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Category: Intersectionality

Leading With Empathy & Allyship promo and photos of Nina Simons, a White woman with short curly brown hair, a colorful beaded necklace, and black shirt; beside her is the light blue book cover of Nature, Culture, & the Sacred: A Woman Listens For Leadership; and host Melinda Briana Epler, a White woman with blonde and red hair, glasses, red shirt, and black jacket.

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Reinventing Leadership As An Intersectional Ally With Nina Simons

In Episode 118, Nina Simons, Co-Founder & Chief Relationship Strategist at Bioneers, joins Melinda in an honest conversation about ways to reinvent leadership by embracing intersectional allyship. They draw from Nina’s book, Nature, Culture & the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership, and explore how women from diverse backgrounds possess unique talents that can be leveraged in leadership. They discuss how intentional allyship can help individuals cultivate and showcase their greatest strengths. They also delve into how a deeper understanding of the intersectionality between environmental, social, racial, and gender justice can enable us to become better advocates and allies.

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Leading With Empathy & Allyship promo and photos of Eleanor Lisney, an East Asian woman with short brown hair, glasses, a woven hat, black t-shirt, and red and white plaid flannel; Eddie Ndopu, a Black man with short curly black hair and mustache, light grey turtleneck, and black button-down with abstract green and blue floral pattern; and host Melinda Briana Epler, a White woman with red hair, glasses, and orange shirt holding a white mug behind a laptop.

Addressing Disability & Intersectionality Across Global Teams

In Episode 93, Melinda is joined by visionary activists for disability and social justice, Eleanor Lisney and Eddie Ndopu. Throughout the live recording, they discuss the importance of having leaders who cultivate empathy and inclusion for global teams to work better together across different cultures, genders, disabilities, and intersectionalities. They share how we can be better allies against systemic ableism to support disability and social justice worldwide. They also explore the first step that organizations can take to align their strategic priorities and objectives with the Sustainable Development Goals and promote sustainable economic growth, inclusivity, and accessibility for everyone in the workplace.

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Understanding & Supporting Intersectional Identities In The Workplace

In Episode 80, Melinda is joined by her amazing co-producers from the Leading With Empathy & Allyship show, Christina Swindlehurst Chan and Renzo Santos, to discuss helpful ways for organizations to understand and support intersectional identities at work. Christina and Renzo describe how intersectionality has shaped their own experiences within their communities and workplaces. They also suggest practical steps that allies can take to foster an empathetic and inclusive work culture that is mindful of intersectional experiences.

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Leading With Empathy & Allyship promo with the Empovia logo and photos of Ruchika Tulshyan, a South Asian woman with medium-length dark brown hair, a blue necklace, and a colorful red jacket. She is smiling at the camera and is accompanied by the multicolored cover of her book “Inclusion on Purpose.” Next to Ruchika is host Melinda Briana Epler, a White woman with red hair, glasses, and an orange shirt holding a white mug behind a laptop.

Developing An Inclusion Mindset With A Lens Of Intersectionality With Ruchika Tulshyan

In Episode 77, Ruchika Tulshyan, Founder of Candour and author of “Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work”, joins Melinda to discuss how we develop an inclusion mindset that centers women of color, build empathy for people from a broad range of cultures and backgrounds, and focus on the importance of intersectionality and anti-racism in our work as allies and advocates.

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Designing For Intersectional Inclusion With Frieda McAlear

In this episode, Melinda Briana Epler, Founder & CEO of Change Catalyst, and Frieda McAlear, Senior Research Associate at the Kapor Center, talk about “Designing For Intersectional Inclusion.” Frieda described what we can do to redress the lack of Native American representation in Computer Science while applying an intersectional lens. She’ll also share principles we can use in our workplaces and communities to improve inclusion.

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