How to Be an Ally In The Workplace
In Harvard Business Review’s article How Women Can Identify Male Allies in the Workplace they’ve detailed what allyship looks like. Here are some highlights that you can apply to your workplace. How to Be an Ally An ally works to reduce the amount of invisible labor expended by marginalized individuals in white male-dominated organizations. […]
Four Ways to Improve Diversity in Corporate America
Blavity CEO, Morgan DeBaun, wrote in a recent MSNBC article that she left Corporate America because she didn’t feel comfortable or safe in her trajectory within the company as “one of very few Black women.” DeBaun shares, “It’s tough to explain to someone who hasn’t lived it, but you can’t just be when you’re the only […]
Ways to Process and Cope with Racial Trauma
Racial trauma is real. It’s not just the physical acts of violence, but also the psychological experiences we have witnessing these events in person, on the news, and on our social media feeds and timelines. Checking in on your mental health when you’ve experienced or witnessed acts of racial violence is critical to your personal […]
Why Black Therapists Matter
At uncertain times like this, we can’t help but think about Black therapists. We rely a lot on them to help us when we’re feeling overwhelmed by the trauma of being Black in America. Whether it’s navigating racial bias or being repeatedly traumatized by witnessing violence against Black people; when processing our emotions, we look […]
