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🌈 Celebrating Pride Month! One of my favourite times on LinkedIn 🌈 I love seeing what organisations are doing to recognise and support the LGBTQI community, to reflect on the progress we’ve made, and to recognize the work that still needs to be done. Diversity, equity and inclusion are not just buzzwords but essential ingredients for a thriving workplace. If you’re an ally like me and don’t know how to get involved, I would suggest starting with just x3 things: 1.     Take the time to learn stuff: Understanding the history and struggles of the LGBTQI community is crucial. Learn by googling or inviting your colleagues and friends to share. 2.     Support: Encourage open conversations and offer support. Even just say, happy Pride month! 3.     Celebrate: Whether its participating in Pride events, wearing a badge or lanyard, showcasing LGBTIQI stories or turning up to that morning tea – your visibility and action counts. And do it authentically. I love to see organisations celebrate love, diversity, and the diverse spectrum of human experience and may it continue beyond June always! 🏳️🌈❤️

Equity and inclusion is always front of my mind in my daily life, no more so than during Pride month. But what can you do when Pride Month is over? Turns out, there is a lot and you don't have to wait another 11 months to focus on #Pride and #Inclusion ☺️ As an ally, I've looked at how all of us can take meaningful actions to create an inclusive environment (anywhere, not just the workplace): 📖 Educate yourself on LGBTQI issues. 🗣️ Speak up against discrimination. ♥️ Use inclusive language. 🏳️🌈 Support LGBTQI initiatives. 📣 Be visible and vocal in your support. 👂 Listen and offer support. 🛡️ Promote a safe and inclusive workplace At Dimply, we recently reflected on our internal policies and introduced enhanced Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy, Social Value Policy, and "The One Dimply Way." Full blog post here: https://lnkd.in/et5ZkcAm #equity #pridemonth #allyship #proudally

Today's not only April Fools Day, it's also the start of Celebrate Diversity Month. Let's honor the beauty of our differences and come together to celebrate diversity this month 🌎✨ Embrace unique perspectives, cultures, and backgrounds with open arms. #CelebrateDiversity #UnityInDiversity #InclusionMatters #DiversityMatters #DiverseHamptonRoads #HamptonRoads #DiverseBusinessDirectory #BuildingCommunity #BusinessCommunity

“But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don't you do the same?” And that’s what each of us do, including people with disabilities. It isn’t bravery it’s simply working with whatever one has got in best possible manner. Aria Mia Loberti, who is legally blind, walked the red carpet of Golden Globes with her guide dog, making Globes history. Casting a blind person in a movie to play a blind character is one thing, giving a platform of Golden Globe to the person for her great performance is absolutely GREAT. No, it is not great; it is basic/obvious/logical, like in case of any other performer. Atleast this once, Golden Globe ‘walk the talk’ We have a collective responsibility to ensure that equal opportunities are given to all of us without discrimination. That our infrastructure supports every individual. We as a society have to ensure that each one of us feel comfortable even in our disabilities in public domain or in this case the coveted red carpet. We all know what are the right things to do but are we actually doing those things? In words of Verna Myers- Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance. #goldenglobes #inclusion #diversity #diversityandinclusion #disability #celebratetogether

Learn the importance of authentic LGBTQIA allyship at work. Explore actionable steps to support marginalised colleagues through challenging conversations, education, and fostering an inclusive culture. Embrace Pride Month as a catalyst for year-round allyship and inclusivity in the workplace.

Learn the importance of authentic LGBTQIA allyship at work. Explore actionable steps to support marginalised colleagues through challenging conversations, education, and fostering an inclusive culture. Embrace Pride Month as a catalyst for year-round allyship and inclusivity in the workplace.

Learn the importance of authentic LGBTQIA allyship at work. Explore actionable steps to support marginalised colleagues through challenging conversations, education, and fostering an inclusive culture. Embrace Pride Month as a catalyst for year-round allyship and inclusivity in the workplace.

Learn the importance of authentic LGBTQIA allyship at work. Explore actionable steps to support marginalised colleagues through challenging conversations, education, and fostering an inclusive culture. Embrace Pride Month as a catalyst for year-round allyship and inclusivity in the workplace!

Week 22: This week I felt very grateful! Thank you to everyone who I get to work with & the colleagues turned friends who value and truly feel me! I've really meditated on togetherness this week. When we're together, authentically -- magic can happen, it can be ugly sometimes -- but there's beauty in that too! We must commit to spaces that embrace diversity & inclusion. Diversity isn't always the hard part, diversity happens by nature! Inclusion is the hard part because we don't know what we want to invite people to share, how to ask them to share it and how to create safe environments for people to share consistently, thus diversity dwindles and ceases. I often ask myself: how committed & resourced am I to help people who are different than me & my community, feel safe to be themselves? And who/what can help me get consistently better at being inclusive?

Today I came prepared to Learn and I came prepared to Reflect from this amazing panel and understood so much about neurodiversity: 1. Misuse of neurodiversity There is a natural variation that needs to be acknowledged. Let’s recognise minds of all kinds and brains of all kinds. 2. Misconceptions of neurodiversity It’s an amazing opportunity to unpack about myself which is something to be celebrated. Not to be sorry of the diagnosis. #DiversityandInclusionSummit