by Lauryn Bray
White People Work (WPW), a podcast hosted by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) trainer, educator, and consultant Scott Hall, just concluded its second season.
Continue reading Scott Hall’s ‘White People Work’ Podcast: A Road Map for Understanding Racism and Responsibilityby Port Commissioner Ryan Calkins
If you ask leaders of organizations what their most pressing challenges are, they will undoubtedly mention talent — corporate speak for people. And this is not just a temporary problem. With an aging workforce and workplaces that require ever more training, employers like the Port of Seattle will have to continue evolving to attract and retain the best people.
Continue reading OPINION | Inclusion as a Growth Strategy at the Port of Seattleby Fathi Karshie
Pierce Transit, a municipal transit agency that generates 73% of its budget from taxation, avoids acknowledging its institutional role and its place in the racist history of public transportation. The agency disproportionately fires Black employees, and its leaders despise any meaningful structural change that would otherwise help address anti-Blackness. Available data analyses are direct responses to legal compliance requirements as opposed to discovery intended to explore meaningful paths to structural reform. One HR person with whom I shared my concern remarked, “We are looking good, plus we just passed the triennial audit,” referring to Federal Transit audits that frisk for legal disparities once every three years. In other words, as long as they are within compliance, all is tolerable.
Continue reading OPINION | Pierce Transit Racial Equity Optics Is Not an Actual Plan to Combat Structural Racism
