Seen@Work: The Podcast

Erika White (she/her) is currently the Diversity and Inclusion Manager for the Pennsylvania Convention Center, an ASM Global Managed facility. Prior to working at the convention center, Erika worked in Diversity and Inclusion at a law firm and she currently sits on the Shipley School Alunmi Council as the Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. You can read her full bio 

During our time together, Erika reflected on one of her recent Supplier Diversity initiatives and she shared how being intentional about Supplier Diversity is an important way to further communities of color.

If you work in Supplier Diversity, if you're looking for ways to supplement your company's anti-racist efforts with an initiative that impacts the community, this podcast episode is for you. 

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Brendon Jobs (he/him) is currently the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Haverford School for Boys, a K-12 all-boys school located in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to serving the students and employees of the school as a diversity and inclusion professional, Brendon also teaches a class on Modern Black Lives as a member of the Upper School Faculty.

Brendon and Natalia chatted the day after George Floyd was murdered. They chatted with heavy hearts and the conversation naturally centered around what advocates of diversity and inclusion can do in this moment given the current state of Black life in America and given the surrounding context of the pandemic.

He shares quite a few resources that have been gathered here and on our website where you can also find Brendon's full bio, at seenatwork.com/podcast. 

For many of us in the diversity and inclusion space, this time has been both personally and professionally taxing. Brendon's reflective and thoughtful energy shines through this podcast in full force. Hopefully, it will give you both the pause and the fuel to keep going. 

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Kobena-Marcus J. Collins (he/him) is currently the Diversity and Inclusion Advisor for Kohl's and a Diversity Recruitment and Strategy Consultant with Bridge Builder Professional Staffing. He's a Native of Milwaukee, WI, where prior to working at Kohl's Kobena served as the National Director for Diversity Recruitment for the City of Milwaukee, and as the Diversity Recruiter for City Year Milwaukee. You can read his full bio on our website at seenatwork.com. 

During our time together, Kobena reflected on his experience as the National Director of Diversity Recruitment in the city of Milwaukee. 

If you're thinking about diversity recruitment, if you're looking into ways to support a diversity and inclusion function within a public organization, or even if you're just interested in listening to a fun conversation about diversity and inclusion, this is the episode for you.

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Twitter: @seenatworkllc
Website: seenatwork.com/podcast