Category: Be Socially Conscious

As a social justice warrior, I care deeply about equity, belonging, and empowerment, and creating a more inclusive world for people from across communities that continue to experience marginalization and oppression. In these blogs and videos, I provide guidance on how to be more socially conscious so that we can all come together to unlock belonging for everyone and help change the world for the better.

You Can’t Have Diversity and Inclusion Without Equity

Three black women sitting in a row next to each other at a table, with one of them in focus and smiling at the others.

In my job as a professional inclusion speaker, I consistently speak about how equity is the key for creating a more inclusive world for women, BIPOC, and people from communities that experience marginalization. But the concept of equity can often be conflated with diversity and inclusion even though they are very different!

Why We Need to Talk More Openly About the Challenges of Elder Care

As COVID rates continue to rise, the restrictions for seeing people get tighter and tighter, and the challenges of childcare are increasingly thrust into the spotlight, I’ve been thinking of another type of care that hasn’t been getting as much attention: elder care.

What is White Fragility?

A woman wearing a black shirt with long brown hair sitting at a desk in front of a computer with her head in both hands.

As we move forward in the fight against white supremacy, it’s so important to talk about what white fragility is and understand the negative impact it can have on our efforts to dismantle and change systems and structures that are permeated by white supremacy and racism — and on our efforts to even have conversations about racism.

You’re Either Racist or Anti-Racist

A young black woman wearing a blue jacked and holding a megaphone with her right fist in the air, standing with a group of anti-racism protestors.

While it may be hard to hear that you’re either racist or anti-racist and there is no in-between, it’s so important to understand what this concept actually means.