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In this episode of The Inclusion Exchange, we bring you Dr Amal Abu-Bakare, Lecturer in the Politics of Race and Decolonial Studies at the University of Liverpool, to talk about building an anti-colonial future, particularly in education and community settings.

Today, we explore the ramifications of not doing the work around anti-colonial thought, pursuing equitable pedagogy as a field of research, overcoming the structural barriers in order to engaging with local communities, how people can get started with anti-colonial thoughts, and practical steps that organizations and individuals can take to improving the experiences of marginalised communities in higher education.

We bring you Lee Chambers, Award-Winning

Business Psychologist, Speaker, Male Ally, Media Contributor, and Wellbeing Specialist, to talk about the link between workplace wellbeing and equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Lee talks about the history of workplace wellbeing, approaching

wellbeing through the lens of equity, some initiatives that have been disrupting the status quo, neurodiversity in the workplace, the psychology behind social inclusion, and what organisations can do to improve wellbeing.

Eva Echo, Director of Innovation at Birmingham Pride Ltd, talks about elevating transgender inclusion in the workplace.

Today, Eva talks about her journey into activism, what workplaces can still do towards transgender inclusion, how to have an open dialogue with those who hold opposing views, how workplace cultures need to be changed, challenging

negative systems, the lack of reporting, and how organizations can become active advocates.

Sanisha Wynter, TEDx Speaker and D&I Consultant talks about why intersectionality matters.

Sanisha Wynter talks about her experience with discrimination

growing up, how to talk about intersectionality, the impact of covering, facing

the barriers to health services, and actions that have either been beneficial

or fallen short in the workplace.

Anoushé Husain, Guinness World Record-Holding paraclimber talks about the ways in which organisations are narrowing the disability employment gap.

Anoushé talks about the stigmatisation of disabilities, how the views of disability are changing, her experiences becoming a wheelchair user, defining disabilities, where to find support, how to create safety in the workplace, positive initiatives that everyone can learn from, and her journey into paraclimbing.

We bring you Ayo Barley, MD of Bakare Barley, in an interview on The Culture Pot with Martin Morrison.

Ayo talks about her experiences growing up, the Bradford Race Riots, the New Leaders Network, the strong movement for changing the norms, breaking the cycle of under-representation, and the rise of the “woke” rhetoric against progress.

We bring you Andrew Lynch, Liverpool-based Historian, he talks about black history and black futures.

Andrew talks about the black history that people don’t learn about, the negatives and positives in black history, the worth of Africa, how the past has influenced the structure of society today, how to start improving experiences for black staff, and the science of ‘race’.

We bring you Mandeep Rupra, Head of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Citizens Advice, she talk about creating a culture of accountability.

Mandeep talks about taking responsibility for advancing EDI, influencing people to be more accountable, EDI and austerity, getting leaders to make change happen, EDI approaches that do not work, low representation and disclosure, and initiatives that allows Mandeep to continue doing this work.

We bring you Joseph Harker, Senior Editor of Diversity and Development at The Guardian, he talks about using positive action to transform workplace cultures.

Joseph talks about institutional racism, how he demonstrated to senior leadership that they were reenforcing institutional racism, the kinds of barriers that restrict diversity and inclusion, trans issues at The Guardian, The Guardian’s culture shift, and how to help support different sections if you have limited resources.