Episode 62: Unpacking the WHY Behind ED&I

In this episode, we chat with our colleague and friend, Alex Goodman. Alex is an HR pro and works in the animation industry. She joins DBAJAW as a guest to have a conversation about equity, diversity and inclusion.

With ongoing and systemic anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, including the recent murder of George Floyd, the shooting of Jacob Blake, the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor,  the police-involved death of Regis Porchinski-Porquet, the death of Joyce Equachan and, tragically, the killing of many, many more Black and Indigenous people in both the US and Canada, we are seeing a lot of workplaces react. While some organizations were already taking actions to improve equity, diversity and inclusion, we discuss how a lot MORE interest and energy are being put into this now.

Key Takeaways:

• ED&I initiatives don’t live in a vacuum! We need to move beyond initiatives to making equity in the workplace the new systemic.

• Avoid getting caught up in check-boxes. Commitment to ED&I is more than feeling good about diversity hires.

• When we strive to do better with ED&I, we are going to make mistakes. Don’t let that stop us from trying.