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Lessons from The Pop Out: A Moment for Black Culture
The Drake and Kendrick Lamar rap beef reached new heights last week with Kendrick Lamar’s ‘The Pop Out: Ken & Friends’ concert at the...

Nina Rodgers
Jun 26, 20243 min read
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Bringing Authenticity Back to Pride Month
As Pride Month kicks off, it’s an opportune time to reflect on how your company’s DEI strategy can be improved to support LGBTQIA+...

Nina Rodgers
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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Yes, White Supremacy Culture Can be Unlearned
After losing the 2020 presidential election, the GOP adjusted their strategy to now include school boards as a battleground for swinging...

Nina Rodgers
May 29, 20243 min read
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It’s Not Just Confrontational, It’s Racist
Last week, a House Oversight meeting turned hostile when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who had already been disruptive to the Committee’s...

Nina Rodgers
May 23, 20242 min read
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Colleague or Colonizer? Using DEI to Shift Workplace Relationships
Many truths came from the Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef, but the one I’ve been sitting with the most over the last week came from Kendrick’s...

Nina Rodgers
May 15, 20243 min read
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What is Culture?
If you’ve been having a hard time being productive for the last week or so, it’s understandable. Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ongoing beef...

Nina Rodgers
May 7, 20243 min read
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Lessons From the Movement to Free Palestine
Palestine’s liberation is inextricably linked to Black liberation.
I’m reminded of this as I watch the many fearless people in encampments

Nina Rodgers
May 1, 20242 min read
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Key Truths About Blackness & Neurodiversity
In the workplace, Blackness can make you a target. People who sit at the intersections of Blackness & Neurodiversity have unique and...

Nina Rodgers
Apr 24, 20242 min read
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What the WNBA Teaches Us About Showing Up for Women in the Workplace
I grew up playing basketball, live in South Carolina, and have always been a huge Dawn Staley fan, so naturally, I was locked into this...

Nina Rodgers
Apr 17, 20243 min read
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An End to White Supremacy Culture is an End to the Black Maternal Health Crisis
Just like we say that it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to support Black mothers as they experience pregnancy,...

Nina Rodgers
Apr 10, 20243 min read
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Trigger Warning: Sexual assault, sexual violence
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month kicks off, it’s critical now to consider the role that the workplace has to play in supporting...

Nina Rodgers
Apr 5, 20242 min read
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Navigating & Thriving In a Season of Anti-DEI Backlash, Part II
In this week’s case anti-dei backlash, we saw the clock roll back on DEI initiatives, the US House Office of Diversity and Inclusion...

Nina Rodgers
Mar 27, 20243 min read
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Navigating & Thriving In a Season of Anti-DEI Backlash
We’ve experienced intense waves of whitelash in the U.S. for centuries – so this latest whitelash against diversity, equity, and...

Nina Rodgers
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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Healing From a Toxic Work Environment
Tareasa “Reesa Teesa” Johnson has taken the internet by storm with her 50+ part TikTok series “Who TF Did I Marry.” While her experience...

Nina Rodgers
Mar 13, 20243 min read
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Feminism Isn’t Just for White Women
When the women I coach with Rachel Vicente through our Authentically Me Fellowship begin to reflect on the traumatic experiences they’ve...

Nina Rodgers
Mar 7, 20243 min read
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This Black Women’s History Week, Use DEIB to Honor the Black Women on Your Team
This week marks Black Women’s History Week, the overlapping time between Black History Month and Women’s History Month that celebrates...

Nina Rodgers
Feb 28, 20243 min read
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Are Allies Even a Thing?
The concept of ‘pet to threat’ became more widely known in 2020 after attorney and writer Erika Stallings published a moving piece on...

Nina Rodgers
Feb 21, 20243 min read
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What's Love Got Do Do With It? Black History Month Blog Post.
Throughout some of my most challenging experiences in the workplace, it was the loving bonds that I developed with colleagues and other...

Nina Rodgers
Feb 14, 20242 min read
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Black History is More Than a Month
Please come in here with some sense this Black History Month. It should go without saying that February should not be the only month your...

Nina Rodgers
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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Your Commitment to DEI Starts in the Interview Process
Layoffs are affecting so much of the workforce now – and especially Black folks. Laid off or not, the job search process can be...

Nina Rodgers
Jan 31, 20244 min read
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