Diversity Beyond the Checkbox

Hosted ByThe Diversity Movement Team

Sharing diverse perspectives from leaders in their industry, what diversity means, why businesses should be focused on diversity and inclusion initiatives, and why D&I is not only the right thing to do, going beyond the checkbox is absolutely imperative to the growth of your company.

On this podcast, we share diverse perspectives from leaders in their industry, and we get to hear what diversity means to them, why businesses should be focused on diversity and inclusion initiatives, and why D&I is not only the right thing to do, going beyond the checkbox is absolutely imperative to the growth of your company. Hosted by Jackie Ferguson, Certified Diversity Executive and Head of Content & Programming at The Diversity Movement. For more DEI content, head over to TheDiversityMovement.com. Podcast production by Earfluence.


All Episodes

Restorative Justice and Repairing Ancestral Harm, with David Ryan Castro-Harris

When David Ryan Castro-Harris talks about restorative justice, it’s not only a practice, but also a philosophy and way to connect with our ancesotrs.  So what does restorative justice...

Anti-racism and the Theory of Racelessness, with Dr. Sheena Mason

Through her traumatic and abusive childhood, Sheena Mason found her safe haven in school and literature. Her thirst for knowledge and escape led her down the path of consuming...

WAY Beyond the Checkbox: Fads, Fatigue, and WTF Moments in DEI

Today we continue our WAY Beyond the Checkbox series with fads, fatigue, and the “Did you really just say that?!?” WTF moments DEI professionals  experience.  Recorded after hours with...

WAY Beyond the Checkbox: Black People Talking to White People

Today we share our first episode in a new series, WAY Beyond the Checkbox. On episode 1, Jackie is joined by three other members of The Diversity Movement team:...

Lenovo Chief Diversity Officer Calvin Crosslin and The Diversity Movement CEO Donald Thompson

In this special bonus episode of Diversity Beyond the Checkbox, The Diversity Movement CEO Donald Thompson chats with Lenovo Chief Diversity Officer Calvin Crosslin about his rude introduction to...

How to Be a J.E.D.I. Leader, Not a Boss, with Omar L. Harris

Omar L. Harris has worked and lived all over the world – Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, and the United States. So he’s experienced a variety of cultures and has the...

Big Pharma, Mentorship, and Finding Your Career Superpower, with Denice Torres

A career is never a straight line, and Denice Torres’ is no exception. After years of working as a janitor, she knew that she wanted to start her big...

Developing and Retaining Diverse Early-Stage Talent, with College Code’s Chelsea C. Williams

When Chelsea C. Williams first stepped foot on Spelman College’s campus, that was when she started to understand diversity. As an HBCU, Spelman is (mostly) racially homogenous, so that...

Diverse hiring in tech & preventing Tokenism, with Strava’s Shailvi Wakhlu

Shailvi Wakhlu was in technology from the beginning. At two, her mom brought home a computer that she would play with. At eight, she started coding and found her...