NOT Sympathy Empathy is the ability to identify and understand another person’s situation without judgment, the full acceptance of their story. You have not lived their situation to be able to relate to it. Sympathy, by contrast, is projecting a feeling of less...
3 Signs You Might Be Unintentionally Gaslighting Others The Little Known History of Gaslighting Gaslighting was coined from a British play Gas Light in 1938. In the play, a man slowly turns up the gas in his home with his wife. When she questions it, he denies it,...
How to Celebrate the LGBTQ+ Community All Year Round Since the 1970s, independent Pride events have been frequently celebrated in the month of June. Why June? Early Pride celebrations were done to commemorate the foundational Stonewall Riots where gay people were...
Allies Embrace the Ambiguity of Diversity The two most powerful words in Improv are “yes and.” A simple statement that opens up the conversation rather than words like “or,” “but,” or “yet,” words that signal that there’s a right or wrong, a good or bad, no...
Tips to start the conversation with kids about diversity When I reflect on my why for my diversity and inclusion work, the real reason I do what I do is not to help organizations maximize innovation, revenues and profitabilities, but to educate and be a part of making...
Choose your own adventure as an ally with these 5 ideas Allyship is a choose-your-own-adventure approach. There is no one-size-fits-all, prescriptive step by step process to being an ally. Allies show up in ways that are aligned with their strengths, their skill...
