I want to share some ideas for how we can continue to do important DEI work amidst the current anti-DEI climate.

Being a queer-run business, I love helping LGBTQIAP+-centric orgs engage in DEIAB

Including ERGS in your DEI Playbook

Transformative goal setting

human-centered, liberatory design, and systems change based diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging

ERGs should not set up to be free labor to help an organization do better. They need to receive financial support.

EKKE consulting and Letters by Lucinetic work together to challenge bias in large language models

There are many ways we have infused AI into systems that we know are biased. Some of the resources I offer below dive into the studies they are doing to show that software created by humans is just as biased (if not even more so sometimes) as us humans.

Here are 3 of my go-to practices, tools, and initiatives an organization can implement that will help improve the DEIAB health of the organization and provide ongoing checks and balances and opportunities for meaningful relationship building.

When we go to create a strategic plan, it’s a process that is best when it involves everyone. Rooted in Liberatory Design process see the steps for building a more comprehensive strategic plan.

Studies show that letters of recommendation are biased in multiple ways, reinforcing stigma and bias that already exist.

After the “paper audit” is complete the next steps to an internal audit are…