Common Misconceptions About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We often discuss misconceptions that people have around various topics like marketing, community, visibility and branding, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And it’s important to regularly revisit these topics, to dig in, debunk, and recenter the myths and misconceptions that come up with them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">India Jackson joins Erica to discuss common misconceptions about DEI work, from getting stuck on the right way to engage to why it’s vital to move from consuming information and into action.</span></p> <p><strong>In this discussion:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How perfectionism shows up when we get attached to there being one way to do DEI</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why community is vital to moving DEI work from consumption to action</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why DEI efforts require deep internal work and tangible action</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How a diversity of lived experiences, history, and culture impacts DEI globally</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Ready to dive deeper?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being in community is one of the cornerstones that can support your DEI efforts. This is what can take you from consuming information to having conversations about what you’ve learned and forming powerful and intentional actions that you can move forward with.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is how we create change, and this is how we can do it in community with one another.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.pauseontheplay.com/community"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pause on the Play, The Community</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">facilitates a space for these powerful convers