Inclusifyy

Meritocracy has racial & racist dimensions, is a form of control & stabilization, & is presented as the opposite to systemic inequities. We tie hard work as the foundation to success & upward mobility--enter harmful ideologies like bootstrapping. Colour/difference-blind & meritocratic ideologies create a vicious cycle that obscures our role in sustaining hierarchies of racial power. Meritocracy is not the neutral basis of distributing resources & opportunities & is a repository of hidden, race-specific preferences for those who have power to determine the meaning & consequences of merit. If we were distributing resources & opportunities equally, why the stark homogeneity, especially at executive tables? Research in neuroscience & psychology suggest that believing in meritocracy makes people more selfish, less self-critical & even more prone to being discriminatory. Meritocracy: -Justifies status quo & explains why people have their social position -Legitimizes unequal distribution of resources & why some deserve more -Offers flattery as each win is viewed as a reflection of one’s virtue & worth. “Meritocracy is the most self-congratulatory of distribution principles. Its ideological alchemy transmutes property into praise, material inequality into personal superiority. It licenses the rich and powerful to view themselves as productive geniuses.” -Clifton Mark 💜💛 #humanresources

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CALL TO ACTION: A mob of anti-democracy and anti-Palestinian racists are trying to cancel the lecture by the Israeli American genocide scholar, Dr. Raz Segal, entitled “Antisemitism and Palestinian Genocide” on November 14 at Rutgers University, hosted by the Center for Security, Race and Rights. Show your support by registering for virtual watching of this timely lecture at https://lnkd.in/eG7RifqW. And share widely with your networks. Here is the recording of Dr. Segal’s lecture: https://lnkd.in/exRs6sDj Let’s defend free speech in America by exercising it. Let’s defend equality by recognizing the humanity of Palestinians while also combatting antisemitism - the two are not mutually exclusive. We will not cower to bullies who believe free speech does not extend to people with whom they disagree.

Many settlers see reconciliation as a way forward. We see reconciliation as a way to correct the wrongs of the last 500 years. As settlers on stolen land, we have a critical responsibility to ensure that we do not inadvertently push colonial practices, and the cycle of harm started over 500 years ago. Join Inclusifyy for a talk by Dr. Gerald Taiaiake Alfred as he answers the following questions: -What is reconciliation?  -How does reconciliation narrow the focus of the harms of the last 500 years? -Does reconciliation counter First Nations, Métis, and Inuit self-determination and sovereignty? -What’s the difference between reconciliation and restitution? And how is restitution a precondition to reconciliation? -What does actionable and impactful restitution involve? * Event details: Venue: Online/real-time Platform: Zoom Date: Nov 14, 2024, 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Admission: Free! Registration: Required Registration Link: In comments This event will not be recorded. We hope to see you on November 14, and everyone is welcome to attend.

