Nothing Without Us

In this eighth episode of our Reimagining DEI series, you will hear excerpts from my conversation with Simone Seol.

Simone is a coach and podcaster. We talk about Simone's approach to learning through her work, and why thinking of yourself as a good person is a block to change. 

You can find out more about Simone here - www.simonegraceseol.com

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/simone-seol-on-reimagining-dei

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.

In this  seventh episode of our Reimagining DEI series, you will hear excerpts from my conversation with Viv Grant.

Viv is Director of Integrity Coaching, providing coaching and leadership training for school leaders. We talk about soul wounding, the need for self care in DEI work, and the depth of understanding needed to properly tackle racial injustice.

You can find out more about Viv here - www.integritycoaching.co.uk

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/viv-grant-on-reimagining-dei

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.

In this  sixth episode of our Reimagining DEI series, you will hear excerpts from my conversation with Iona Jackson.

Iona Jackson heads the Insights Team at Edurio, and leads on a number of surveys for schools. We talk about the trends in DEI within educational settings, and the challenges of keeping DEI at the top of the agenda.

You can find out more about Edurio here - https://home.edurio.com/

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/iona-jackson-on-reimagining-dei

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.

In this  fifth episode of our Reimagining DEI series, you will hear excerpts from my conversation with David Bedrick.

David Bedrick is a teacher, author, and psychological activist and founder of the Santa Fe Institute for Shame-Based Studies. We talk about the experience of shame and how to unearth it, and the value of storytelling in DEI work.

You can find out more about David on his website - https://www.davidbedrick.com/

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/david-bedrick-on-reimagining-dei

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.

In this  fourth episode of our Reimagining DEI series, you will hear excerpts from my conversation with Elizabeth Wright.

Elizabeth  Wright is a disability allyship consultant, keynote speaker,  leadership coach and Paralympic medalist. We talk about  what  allyship means to her, and how we can move beyond performative  actions to real inclusivity.

You can find out more about Elizabeth on her website - http://www.elizabethwright.net/

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/elizabeth-wright-on-reimagining-dei

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.

In this  third episode of our Reimagining DEI series, you will hear excerpts from my conversation with Claire Bloor.

Claire Bloor is CEO of SARSAS, a sexual violence service supporting survivors of sexual violence across the Southwest. We talk about workplace approaches to responding to sexual violence and discrimination, and the work still to be done in this area.

You can find out more about Claire and SARSAS at www.sarsas.org.uk

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/claire-bloor-on-reimagining-dei

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.

In this  second episode of our Reimagining DEI series, you will hear excerpts from my conversation with Yee Won Chong.

Yee Won is a strategist, trainer and speaker, and along with his partner, Brooks Nelson, created the film, Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer. We talk about the discussions the film has generated - about how we can make an effort to be more humane in the way that we intentionally create welcoming spaces for everyone, especially trans people.

You can find out more about Yee Won on his website - http://yeewonchong.org/ 
See the film at https://www.transdudeswithladycancer.org/

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/yee-won-chong-on-reimagining-dei

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.

In this  first of our Reimagining DEI series, you  will hear excerpts from my conversation with  Cherry Steinwender.

Cherry is cofounder of the Center for Healing Racism, and has  been working in this space for many years.  Our conversation ranges from how Cherry and her colleagues developed their methods, the  importance of inner  work, and how to keep going when you don't see the results you  want.

You can find out more about the Center  for Healing Racism on their website www.centerhealingracism.org

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/cherry-steinwender-on-reimagining-dei

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.

Today, I'm really excited to introduce a unique series on the Being Luminary podcast, one that's really close to my heart. Earlier this month, we hosted a sensational event. It was a summit called Reimagining DEI for a new era of ethical leadership. And it was focused on reimagining diversity, equity and inclusion work in the context of all sorts of leadership roles, whether that's coaching or service provision, consultancy, whether you are somebody that's a school leader, a charity leader, we were really looking at how we do this work across our fields. It was an event that was filled with rich discussion, I think some really interesting workshops, and just genuinely inspiring people inspiring talks from leaders across various sectors. So I'm really excited to share that we're bringing parts of this amazing summit to you through our podcast, the series isn't just going to be a replay of the summit. Actually, we're, we're repurposing some of the conversations and some of the insights and some of the wisdom that was shared across the two days. And you're not going to get the whole thing if you do want access to the whole summit, you can still get that later on towards the year we'll be sending sending out some details about that. But for the podcast, we're going to have episodes featuring our guests. And really, we're going to invite you to draw together the themes of the various conversations that we had really thinking and listening deeply to the integral role that diversity, equity and inclusion work has, in any kind of leadership. I'm going to be inviting you to draw together the strands of learning of wisdom from our guests thinking about the importance of humanity, and courage, thinking about how that comes out through all of the conversations that I had with my guests and, and also in these times that we're in, to really think about how some of these conversations can give you heart that we can enact cultural and institutional change if we want to. 

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/introducing-our-reimagining-dei-series

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.

"I do think that because of my experiences, and because of, of my feeling around learning, that made me excel in the classroom as a teacher, because I really could understand how to do the building blocks of learning, you know, and break things down and make sure that understanding was there. I think that teachers I've met that have not struggled at school and that have been, you know, those learners that are flying through, have found that journey of being able to break learning down harder."

In this distilled episode Angie talks to Carla Whelan, Chief Executive Officer at Empower Trust, about how her experience of school has informed her teaching and leadership practice.

After studying at St Martin’s University College, Carla began her career in Newham, London. Quickly moving into leadership roles and coordinating a variety of subjects. In 2000 Carla moved to Plymouth, Devon and worked in two primary schools coordinating year groups and specialising in English and PE. Returning to Shropshire in 2003 she spent two years as Head of Inclusion at a local secondary school, acquiring a valuable insight to learning across both primary and secondary.

Following numerous roles, advisory positions and leadership experiences Carla moved into Headship in 2013 and then into the Executive Director of Education role in 2020.

Carla is an authentic leader who holds integrity as a key value. She is fuelled by the passion to ensure she lives and breathes our values, so they become more than words on a document. Considering herself a ‘forever student’, who full heartedly believes in reading and researching as a core to her work, Carla is committed to ensuring she provides an up to date support to our academies. This hunger for knowledge and determination to turn information into action helps ensure our academies are always striving ahead in education.

She joins Empower Trust as CEO in September 2023.

Carla mentions ‘Intelligent Accountability: Creating the conditions for teachers to thrive’ by David Didau

Connect with Carla on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-whelan-36a10455

Connect with Angie on her website - www.angelabrowne.co.uk

A full transcript of this episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/in-focus-aspiring-for-equality-with-carla-whelan

The extended episode can be found at https://being-luminary.simplecast.com/episodes/in-conversation-with-carla-whelan

This podcast was written and presented by Angie Browne. Original music was by Martin Austwick. The series is edited and produced by Big Tent Media and Emily Crosby Media.