225: Janae Peters | Embracing Antiracism In Leadership

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Personal Journals, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

White people and people of color learn and grow in different ways due to their vastly different cultural and economic backgrounds. Therefore, leaders should know how to properly integrate antiracism approaches into their teams to ensure every member has equal opportunities to grow and thrive. In this episode, Corinna Bellizzi sits down with Janae Peters, co-creator of the Antiracist Development Group for managers of color. Janae explains how leaders can find the right affinity spaces where they can experience personal growth and fully understand intersectionalities affecting their decision-making processes. She also discusses how to avoid burnout when advocating for work equity, which is now in jeopardy with the DEI conversation being caught in a political firestorm.

About Guest:

Janae Peters is an educator, high school administrator, and social worker, and brings all these lenses to her consulting work with Think Again Training & Consulting. Janae co-created the Antiracist Development Group for managers of color. Using frameworks that address the unique challenges of managers of color, this eight-week, small-group program provides space for learning, reflection, peer support, and action to explore how systemic oppression shapes leadership and develop strategies to disrupt patterns that uphold inequity.

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janaeapeters/

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Show Notes: Final audio

Janae Peters And Her Work With Managers Of Color - 02:12
Why We Separate People Based On Skin Color - 04:08
Frameworks In Janae’s Leadership Course - 11:37
Addressing The Political Pressure Over DEI - 20:35
Taking Some Time For Self-Care - 31:20
More DEI Books And Podcast Recommendations - 35:17
Collective Care, Meaning Of Hope, And The Roots Of Love - 37:36
Episode Wrap-up And Closing Words - 46:53

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0:00.0	But this kind of planning, these kinds of sessions are also kind of key for getting through everything
0:05.4	that's happening right now and the deluge of how it's coming at people, because it's meant to
0:10.6	throw us off kilter. It's meant to support us and not feeling grounded and centered. And so I think
0:17.0	this is also like a good model for continuing to work through strategize and dream,
0:22.5	even in these moments that are feeling, I would say, beyond dark and that are the deluge
0:27.4	that we're experiencing right now.
0:29.4	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social
0:35.1	impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
0:38.9	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.
0:44.1	You'll learn how you can make a difference. Vote with your dollars and get involved today.
0:49.0	Here's your host, Karina Belizei.
0:52.7	Hello and welcome to Care More Be Better.
0:55.4	Each week, I invite you to care more about a specific social or environmental issue so that we can create a better world together.
1:02.6	Today, we're concluding a deep dive on what has been a three-week series specifically on the shutdown of DAI programs and what it can mean to each and every one of us.
1:13.7	Two weeks back, I introduced you to Rachel Siegel, a DEI focused consultant that I met in an
1:19.7	anti-racist development group for white managers last fall, winter.
1:24.5	Last week, I introduced you to Davy Schlasco.
1:29.9	He's the person responsible for founding Think Again Training, the group that created that program. This week, you'll meet Jene Peters. She is
1:36.7	responsible for co-creating another anti-racist development group for Think Again training. This one
1:42.3	geared at managers of color.
1:47.8	Jenei Peters is an educator, high school administrator, and social worker.
1:52.0	She's able to bring all of these lenses together in her consulting work with Think Again training and consulting.
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