Special Guest: Jade Alexander-Esteves

Jade has been a Champion for Change in the workplace.  She has been teaching people and creating envrionments which address cultural inclusion from all identities for many years.  She talks about a perspective of both visual and non visual discrimation and biases which we use every day and how we can create a better inclusion focused environment.

• Jade's Journey
• Exposure to diversity challenges closer to the top
• Jade's push to instill Diversity in the workplace and the struggles
• How people's view on "looks" impact limitations on inclusion
• Society exposure - growing up in a white conservative environment
• Helping educating people 
• Religion in the workplace 
• Accepting a position and accepting the employee policies and standards outweigh any social protections
• Inclusion in the workplace and why keep it alive or not? Supporting stigmas?
• What about days or months specified to celebrate stereotypes?
• Generational?  No - Baby Boomers are teaching their grandkids their values
• Millennials are more focused on Social Responsibility
• Barriers to enter the executive board 
• Making biases based on what we see
• Asking people about kids, family, chilldren is NOT illegal if it is not a violation of protected classes
• Visual Looks and Attractiveness comes up as a very common issue in the workplace and how they identify - ADA violations
• Hidden Identities and stopping biases/discrimination - it's not just the way you look
• Double edge sword hidden and not hidden stereotypes
• Disclosure isn't permission to disclose to others 
• Would disclosing to your boss or HR help you

Jade Alexander-Esteves
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jadeae3/

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