Dismantling White Supremacy, with Dr. Akilah Cadet

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Dr. Akilah Cadet is the Founder and CEO of Change Cadet, an organizational development consulting firm that offers services that support embedding belonging into overall company culture, identity and strategy. As a Forbes Next 1000 Entrepreneur her work is behind some of the biggest brands you use everyday. Dismantling white supremacy through storytelling is at the core of her work as a leader, speaker, creative director, producer, writer, editor, co-owner of the Oakland Roots and Soul soccer teams, and author of White Supremacy is All Around: Notes From a Black Disabled Woman in a White World. She literally has all the degrees, lives in and loves Oakland, CA, celebrates her disability, is a proud Beyoncé advocate, and has an incredible shoe game.

What you will learn in this episode:

• How to be an accomplice instead of an ally
• How public entities have entitled private entities to backpedal their approach to DEI
• How hiring great people still requires a DEI approach
• Why diversity is a numbers game that favors diversity
• How we can work to dismantle build equality every day

Resources:

• Website: https://www.changecadet.com/
• LinkedIn Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/company/changecadet/
• Facebook Business: https://www.facebook.com/changecadet
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/changecadet/
• Twitter: https://x.com/changecadet?