EP40 Inclusive practices for every body type with Pamela Shainhouse

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome back to a fresh season of the ABCDEI podcast. In this season co-hosts Susan Diaz and Rohini Mukerji present a 6-episode arc with in-depth episodes on different aspects of 2 core topics: intersectionality, and the return to workplace culture. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the first episode of the arc, Susan Diaz sits down with Pamela Shainhouse, Award-winning Certified DEI&B professional to tackle the former.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pamela is the Founder, President, and Creative Designer of Allistyle Inc., a size-diverse and sustainable fashion line named in memory of her daughter Alli. Allistyle highlighted the need for beautiful, comfortable clothing for curvy women and was designed and manufactured from sustainable fabrics in Canada.<br /> <br /> She is a highly accomplished Entrepreneur and Consultant with more than 35 years of success across fashion, apparel, and professional fundraising sectors. Her broad areas of expertise include networking, brand development/management, and public speaking.<br /> <br /> Her new division, “The Shainhouse Group, a division of Allistyle Inc.” is a consultancy that specializes in the world “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEI&B)” within the corporate culture. Their sweet spot is in the fashion marketplace.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Susan and Pamela dive into:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">📝 The need to create greater awareness around physical abilities and size diversity in the post-pandemic workplace </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">📝 Why labels given to physical and mental abilities by “outsiders” - like “plus size” and “ADHD” - which inherent shame, need to change</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">📝 Why some larger fashion corporations from Nike to Old Navy, have recently integrated their clothing lines to offer a wider size range instead of grouping any size over 14 into a tab that is titled “Plus” </span></p> <p><s