Posts Tagged ‘Equity’
Talking about race
As a 65-year-old white female executive, I must confess that I have serious work to do on the challenge of talking comfortably about race: about differences, about commonalities, about privilege, about systemic racism and its corrosive impacts on people – on Black people, on Indigenous people, on Asian-heritage people. On all of us, really. The…
Read MoreHappy Juneteenth!
Happy Juneteenth! Tomorrow, our team will be taking time off to commemorate the holiday marking the emancipation of people who were enslaved in the United States. We will be (virtually) closing our office doors to take time to reflect on the progress that has been made and the long road ahead in combating the long…
Read MoreObserving Juneteenth
I learned about the history of Juneteenth more than twenty years ago, when it was first recognized in Minnesota, and was respectful of the idea that it was an important day for some of us. I honestly was not sure how to think about my own relationship with it: was my ‘celebrating it’ appropriate? Or…
Read More“My Daddy Changed the World”
Of all the imagery, demonstrations, dialogue and destruction unleashed after George Floyd died, nothing impacted me more than those simple words from his young daughter. The pride and the hope captured in that short sentence has powered a global body of work for twelve months. I wish we could celebrate more clear progress toward dismantling…
Read MoreWhy We Should All Care About Women’s Economic Security
Women’s participation in the workforce doesn’t just impact them individually – it impacts our entire economy This is the first in a series focused on women’s economic security. This post frames up the issue. Check back for subsequent posts where we’ll outline possible solutions and proposals, talk to Minnesotans leading in this area, and share…
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