My friends and I are celebrating PRIDE at the Ventura County Government Center. They do work in public health and patients with HIV/AIDS.
As a DEIB-focused organization If you want to check a few boxes every year during Pride, you will only stay at āDā for the next few years catching up.
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Client: Celia, can you pls not bring up the political slide in your presentation?
Me: You mean the 280+ anti-transgender bills in healthcare, school and work?
Client: Yeah, that one. I donāt want to offend anyone.
Me: I understand. But isnāt that the purpose of your DEIB session? To instigate tough conversations in a safe environment?
Client: Unfortunately, we have some conservative folks in our company
Me: OK, I will remove that slide but I will share my story which will help your folks understand that these are human rights issues not political.
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Your employees cannot pretend to be inclusive in the workplace when they fundamentally have a bias towards LGBTQ+ employees at work.
- Unless we create a safe environment of trust and respect, we will never value each other.
- Unless we stop assuming and start listening to each, we will never find that common ground.
- Unless we see each other eye to eye and learn to smile when we disagree, we will continue to live in doubt, fear, and hatred.
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