What's The Difference?

What Has Changed Since George Floyd: The New Landscape of DEI Work What You Will Learn: What has changed since George Floyd was killed at the hands of Minneapolis police a year ago, and the global protests his killing sparked Dawn shares her thoughts on DEI practice today and on our society’s evolving views of equity and diversity Why it is crucial to remember that Diversity is not new, and how the murder of George Floyd opened people’s eyes to the reality that has been with us all along How in some regards we’ve slid backwards in our collective cultural competence, and why some people now feel free to voice racist opinions openly How Diversity’s slow slide towards being a “political” topic has created an additional challenge for DEI practitioners Why more businesses are making public statements after race-based violent events take place, and why they are sometimes getting pushback from employees How DEI work has evolved since the 1980s and 1990s and moved beyond just training to more organizational and stra