Karen with Lisa Flick Wilson

05/21/24 • 21 min

5 Things In 15 Minutes: Good Vibes in DEI

Here are this week's good vibes:

SFMOMA’s New Exhibit Celebrates Inclusion
Kaylynne Truong Becomes the First Vietnamese Athlete in the WNBA
Frontier Co-Op’s Values-Driven Approach
Liechtenstein Passes Marriage Equality
Apple Products Grow More Accessible

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Read the Stories: https://www.theequalityinstitute.com/equality-insights-blog/5-things-karen

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This week's Call to Action:

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) was last week. Get your organization a free accessibility assessment by our friends at Ablr, who train visually impaired folks to perform accessibility audits (among other amazing things).

Join thousands of readers by subscribing to the 5 Things newsletter. Enjoy some good vibes in DEI every Saturday morning. https://5thingsdei.com/

Here are this week's good vibes:

SFMOMA’s New Exhibit Celebrates Inclusion
Kaylynne Truong Becomes the First Vietnamese Athlete in the WNBA
Frontier Co-Op’s Values-Driven Approach
Liechtenstein Passes Marriage Equality
Apple Products Grow More Accessible

Connect with Bernadette: www.BernadetteSmith.com

Read the Stories: https://www.theequalityinstitute.com/equality-insights-blog/5-things-karen

This week's Call to Action:

Join thousands of readers by subscribing to the 5 Things newsletter. Enjoy some good vibes in DEI every Saturday morning. https://5thingsdei.com/

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Reconnecting with Lisa Demmi

Here are this week's good vibes:

WNBA Players to Fly Charter Flights
American Cancer Society to Study Black Women
Japan Airlines’ New CEO is a Woman
Sesame Place Is More Inclusive of Neurodivergence
Kate Spade Promotes Mental Health Awareness

This week's Call to Action:

Speaking of mental health awareness, I’ve developed a “bag of tricks” to manage my own in times of acute stress. Here are some great quick tips I learned from Ana Del Castillo that you can try in-the-moment: 6 Ways to Regulate Your System

https://www.theequalityinstitute.com/equality-insights-blog/5-things-reconnecting

Connect with Lisa Demmi: www.lisademmi.com

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Rebroadcast: Ageist with Dr. Therese (Waltz) Canares

This Week's Good Vibes:

‘Sesame Street’ Introduces TJ, the Show’s First Filipino American Muppet
FDA Paves Way for More Gay and Bisexual Men to Donate Blood With New Risk-Based Assessment
Dartmouth Health on How to Reduce Hiring Bias, the Power of DEIB Statements
Airbnb Let Its Workers Live and Work Anywhere. Spoiler: They’re Loving It
For Kids, Going Under Anesthesia Can Be Scary. This Nurse Made a Video Game to Ease Fears

Call to Action:

Watch this PBS Special “Rising Against Asian Hate” narrated by the fabulous Sandra Oh. The special “sheds light on the struggles, triumphs, and achievements of AAPI communities.”

To learn more about CurieDx and Dr. Canares, visit: https://www.curiedx.com/

Read the full blog here: https://www.theequalityinstitute.com/equality-insights-blog/5-things-ageist

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This episode originally aired on May 16, 2023

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