Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Foundations Lab

Dates: Thursdays, October 30, November 6, 13, 20, 27 & December 4, 1-2:30 PM ET

Cost: $100 (Zoom Meeting, camera and audio enabled)

Maximum 25 participants.

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The JEDI Foundations Lab is designed for organizations who are ready to explore strategies specific to policies, processes, and culture, and discuss how to use inclusion principles to bring a transformative lens to their organizations.

Consider this course an introduction to the challenges faced by equity-deserving communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and 2SLGBTQIA+.

All participants automatically become part of our burgeoning JEDI Community of Practice, designed to keep up the learning momentum and deepen peer networks.

Session 1:  Psychological Safety & Intersectionality

This initial session is focused on building trust and safety in the group and getting to know each other. We will take an in-depth look at the concept of psychological safety, discuss why it is essential to organizational inclusion initiatives, and explore how intersectionality and colonization factors in.

Session 2: Privilege, Guilt, & Fragility

Colonization has created a world in which some groups hold more privilege than others. This has significant impacts on workplace inclusion, yet identifying and coming to terms with our own privileges can be uncomfortable. We will explore how privileges lead to guilt and fragility, as well as identifying and coming to terms with our own privileges across a range of dimensions.

Sessions 3, 4, and 5 will leverage our foundational learnings to explore inclusion strategies for different equity-deserving communities.

Session 3: BIPOC Inclusion Strategies

Participants will submit their real-life JEDI challenges to gain support and co-create solutions. To bring an intersectional lens, each session will include a panel of diverse ENGO staff to share lived experiences and shed light on inclusion challenges. Session 3 explores how ENGOs can change their organizational culture, processes, and policies to improve BIPOC inclusion, including an all-BIPOC panel.

Session 4: Disability and Neurodivergence Inclusion Strategies

Our second inclusion strategy session focuses on people with disabilities and neurodivergent people. Participants will submit their real-life JEDI challenges to gain support and co-create solutions. Session 4 explores how ENGOs can change their organizational culture, processes, and policies to improve inclusion, including a panel of people with disabilities and neurodivergent people to share lived experiences and shed light on inclusion challenges.

Session 5: 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion Strategies

Our third inclusion strategy session focuses on people from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Participants will submit their real-life JEDI challenges to gain support and co-create solutions. Session 5 explores how ENGOs can change their organizational culture, processes, and policies to improve inclusion, including a panel of 2SLGBTQIA+ people to share lived experiences and shed light on inclusion challenges.

Session 6: From Learning to Organizational Transformation

In the final session, we bring everything together with a solid work plan designed to set you up for success to take your learnings back to your organization and discuss how to drive transformative change via improved inclusion strategies and awareness.

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Our Presenter

‍Anna-Liza Badaloo (she/her) of Anemochory Consulting is a facilitator, un-learner, and inclusive communicator. Viewing JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) through the lens of empathy, her decolonized, intersectional approach helps organizations build capacity by implementing communities of practice, trainings, and empathy-driven frameworks designed to foster organizational justice. By centering equity-deserving communities, she helps organizations understand how colonial structures impact organizational health.

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