Modern Minorities

Mita Mallick knows (the cost of) Advocacy


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Mita Mallick is infamous - an outspoken champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion at companies like Carta + Unilever. She’s also a passionate storyteller. As a columnist for SWAAY - and published in the Harvard Business Review, New York Post, Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, and more - Mita is challenging perceptions of what diversity is really about. Across her career, Mita’s fought to ensure people who look different are included - in the workplace, our communities, and even in our media. In a candid, revealing conversation about the not-always-rosy parts of her youth and career, we learned a lot more about the importance of advocacy, (perceived) power dynamics and why we HAVE to stick up for each other - even when it might cost us something. In today’s world, being a bystander won’t cut it anymore, even when they’re just mispronouncing your name.

LEARN ABOUT MITA

  • twitter.com/MitaMallick2
  • swaay.com/u/mitamallick
  • hbr.org/2020/09/do-you-know-why-your-company-needs-a-chief-diversity-officer
  • fastcompany.com/90533252/why-this-workplace-microaggression-does-more-harm-than-you-realize
  • MENTIONS

    • BOOK: “Becoming” (Michelle Obama): goodreads.com/book/show/38746485-becoming
    • FILM: Bombshell (2019): imdb.com/title/tt6394270
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