Telling Your Organization's DEI Story
Christopher Sims
Committed to community, anti-racism, equity, and creativity shaping dialogue that empowers underserved communities. Impactful and a movement-builder.
Your organization's DEI or DEIJ story is mightily important to your existence. As events in the United States and beyond focus on the treatment of disadvantaged groups, it is time that companies and organizations who say they are for equity and inclusion live up to those ideals, those aspirations, and the promises you have all made.
The actions of individuals and groups are given more and more attention as even the news is reporting injustices, inequities, racism, homophobia, etc. in their programs. Companies and organizations can no longer hide from what is being reported about them, or what a whistleblower is sharing about their horrible experiences with certain organizations.
So, if your organization is doing a great job at Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, then what is your story? How are you sharing or expressing that story? How did you happen to arrive at a story that is worth sharing? And finally, how can you teach other organizations and leaders by sharing that story?
When organizations across the country and the world have success story after success story about what they are accomplishing with their DEI efforts, the better off we will all be and the more inclusive this world will be. We will also be able to address a lot of the issues and inequities that exist in the United States and beyond increasing the impact of DEI or DEIJ efforts.
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In office settings and via Zoom nation wide and globally we will be able to have productive conversations that help us all regarding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. If organizations are looking to empower and impact the communities they are in, then being a part of these conversations and this important work, is what it will take. Invest in your communities and organizations by having these conversations and inviting the right people to have those conversations with.
If your stories include the personal experiences and stories of your workers, this makes your stories more impactful, also more believable. People of Color, people with ability issues, those of various genders will be more apt to trust your organization and want to tell their stories by coming new employees of your organization or company.
When will you begin to tell your DEI story and how?