Diversity

Adding to the literature, the authors find that members of the different parties employ different micro-political strategies. Many senior HR and management members demand that the networks’ activities contribute to the organizations’ diversity aims and bottom line. They largely avoid strategic cooperation with the networks. Most network members, in turn, resist the restricted role of … Read moreMicro-political strategies in negotiating the role of women's networks in organizations

rpmfm: DOWNLOAD: The imagineNATIVE 2015 Mixtape, Featuring GlitClit, Madeskimo, and Akkil RPM is pleased to present the 2015 imagineNATIVE mixtape, as part of the festival’s 16th annual celebration of Indigenous creativity. On Saturday, October 17, imagineNATIVE will present a live music performance night “The Beat DJ POW! WOW!” — featuring electronic sets from GlitClit (Lido … Read morerpmfm:

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Using the examples of Grenadian-born Jean Augustine, the first Black Member of Parliament in Canada, and Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley, the piece argues that the ethos of the Emigrant Ambassador—the collective empowerment of Black feminism, liberation, and radicalism—ushered in a new era for change abroad and in Canada, as transnational and international change was … Read moreCause for change: lessons for Black liberation

Vineet Chander and Lucinda Mosher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019 | Book Gopal’s talk is based on a chapter he contributed to in this book. WWF Climate and Energy | YouTube, 2021 | Watch A panel on faith perspectives on nature-based solutions held during the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference. Gopal spoke alongside representatives from … Read moreThe unexpected way spirituality connects to climate change | Gopal D. Patel

The lack of progress toward equity in the U.S. is evident across many spheres of society, academia notwithstanding. Women academicians, in particular, face many barriers that prevent them from advancing–including a continued unsupportive climate, competing work and family demands, and interpersonal discrimination. This paper reflects on a collaborative research effort in the United States to … Read moreAllyship in the university setting: supporting women's success

culturestrike: “Indigenous People Day” by Tsinajini Grafix. #art4 #art4change #artivism #artivist #activist #politicalart #humanrights #socialjustice #racialjustice #columbusday #decolonize #deconstructingborders #IndigenousPeople #indigenous #indigenousart #indigenouspeopleday YES. grandmasaidno liked this Show more notesLoading… source

Why must we all work long hours to earn the right to live? Why must only the wealthy have access to leisure, aes­thet­ic plea­sure, self-actu­al­iza­tion…? Every­one seems to have an answer, accord­ing to their polit­i­cal or the­o­log­i­cal bent. One eco­nom­ic bogey­man, so-called “trick­le-down” eco­nom­ics, or “Reaganomics,” actu­al­ly pre­dates our 40th pres­i­dent by a few hun­dred years at … Read moreBertrand Russell & Buckminster Fuller on Why We Should Work Less, and Live and Learn More

“Today, Hungary is in the gray zone between a dictatorship and a democracy,” says activist Tessza Udvarhelyi. “This did not happen overnight.” In a rousing talk, she reminds us just how close any country can come to authoritarianism — and offers on-the-ground lessons for how to keep democracy alive through focus, determination and imagination. (Followed … Read moreHow to build democracy — in an authoritarian country | Tessza Udvarhelyi