #EmpoweringDiversity #ElevateYourSuccess #tasteofblackspirits ©2024 The liquor Connoisseur, Oklahoma City, OK. Please Drink Responsibly

Since starting the Collective, we have been in awe of the support and solidarity from our movement comrades along this journey. As co-founders, we have learned the importance of creating space to reflect on where we are and where we want to go. Last month, we had a co-founder retreat to reflect on the first three years of the Collective. This retreat helped us to further refine our strands of work and name the practices moving us toward our long-term vision, including community investigation and monitoring, community education defense, and movement-policy alignment. We got to dig deeper into our growth plan for C4LL and work through what steps we want to take to continue to realize our dream of a worker self-directed organization with a horizontal decision-making structure. We ended the retreat excited about our continued evolution as a collective. We’ve seen the importance of learning from others on this radical workplace creation and wanted to share a fantastic resource: Co-Powerment: a Hybrid (or Queer?) Approach to Co-Leadership written by Senior Strategist and Principal at Collective Struggle Praxis Advisory, Geoffrey Winder. Geoffrey’s reflections on shared leadership inspire important dialogues and we highly recommend checking out the series: https://lnkd.in/gsDammKQ We turned 3 y’all! And we are thrilled.

Our latest issue of InterACT Magazine explores #community and #culture. Read more from Barnaby Sandow and other leaders from across the world on their thoughts. Read here: https://lnkd.in/e3-f8yWZ

An amazing event with some truly extraordinary people ❤️ It was awesome to share our message of inclusion with everyone at the CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) Inclusion Summit, and their response was EVERYTHING. People laughed, people cried, people cheered— The engagement from everyone was truly special. At the end of the talk, I received a double standing ovation... LIKE WHAT?!? That moment will forever be humbling! But, I want to briefly glimpse what we discussed because it is so important to build an inclusive company that thrives. Do something. Pay attention to your people, ask questions, listen for feedback, come up with new ideas, and most importantly, make the choice to *do something*. We've forgiven ourselves of the expectation that it will be perfect on Day 1. But we take pride in knowing that we're trying. So we'll iterate, and make Day 2 even better. We live by the motto, "It's okay that an idea didn't work out because at least you tried." And it's necessary for people to feel comfortable getting a little uncomfortable. That's how you grow. So remember, next time you fail, be proud of yourself because you tried!

"Greater Rochester has been at the forefront of progress in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion for hundreds of years. Today, we need to focus our efforts on continuing to be a welcoming and equitable place for people of all walks of life in spite of the challenges we have faced as a community." Hear from Bob Duffy on the future of DEI in #GreaterROC on our Voice of Business blog: https://lnkd.in/e7s3SPCf #ColorsOfSuccessROC

Check out Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC 2023 Culture Report below. The inclusive culture at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC is the result of the collective efforts of many. The 2023 Culture Report summarizes our contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion both at the firm and in our communities. #BuchananDiversity #BuchananProud

What if we valued difference more? Listened more to different opinions and different people? Back in April our Non-Executive Director, Mo Kanjilal spoke at TEDxBrighton with a powerful talk on ‘How can we value the power in our differences?’ As well as being on our Board, Mo is Co-Creator of Watch This Sp_ce, an award-winning diversity & inclusion company. Her talk speaks from both her professional and personal experience, is honest, heartfelt and invites us to ask questions and to consider that if we were open to other perspectives that we might just find we're not all that different from each other after all. This thinking is key to how we work at Here (Care Unbound Ltd) and helps shape not only how we work together as an organisation but in ensuring the services we provide are shaped by the different people using them and what truly matters most to them. Well done Mo Kanjilal, we're so proud of you! 💜 To watch the full video click the link in the comments below 👇 #BrightonTedX #TedX #Brighton #DiversityAndInclusion

From the desk of Dr. Gerilyn Davis: Happy Tuesday! I’m wishing you a wonderful day. What I appreciate most of all on my inclusion journey is the becoming. It’s remarkable when we begin from one point of view and then expand to another. When people ask me what they can do to be more inclusive? I emphasize the opportunity to feel inclusive. It’s the human connection that gives this life meaning. A window into the soul derives from our ability to hear and share our stories. Stories are the backbone of our civilization, and it’s the stories that make inclusion so worthwhile. In a discussion I had with a gentleman after a speaking engagement regarding creating inclusion, he stated that he knew his story didn’t matter because his narrative is dominant in our culture. I replied to him, no, your story means something. The developmental opportunity is that your story isn’t the ONLY ONE that matters. There’s so much value when we are willing and open to exchanging stories. In these moments, we experience the mutual exchange that makes inclusion valuable. Inclusion is a win-win every time. The more I include, the better we become. It’s what I enjoy most about inclusion. #joyofinclusion #winwin #inclusionexpansion #joyofinclusion #inclusionexpansion #strengthbasedinclusion

“Diversity” and “Inclusion” are ever-present terms in today’s society, and the focus has generally been on reversing a situation where they have been absent to create a more harmonious and level playing field. But how about if we instead looked at Diversity and Inclusion as the FOUNDATIONS of everything we think, say, and do? In that way, all of humanity is always taken into consideration with mutual respect and value for what we all bring to the table.   #AuthenticityAndPurpose #leadershipstrategist #professionalspeaker #workshopfacilitator #purposedrivenlife #purposefulliving 

I’ve found the people and companies that are truly committed to doing the hard things well, won’t regress to focusing on just the easy wins or the low hanging fruit. They don’t accept checking boxes or going with the path of least resistance nor will they look for ways out of their commitments. No, they forge ahead to do the hard things well: designing cultures and systems to include those that are on the fringe and those that are truly marginalized. They stay true to their values to truly impact the communities they work, live, and serve in. They aren’t always celebrated yet these are the true heroes of our world with an impact that’s felt for generations to come. To those organizations and leaders, I say a big “Thank YOU” for your actioned commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. We need you now more than ever. Continue to do the hard things well. You are the example of “Be the change you want to see in the World” #supplierdiversity #diversityandinclusion #community #communitydevelopment