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  1. Hi,
  2. So today I'll just be sharing some of the ways that I believe
  3. people in positions of power can use their power to promote diversity,
  4. both in the workplace in a school setting.
  5. And even at home.
  6. So
  7. I think when we often think of people in positions of power, we think of like
  8. high paid ceos, right? Or the president or um, even a celebrity.
  9. But I think it's important to remember that people in positions of power,
  10. that's all relative.
  11. So if you're looking at a school setting,
  12. somebody in a position of power in a student's mind would probably be
  13. a teacher, a school counselor. Of course. The principle,
  14. even even someone that works in the cafeteria
  15. has some element of power over that student,
  16. Right?
  17. Um, so if we are looking in a school setting,
  18. I think that
  19. one of the most obvious ways to do this is to change
  20. curriculum and of course this is easier said than done maybe.
  21. Um, but I remember being in high school and not learning
  22. at all about
  23. true black history in this country.
  24. I never learned about um gender fluidity or
  25. um,
  26. I don't know.
  27. I mean that could be different now in some schools, but I didn't learn about um
  28. able ism at all.
  29. We didn't look at
  30. anything having to do with people with disabilities and how
  31. that was a form of diversity to be totally honest.
  32. I didn't even consider this a type of diversity until
  33. I um interned at a nonprofit for my undergrad.
  34. So
  35. changing the curriculum,
  36. changing the narrative that our young people and our students learn is key
  37. of course,
  38. Then if you're looking at principles or people on
  39. a school board hiring diversely is extremely important.
  40. It's really important for students to see people in positions of power that
  41. are not um white males or are not able bodied individuals or are not
  42. um
  43. straight cis gender
  44. people, right?
  45. If we have our students
  46. learning from
  47. people of a diverse background,
  48. it really changes the way students
  49. see them. So
  50. in a time when
  51. um everything is just like students are growing, there
  52. identities are taking form.
  53. I think that
  54. having um
  55. teachers or role models that are different from them is extremely
  56. critical, right? It's critical.
  57. Um but then also for students of diverse backgrounds,
  58. it's really important to see um themselves for them to
  59. see themselves represented in people in positions of power.
  60. So there's been so many studies on how having male teachers.
  61. Four boys is so important.
  62. I mean it's so important for girls too, but it's really important
  63. for boys to see
  64. and to learn from
  65. other meals.
  66. It's really important for L. G. B. T. Q. Students to be learning from L. G. B. T. Q.
  67. Teachers.
  68. Um So that is one, sorry, my dog,
  69. that is one really simple thing that people in positions of power can do
  70. also um at more of like um
  71. organizational level,
  72. just having diversity trainings and my corporate job that
  73. I left to be able to business owner.
  74. We never had a diversity training.
  75. Um I see that it's pretty popular now and I think it's extremely
  76. important and something that every company big or small should partake in.
  77. Um
  78. Giving
  79. giving people in lower positions in a company
  80. flora. Please go away.
  81. Um adequate training and resources so that they can move up within a company. Right?
  82. So
  83. um
  84. even even things like paid parental leave paid parental leave is critical
  85. for diversity because what happens is you have a woman for example who
  86. gives birth or adopts a baby and she is expected to
  87. stay home with that child or maybe her husband or partner.
  88. Um But regardless somebody has to stay home with that baby if
  89. daycare is so expensive that they can't afford to work anymore.
  90. They leave the workforce and the majority of those people are women.
  91. So you have less women in
  92. the workforce and less women getting promoted.
  93. Therefore you have more men getting promoted
  94. diversity goes out the window. Right?
  95. So pretty simple. Um
  96. I like to always tie it back to the family setting and the home setting.
  97. Um Parents and caretakers are in a position of
  98. power for the Children that they are caring for.
  99. So there's so many ways to promote diversity in the home.
  100. Um One of my favorite ways that we do this is we were really big readers at my home.
  101. And so we like to buy books that are either written by um
  102. uh
  103. like
  104. I don't know written by um black or indigenous people of color.
  105. Um written by members of the L. G. B. T. Q.
  106. Community. Um books that have a diverse representation within them.
  107. So we one of my favorite books that we recently bought is May Among the Stars.
  108. And that's about Mae Jemison.
  109. Um that astronaut, my daughter,
  110. my seven year old daughter is just enthralled with space.
  111. She knows more about space than I ever ever had. Um and that is her favorite book
  112. and it's so important for her to see not only a little girl and then
  113. woman who became an astronaut but also a black woman who became an astronaut.
  114. Right? That's so important. So that's one of um
  115. a really that's a really simple thing that you can
  116. do as a parent also just like exploring unique foods,
  117. going to different restaurants on different parts of town.
  118. Um Trying indian one day trying Ethiopian another day.
  119. That's a great way to promote diversity within your household.
  120. And so yeah those are just a couple of my suggestions.
  121. Sorry that this ran a little late. Okay thanks so much