“It matters whether land is perceived as life, as private property, as terra nullius, or as waste because such perceptions determine whether the land -- as well as its life, all that lives it sustains, and all the world views that value it -- is worthy of protection or vulnerable to extraction, expropriation, violence, and dispossession. At the same time, we want to emphasize that we need to see land beyond a property formation because if land is seen only as owned or as not yet owned rather than as a relation, an actor, or kin, then land, as well as all those the land sustains, will always be misunderstood as valuable only in economic terms -- as something to be extracted from, possessed, exploited, damaged, owned, used, and abused. We consider land relationally and, in doing so assert as a grounding assumption that land has its own capacities for agency, vitality, care and consent that should be respected and protected.” (Colonial Racial Capitalism)   How do we honour these teachings and apply them to policy, practice and process in our places of work? Join us for our next event: The Limitations of Antiracism Work & Its Harmfulness in Workplaces: A Workshop. Our speakers will share: Marcia Turner: Anti-Indigenous Racism: Understanding that Indigenous Peoples are not part of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), in the same way that Indigenous Peoples are not part of BIPOC. Blending Indigenous Peoples into these DEI initiatives and terms diminishes their status as Indigenous Peoples as well as their issues and how they are located within these critical discussions, and applying these teachings in an organizational context. Crystal Semaganis: Recruitment: Applying and executing the learning from this workshop to recruitment policies and practices. Dr. Gerald Taiaiake Alfred: Decision-making: The seven generations principles in decision-making applied to places of work/organizations. Strategy: Indigenous governance principles and applying them to policies, practices and processes that center and respect Indigenous ways of knowing and doing. Eberechi Okwuwolu: How to run a non-profit without being as exploitative, as extractive, & without causing as much harm.      The foundations of supplier/vendor diversity; finding diverse vendors; building & maintaining a supplier diversity program.    We are humbled and honoured that Elder Ka’nahsohon Kevin Deer, Faithkeeper at the Mohawk Trail Longhouse from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, will share the traditional teachings of the peoples of the Longhouse, & will start the event with Ohèn:ton Karihwatéhkwen (Thanksgiving Address).  I hope you can join us! When: Thursday, October 24, 12:30-4:00 ET (3.5 hours)  Where: Online/Zoom/Real-time/Live (This event will not be recorded)  No charge for First Nations, Métis, Inuit and the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island; please write to either Eberechi Okwuwolu or me. Registration link in comments. 💜 💛

Event Notification: The truth of the matter is that if corporations didn't take so much away, there would be no need to give back. The history of charity and the organizations that operate in the third sector on donations and grants is the history of the powerful distracting from exploitation via philanthropy. This relationship has created a trap for today’s non-profit workers who enter the field hoping to do good while also making a living. If you are an institutional or organizational decision-maker who wants to support marginalized communities equitably, Inclusifyy encourages and invites you to attend this half-day workshop. The Limitations of Antiracism Work & Its Harmfulness in Workplaces. Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024 Time: 12:30-4:00 ET Location: Zoom (This workshop will not be recorded.) This session will feature a complement of esteemed speakers and provide attendees with: - A resources toolkit. - An action plan that focuses on how we can do the work/show up at the personal, interpersonal, institutional, and systemic levels. - A post-workshop discussion guide - An EDI audit guide and resource. - Workshop slides. And, - Mindfulness booklet. Investment: $335 CAD Registration is required. See the link below. Note: If 10 tickets are purchased at once, Inclusifyy is honoured to share an 11th ticket for free. There is no charge for the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island. Please contact a.fernandez@inclusifyy.com or e.okwuwolu@inclusifyy.com. #ProfessionalDevelopment #Education #Resources

There are multiple genocides happening now.     Dots:  1:  If you push back against genocide even in just one area, it is an unraveling of genocidal energy.     2: How we choose to do business cannot be exploitative, it cannot be extractive & it cannot cause harm.     3:  "How you fight determines who you will become when the battle is over.” (Dr. Gerald Taiaiake Alfred).        But how do we live these 3 dots at work?          At Revivifyy, one of the ways we choose to push back is on the institutional level; eg: the tech space. Israel is a tech hub, & their solutions are cost-competitive.        No matter how cheap Israel’s solutions, we will not support Israel & its genocides by pumping more money into their already fatted economy. We are mindful that our growth cannot come at the furthering of genocide. We are driven by our values & a value we hold close:     Considering we exist in a capitalist system, we do not want to cause more harm by being exploitative and extractive. Eg: In preparation for building our website, we learned that Israel has excellent solutions that are effective & inexpensive, & as a new non-profit, Israel’s tech solutions would have been our best option.  But this is not about money. Even when we sought local vendors/website builders, we could not get away from Israeli components. The vendors/service providers may have been local, but the tools & components they use to build, design, host & maintain the websites were Israeli.    We chose to invest in finding a local vendor that did not rely on Israel.     This is not just about showing up to push back against colonizers, colonialism & imperialism, this is also about who & how we want to be/become. How we show up matters.   There needs to be a consistency between means & ends, & as Dr. Alfred notes: "How you fight determines who you will become when the battle is over.”     **          Come join Elder Ka’nahsohon Kevin Deer, Dr. Alfred & me on October 24 for a workshop on the limitations of antiracism work in workplaces.      Elder Ka’nahsohon Kevin Deer, Faithkeeper at the Mohawk Trail Longhouse from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, will share the traditional teachings of the peoples of the Longhouse, & will start the event with Ohèn:ton Karihwatéhkwen.           Dr. Alfred will discuss:      Decision-making: The seven generations principles in decision-making applied to places of work/organizations.     Strategy: Indigenous governance principles & applying them to policies, practices & processes that center & respect Indigenous ways of knowing & doing.         I will share (with a case study):      How to run a non-profit without being as exploitative, as extractive, & without causing as much harm.      The foundations of vendor diversity; finding diverse vendors; building & maintaining a supplier diversity program.        I hope you can join us!      No charge for First Nations, Métis, Inuit and the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island; please DM Amanda or me.      

