Inclusion: Who is being left out?
Inclusion: Who is being left out?
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As you move through this section, please note that it is again a brief look at some ways in which people identify. Most people will self-identify with more than one group. Take time to think about yourself and the role that your personal identifiers play in your life.
As you move through this section, please note that it is again a brief look at some ways in which people identify. Most people will self-identify with more than one group. Take time to think about yourself and the role that your personal identifiers play in your life.
Which group or groups do you most strongly identify with? Why?
How do your identified groups influence the way you perceive others?
How do you feel you are perceived by the community in which you live, based on your outward expression of your group(s)? Is this fair?
Underrepresented Groups
Underrepresented Groups
Pan, or "umbrella" self-identified groups include, but are not limited to, those based on: age, disability, physical or mental ability, race, ethnicity, ancestry, gender, gender identity, religion, spirituality, sex, sexual orientation and gender diversity, 2SLGBTQI, socio-economic status, language, immigration status, and others.
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Unconscious Biases
Unconscious Biases
Q: What blindspots can you currently recognize in your own world view?
Q: What blindspots can you currently recognize in your own world view?
Q: What is it you do to exclude others?
Q: What is it you do to exclude others?
Reflect on these questions as you move through the rest of this section.
Reflect on these questions as you move through the rest of this section.
Inclusion, Exclusion, Illusion, and Collusion
Inclusion, Exclusion, Illusion, and Collusion
The Inclusion Paradox describes the interesting relationship between two notions: we are all humans and share a human experience, yet we all are unique and different, separated by our DNA, fingerprints, stories, and backgrounds. This paradox explains why “we have a preference to surround ourselves with people who are like us.”
Helen Turnbell, diversity consultant and CEO of Human Facets, shares insightful data and scientific observations to demonstrate the tangible effects of diversity and inclusion.
Women
Women
Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception. ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception. ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
'Do Women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?', Poster by Guerrilla Girls, 1989, United States, https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/gender-sexuality
"This poster is part of the Guerrilla Girls protest against sexual and racial prejudice in the New York art world. Although their protest is directed against the world of the gallery and the museum, their witty and ironic posters appear in everyday settings" (Victoria and Albert Museum, n.d.).
Q: What does this poster say to you? Reflect or discuss.
Q: How have things changed or stayed the same for women in North America since the late 1980s?
"Trauma halts possibility. Movement activates it." ~ Tarana Burke
"Trauma halts possibility. Movement activates it." ~ Tarana Burke
Warning: The content of the "Me Too" video may be sensitive for some viewers. Ensure it is viewed in a safe space for all who choose to watch it.
Warning: The content of the "Me Too" video may be sensitive for some viewers. Ensure it is viewed in a safe space for all who choose to watch it.
Me Too is a movement, not a moment | Tarana Burke, January 4, 2019
Me Too is a movement, not a moment | Tarana Burke, January 4, 2019
In 2006, Tarana Burke was consumed by a desire to do something about the sexual violence she saw in her community. She took out a piece of paper, wrote "Me Too" across the top and laid out an action plan for a movement centered on the power of empathy between survivors. More than a decade later, she reflects on what has since become a global movement -- and makes a powerful call to dismantle the power and privilege that are building blocks of sexual violence. "We owe future generations nothing less than a world free of sexual violence," she says. "I believe we can build that world."
"Empathy is a choice, and its a vulnerable choice because in order to connect with you, I have to connect with something in myself that knows that feeling." ~ Brené Brown
"Empathy is a choice, and its a vulnerable choice because in order to connect with you, I have to connect with something in myself that knows that feeling." ~ Brené Brown
Before you watch this video, reflect on the following question: What is the difference between sympathy and empathy? Reflect on your answer after watching.
Q: Both Burke and Brown talk about vulnerability and empathy.
Q: Both Burke and Brown talk about vulnerability and empathy.
How do you view vulnerability?
How do you view empathy?
How are power and privilege woven into your life?
How does empathy help socio-political movements progress?
How can empathy help people become more culturally competent?
Disabilities
Disabilities
"Disability refers to the interaction between individuals with a health condition (e.g. cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and depression) and personal and environmental factors (e.g. negative attitudes, inaccessible transportation and public buildings, and limited social supports)" ("Disability and health," 2020).
"Disability refers to the interaction between individuals with a health condition (e.g. cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and depression) and personal and environmental factors (e.g. negative attitudes, inaccessible transportation and public buildings, and limited social supports)" ("Disability and health," 2020).
Article 25 – Health
Article 25 – Health
States Parties recognize that persons with disabilities have the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without discrimination on the basis of disability. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure access for persons with disabilities to health services that are gender-sensitive, including health-related rehabilitation. In particular, States Parties shall:
a) Provide persons with disabilities with the same range, quality and standard of free or affordable health care and programmes as provided to other persons, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health and population-based public health programmes;
b) Provide those health services needed by persons with disabilities specifically because of their disabilities, including early identification and intervention as appropriate, and services designed to minimize and prevent further disabilities, including among children and older persons;
c) Provide these health services as close as possible to people’s own communities, including in rural areas;
d) Require health professionals to provide care of the same quality to persons with disabilities as to others, including on the basis of free and informed consent by, inter alia, raising awareness of the human rights, dignity, autonomy and needs of persons with disabilities through training and the promulgation of ethical standards for public and private health care;
e) Prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities in the provision of health insurance, and life insurance where such insurance is permitted by national law, which shall be provided in a fair and reasonable manner;
f) Prevent discriminatory denial of health care or health services or food and fluids on the basis of disability.
Excerpt taken from: ("Article 25 – Health," 2017)
"A Day for All" - International Day of Persons with Disabilities takes place on December 3rd each year. International Day of Persons with Disabilities
"A Day for All" - International Day of Persons with Disabilities takes place on December 3rd each year. International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Q: What can you and your organization do to make every day "A Day for All"?
Q: What can you and your organization do to make every day "A Day for All"?
2SLGBTQI
2SLGBTQI
"June is Pride Month in Canada. It is a time when we celebrate diversity and LGBTQ communities, acknowledge their history, the hardships they have endured, and the progress that has been made" ("Celebrating pride month 2021," 2021). Celebrating Pride Month 2021
"June is Pride Month in Canada. It is a time when we celebrate diversity and LGBTQ communities, acknowledge their history, the hardships they have endured, and the progress that has been made" ("Celebrating pride month 2021," 2021). Celebrating Pride Month 2021
Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.
Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.
~ Brené Brown
~ Brené Brown
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. ~ Dalai Lama
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. ~ Dalai Lama
We all have the ability to promote a culture of acceptance and inclusion — and that is something I believe every leader has a responsibility to do. It starts with having a dialogue until we are all comfortable and no longer have the fear of saying the wrong thing. ~ Inga Beale
We all have the ability to promote a culture of acceptance and inclusion — and that is something I believe every leader has a responsibility to do. It starts with having a dialogue until we are all comfortable and no longer have the fear of saying the wrong thing. ~ Inga Beale
Top Image: Tibetan sitting or sleeping rug (detail), Collection number 429.274, circa late 19th century, The Rubin Museum of Art, https://issuu.com/rmanyc/docs/4._patterns_of_life_96
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