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KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Be aware of the cultural differences when teaching DEI abroad.
• Rally around centering humanity and amplifying difference in the workplace.
• How do you have conversations with someone with a different opinion? Studies from Duke University show that we struggle to have conversations with people with different opinions even though we know we should.
• Allyship can look different for different people. What’s the best way you can show up and be effective?
• What is the DEI journey? “The Necessary Journey” by Dr. Ella Washington demystifies DEI with 9 business case studies.
• We’ve all felt the DEI whiplash. Since the 1960s the pendulum has swung back and forth. The challenge is knowing that it will and will continue to swing. I’m surprised by how quickly the pendulum swung...it usually takes a decade.

Trends for the changing DEI landscape:

• Organizations that weren’t committed can now use this to move away from DEI and pull back like not backfilling DEI positions or not using resources to continue DEI strategy.
• Committed organizations may be confused about how to continue with the changing landscape. They are now working closely to their law department.
• What does the workplace look like that you can thrive in? This is different for each person... what is your workplace utopia? Share this with leadership and see what overlaps.
• Organizations can’t make change when we keep running into the same pitfalls and don’t learn from historical challenges.

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