In this episode, we are talking to folks from the LGBTQIA community to discuss and elevate the advocacy work they are apart of.

Our guests, Nadine Bridges and Erica Castro share their journeys and joy in their work, different strategies on addressing anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation and how we continue to move forward in advocacy and resistance work.

Join us for part 2 of Equity Meets... Arts & Entertainment with Zoe Rose Palas, Amber Lynn Ashley, and Rebecca Rouse.

* Trigger: mention of suicide

During episode 6 part 1, we are joined by three guests from different areas of the arts & entertainment industry including the game design world, television, and opera. Our hosts, Ashley Hill and Maria England discuss diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice within the arts & entertainment industry. Don't miss our guests as they share their experiences and their strategies for eradicating the inequities that exist in the industry.

Equity Labs focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion work in the workplace, so what better way to consider the future of workplaces than to discuss internships? Our host, Assistant Director Ashley Hill sits down with two guests, Sudeshna Majumdar-Fragomeni and Jessica Manzanillo, to critically evaluate internships, what the intentions behind them are, and if they are inherently exploitative.

Warning: this episode mentions suicide-related content

In Equity Lab's fourth episode, we are joined by Kathleen Nalty as we explore diversity, equity, and inclusion in business practices and how that translates to the bottom line.

For episode three of Equity Meets… we discuss the world of athletics and the role they play when amplifying inequities. 

We are joined by Paralympian Lacey Henderson who dives into the world of parasport to share her experience and understanding of where different inequities lie in professional sports and what confronting them looks like.

Equity Is Engineered: tackling the theory that says our systems are not broken, they are working exactly the way they were built. Since we engineer our systems and processes, what better place to start looking at the systems we engineer than STEM education?

With guests: Stephanie Salomone, Courtney Ngai, and Shayla Sawyer, hosted by Ashley Hill

For Equity Labs' first Equity Is... episode, we invited the Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (In)Equity Tom Romero and Equity Coaches Brianna Johnson and Carolyn Coles for a conversation on the future of equity work led by our host and Executive Director Chenthu Jayton.

Tune in to learn more about the current landscape of equity work, where it's going, and some tips and strategies when beginning or continuing your diversity, equity, and inclusion journey.

Visit equity-labs.org/supportequity to learn more.