Over the last year, we have learned about the limitations of antiracism work, especially in organizations, and its focus on race, racism and people. Antiracism work starts and stops with people, & it fails to acknowledge land materially. Land is our starting position; the land & its peoples. We are on stolen land, and we earn our bread on stolen land, and because of this we now hold and carry a responsibility. If the land we are on was acquired (stolen) as part of the colonial project, then our first responsibility is to decenter ourselves, use what little privilege we have and show up for the Indigenous Peoples of the stolen land we are on. In addition to showing up and acknowledging that we are on stolen land and that we benefit from this theft and piracy, how do we impactfully and effectively translate our acknowledgement that we are on stolen land into policy, practice, and process at work? Join Inclusifyy for a workshop that helps us translate words and values into impactful and meaningful action in an organizational setting. Intended audience: Organizational/Institutional/Workplace Decision-makers on Turtle Island. Facilitators and Guest Speakers: Dr. Gerald Taiaiake Alfred is a Mohawk philosopher, writer, political strategist and governance consultant, and he was the founding director of Indigenous programs at Concordia University and the University of Victoria, and is currently Senior Advisor on Indigenous Initiatives at McGill University. Dr. Alfred is also the author of the following books: It’s All about the Land (2023); Peace, Power, Righteousness (2nd Ed. 2009); Wasáse (2005); Heeding the Voices of our Ancestors (1995). Marcia Turner is the CEO/Founder of Daxgedim Haanak’ Consulting, a company specializing in systems change and decolonization to dismantle white supremacy and advance the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Drawing from her ancestral teachings, Marcia’s work is rooted in her Gitxsan values, teachings and practices.   Crystal Semaganis is a Sixties Scoop Survivor who was born, scooped and raised in Saskatchewan. Crystal’s work on First Nations, Métis and Inuit identity fraud is critical to countering identity fraud and theft. The colonial practice of identity fraud continues to impact the First Nations Peoples, Métis People and the Inuit, especially in the employment sector. Eberechi Okwuwolu is the Executive Director and co-founder of Revivifyy, a non-profit that specializes in health equity. Eberechi is also the Chief Mindfulness Coach at Inclusifyy. When: Thursday, October 24, 12:30-4:00 ET (3.5 hours) Where: Online/Zoom/Real-time/Live Registration required. Link in comments. I hope you can join us! 💜 💛

Hello! We are looking for someone with expertise and experience to facilitate a workshop on male loneliness in a North American context. We are paying CAD5000 for this 2.5-hour workshop.   Please DM me or Eberechi Okwuwolu with your resume or something that shows that you have expertise in this area, and that you have delivered similar workshops. We will get back to you within 2 weeks to set-up a meeting.   Please tag people who may be interested. Thank you. 💜 💛

Our children are trying to relieve themselves. By playing together despite all the difficult circumstances But do they have to live like this? What is their fault, why do they not live like the rest of the world's children? In peace, safety, and a safe house instead of tents😌💔😌