Achieving indivisibility with Denise Hamilton

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

It’s no secret that there has been increasing pressure on diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders as their roles are defunded and programs are slashed. We’re seeing cultural shifts away from DEI in the workplace, education, and in our lives. Today’s guest has worked in this space for almost 30 years and is fully aware that her work is not over. Denise Hamilton is a DEI professional specializing in Ally Training and the author of Indivisible: How to Forge Differences into a Stronger Future. Her book takes a hopeful look forward and offers us the tools we need to create inclusive and equitable environments in our personal and professional lives. Today, Jessi and Denise have an honest conversation about the state of DEI and how we can work towards a more equitable future. Follow Denise Hamilton on LinkedIn and check out her book here. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir, now in paperback. Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us on the LinkedIn News page for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET. To continue the conversation this week and every week, join our free LinkedIn group for Hello Monday listeners https://lnkd.in/hellomondaygroup

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0:00.0	LinkedIn News.
0:12.0	and this is Hello Monday. There was a moment back in 2020 when it felt like companies were finally taking on the real work of equity.
0:27.2	The murderer of George Floyd introduced a national racial reckoning. Businesses stepped up their DEI efforts.
0:35.0	That's diversity, equity, and inclusion.
0:38.0	New roles were created.
0:40.0	Executives pledged to hire more diverse employees, and then they scrambled to find candidates.
0:47.0	Even as it was happening, it seemed unsustainable.
0:51.0	What would happen when the money dried up and public attention moved on?
0:55.0	Well, that time is right now.
0:59.0	More recently as the economy has been so unpredictable, companies have laid off many of those new hires, including
1:06.5	lots of people they brought in to help with all of those DEI efforts.
1:11.2	And as the political winds shift here in the United States, the entire field of the EIs under a new pressure.
1:18.0	Last year, the Supreme Court rejected the use of race-conscious admissions in higher education,
1:24.0	raising the real possibility that corporate policies around diversity are going to meet the same fate.
1:30.0	Here at Hello Monday, we believe that when we train our attention on equity, we expand the opportunity for everyone.
1:38.0	It's the right thing to do.
1:42.0	So then there's the question, how do we remain committed to doing this work, even if
1:48.2	our DEOI programs dry up? That's what we're going to explore this week. Stick around.
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