She/Her. HR & DEI Leader. Culture + community first. Always thinking about how we achieve a more equitable, inclusive future. Views are all mine.
Oct 1, 2021 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Yesterday I was part of a panel on building and leading inclusive teams. One of the questions we were asked was how to build an environment where people at all levels feel comfortable sharing feedback with leaders and each other.
Creating and sustaining a feedback-rich culture is an overlooked aspect of inclusive cultures (and discussions on how to build an inclusive culture). And the effort that it requires can be intense (in a few different ways).
Oct 1, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
UT Austin Admits Largest First-Year Class and Enrolls Record-High Number of Historically Underrepresented Students news.utexas.edu/2021/09/20/ut-…
"Enrollment of first-generation undergraduate students rose from 9,122 to 9,387, 22.9% of all undergraduates.
"Hispanic enrollment reached all-time highs. The percentage of Hispanic undergraduates grew to 27.1%, last year's enrollment of 26.1%."
Oct 1, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Cheers to @DiversityLabCo for pushing firms to "do hard things," and tie pay to progress in DEI. reuters.com/legal/legalind…
"Diversity Lab unveiled a new round of commitments from law firms including a public pledge from one firm, Baker Botts, to link practice group leader or partner compensation to diversity and inclusion."
Sep 30, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
This ghost town in the California desert offers a crucial lesson about the history of American racism bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @bopinion
"Allentown owes its existence to two Black men: Army officer Colonel Allen Allensworth of Kentucky and William A. Payne, an Ohio educator. They set out to establish a place 'where African Americans would settle upon the bare desert and cause it to blossom as a rose.'"
Sep 29, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
What piece of music, or episode of TV (or a show) picks you up when your mood is low?
One episode that lifts me up is the show arc with Hippolyta on Lovecraft. The episode is titled, “I am Hippolyta”
Dec 20, 2019 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Allyship, especially in service of increasing diversity and making orgs more equitable and inclusive, must anchor to humility
What I mean by this, is it requires you to put your ego aside. Drop your need to be right, actively suppress your desire or inclination to take up space. Think of yourself an instrument, and ask to be led by the marginalized, affected community members
