In this final installment of this DEI Committee series, we’re diving into how to begin to look at wider support structures and measurements of success of the work of the committee. In this three part series, we will be focusing on: 3 Steps to Forming an Effective DEI Steering Committee Sustaining Your Efforts Futureproofing the Work of Your DEI Steering …
DEI Steering Committee – Part 2: Sustaining Your Efforts
Creating a DEI Committee is an essential step in demonstrating your organization’s commitment to bringing forth and prioritizing changes related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In this three part series, we will be focusing on: 3 Steps to Forming an Effective DEI Steering Committee Sustaining Your Efforts Futureproofing the Work of Your DEI Steering Committee However, a committee is not …
Ask SGO: What Happens After the Workshop?
Sometimes when we do workshops, organizations or companies might say, “Hey, you know, we’ve done this workshop, but nothing has changed.” I hear that a lot and I understand why that is, but I think maybe we should take a step back to take a moment and ask ourselves: what’s the point, or what’s the purpose of workshops when we …
DEI Steering Committee – Part 1: 3 Steps to Forming an Effective DEI Steering Committee
In the wake of the events of 2020 and early 2021, your organization may have realized that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training is a starting point towards a larger DEI journey. If you’re eager to put what you learned during training into action and create organizational change, consider forming a DEI Steering Committee/Council. Forming a DEI Steering Committee/Council is …
Ask SGO: 3 Tips for Successful Virtual Interviewing
If you’re involved in hiring or recruiting for your company, you might be thinking to yourself that you knew how to go about interviewing candidates in “normal,” pre-pandemic times before we were all virtual, but what do we do now that we’re interviewing remotely for virtual positions and conducting virtual interviews? Felicia Jadczak, Co-CEO and Head of Training for She+ Geeks …
Episode 105: Beyond Leaning In with Melanie Ho
Melanie Ho, author of BEYOND LEANING IN: Gender Equity and What Organizations are Up Against, sits down with Rachel and Felicia to discuss the cumulative and ripple effects of discrimination against women in the workplace. The novel offers unique insights in a fictionalized (but very familiar) office as men and women try (and often fail) to create an equitable and …
Stop Asian Hate: A Note from Co-CEO Felicia Jadczak
Yesterday I personally shared some thoughts and reactions to the news of the murders in Atlanta. We wanted to follow up today with a community-wide note to address what has happened. Eight people were murdered, six of whom were Asian women. To be clear, language matters and we need to call this what it is: a hate crime. This past …
Get to Know the SGO Facilitators: Jacquis Watters
We’re excited to introduce you to some of the incredible DEI training facilitators that are part of the SGO team. We asked them to share what sparked their passion for this work, what DEI means to them, and why they do what they do. Meet Jacquis Watters, DEI Facilitator! What does DEI mean to you?Diversity, equity, and inclusion are words …
Episode 104: Meghan Markle and The Royally Toxic Institution of Whiteness
She+ Geeks Out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion facilitators Fatima Dainkeh and Jacquis Watters sit down to respond to Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS Primetime Special. Fatima and Jacquis look at the Royal Family’s connection to and complicity with the institutions of whiteness and white supremacy, and why it’s dangerous to separate institutions from people. They also dive into the …
Why we’re a B Corp
She+ Geeks Out became a Certified B Corp in early 2017. This is important stuff. We’re often asked if we’re a nonprofit because we’re a social enterprise. When we share that we aren’t, the responses and reactions sometimes vary. The myth that only nonprofits can be social mission-driven is lessening, but is still very much prevalent. The reality is businesses …