Equity & Justice Episodes

This is a reflective episode where Jackye and Katee discuss diversity in faith with Wendy Goldberg. Wendy is a founding board member and the Executive Director of Tri-Faith Initiative. For more than 15 years she has worked with clergy, lay leaders, social sector and nonprofit organizations, community leaders, and local educators to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. She leads Tri-Faith’s vision and strategy and is a thought leader and regional advisor on:

Bridging differences

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In this episode, Katee and Jackye meet with Ericka Hines, who is the Principal of Every Level Leadership. Ericka is an advisor and strategist who works with organizations to align their commitment to inclusion and equity with their everyday actions and operations. She has worked with government agencies, nonprofits, and foundations across the country to help their staff and stakeholders learn how to create an inclusive culture. To date, Ericka has trained over 10,000 individuals in skills that w...

In this episode, Jackye and Katee speak to Ryanne Fox, a former colleague of Katee's. She shares her personal journey of transitioning at work. It is a story you don't want to miss and we hope you learn, like we did.

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In this episode, Jackye and Katee discuss coming back to the office and why it impacts marginalized groups. And ask the overarching question of WHY?

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In this episode, Jackye and Katee discuss coming back to the office and why it impacts marginalized groups. And ask the overarching question of WHY?

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In this episode, Jackye and Katee are joined by the dynamic duo from the HR Social Hour- Wendy Dailey and Jon Thurmond. We get personal about fat-shaming, why we love HR (even when we don't somedays), and why everyone should be a part of the ice cream revolution going on right now!

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In this episode, we start the conversation with a little bit of current events and the ongoing trauma. We share resources for this episode on our Instagram page.

Then we get to dig in with Savina Perez, who is the Chief Customer Officer and co-founder of Hone, the all-in-one talent development platform for modern teams delivering live learning at scale to enable behavior change, human connection, and continuous development.

Prior to founding Hone, Savina led growth marketing and operations

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Jackye and Katee welcome Elena Joy Thurston back to the show to discuss some new tools she is developing for companies as they navigate non-binary workplaces. As usual, Elena Joy brings her experiences and knowledge to the table to make us all think about how we work with others and create inclusive spaces. Thanks for listening!

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In this episode, Jackye and Katee chat with Zach Nunn about his podcast, the work he is passionate about and how to be better. Zach is a respected DEI expert, with a deep understanding of the challenges employees experience and the intersecting factors that lead to disengagement, attrition, and PR crises. And he is a "table shaker". Enjoy!

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In this episode, Jackye and Katee talk about the ongoing violence against Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. But we want to share resources that will help find a solution, not just talk about it. Below is a link to Right To Be, one of the training tools we want to highlight, but listen to the full episode to hear them all. Hate has no place here.

https://righttobe.org

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For the last 15 years, Julien has worked with both non-profit (AIESEC, Chance UK, Coaching For Everyone) and private sector (Société Générale, Adecco, Thomsons Online Benefits - Mercer group). Originally he worked in a corporate environment managing Learning and Development globally. His job was to support people in their development as leaders and as individuals, creating programs that would make them shine as employees and make them grow and develop.

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In this episode, Jackye and Katee talk about the most impactful topics in DEI today. It is a don't miss episode!

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In this episode, Jackye and Katee have a conversation with Maia Ervin, Chief People Officer for JUV Consulting. Maia leads social impact, human resources, and company culture. She uses her experience as a Queer Black womxn speaking out against systematic oppression and inequities to foster work policies and culture that minoritizes folks can thrive in and be proud of. Her dream is to continue to provide platforms for young Black womxn to express themselves authentically without judgment. Fosteri...

In this episode, Katee and Jackye speak to Laura Close. And she brought the heat! As a twenty-year veteran of the DEI space, Laura Close started at a time before the term DEI was coined and has spent a career both locking in new structural opportunities and access for historically excluded communities as well as coaching executive leaders within the enterprise on designing and deploying KPIs for DEI at scale. Now, as co-founder of Included.AI Laura and her team have created the first technology ...

Amanda Young has just authorized an amazing children's book and she is here to share about what drove her to write the book, "Jumo the Unicorn". Amanda is so transparent about her journey about how to drive inclusion and Jackye and Katee loved hearing about it all- including the animals!

In this episode, Jackye and Katee chat with Joseph Ifiegbu about futbol, dream jobs and the tool he co-founded that can help HR teams by analyzing their data, eqtble.

We took a bit of a break because of some personal things- but we will share what those things are of course. But we discuss some heavy topics- grief, therapy tools, seeing folks IRL after covid times, learning, and much, much more. Welcome back!!

In this episode, Katee and Jackye speak to Dr. Aysha Khoury, an esteemed professor who lost her job after being asked to talk about inequities in medical care for people of color. The story is tough to hear but we need to listen and learn what we can do to help bring change.

In this episode, Jackye and Katee speak with Helvetikah Blak @helvetikahblak , an amazing drag queen! She shares a lot about her journey and how she has finally come into her identity as non-binary and the work she is doing to blend her education and lif...

Jackye and Katee talk money in this episode, and water bottles and cough drops. Sexy stuff, we know! The episode digs into how to think about charging for your expertise when you are a speaker, panelist, and/or consultant. Plus what to remember to have i...

I mean... we both have new puppies so we needed to start off by discussing the fun of our new family members. But then we actually get to workplace harassment and how that is impacting Activision Blizzard. This story is horrific and the impacts on employ...

In this episode, Katee flies solo to talk to Wil Shelton, author of "Silent Agreement" which relates the corporate experience for people of color to a boxing ring. The book and the stories from Wil shed some light on the silent agreements that are made a...

In this episode, Jackye and Katee explore some of the ways that the world has been designed to exclude way too many people.

It doesn't matter if you have diversity if folks don't have a voice. If you have an inclusive environment where folks can thrive, you will find diverse candidates.
Do you give the right tools to your folks and differentiate between diversity and inclusio...