For example No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive. Mahatma Gandhi The purpose of these sayings is to inspire thought, discussion, and action about making the work world a more equitable and respectful place for all employees. When glass, stones, daggers and guns you sway Our writers hail from locations worldwide and they collectively welcome you, to read and enjoy the numerous pieces of poetry, stories, and related literary works on this site. It kind of explains all the complications, On the road to when and where I thrive. Sometimes, unable to understand your influences Im swift. Nicole Cozier, who leads diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at HRC . 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. to diverse spaces and places ~ Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, Our company needs to be something that every single employee at the company has a stake in. ~ Marco Bizzarri, If you havent hired a team of people who are of color, female, and/or LGBT to actively turn over every stone, to scope out every nook and cranny, to pop out of every bush, to find every qualified underrepresented founder in this country, youre going to miss out on a lot of money when the rest of the investment world gets it. Impact They will cause in the maturity of all the diversity of externality and sensations in new topologies of anonymous universes and species of biodiversity, under a pillar of culture based on the Sub-Mythological biosphere process, encompassing all mythological species where the hope of Life and Super life. Marco Bizzarri And no one here likes Orange, but no one knows quite why." "We are a box of crayons ~ Aileen Lee, Diversity really means becoming complete as human beings - all of us. and as age grows, the need Readers learn not only our history of oppression but also of the bold resistance by such figures as Ida B. As it continued it became according to its innate inflections as a functionally integrable form . Thought leaders on diversity, equity, and inclusion among La Salle Universitys faculty and staff have compiled a list of books, poems, and more. pigmenting tresses compels ~ Islamic Proverb, We have a very diverse environment and a very inclusive culture, and those characteristics got us through the tough times. Longtime poet but not in the traditional technical sense. ~ Hillary Clinton, Ultimately, Americas answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired. Martin, If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. Diversity generated a better strategy, better risk management, better debates, and better outcomes. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Thanks & best wishes, -Raj. Following a successful diversity week campaign late last year, the British Council have just created a new video promoting BC Equality, Diversity and Inclusi. They say people need to unite ~ Denise Morrison, Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. The Pakistan Fashion Design Council in collaboration with Sunsilk presented the fourth and final day of the eighth PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week. The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, along with other police-involved and high-profile incidents in 2020 involving persons of color, have prompted many Americans to reflect on racism. The diversity of my living spaces Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. by HR professionals across the globe! Her work is important today as it connects us to the past such as how the Kerner Commission concluded uprisings were the result of white racism that perpetuates Black poverty. ~ Maya Angelou, Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. ~ Doris Kearns Goodwin, Inclusion and fairness in the workplace is not simply the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do. Therefore, he tells the reader in the poems third line, every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. This effort to obliterate the distance between self and other is inspiring and a model of how we all should approach one another., Vice President of Mission, Diversity and Inclusion. for one so fit, with miles and years to span, ~ Edward Kennedy 2. 2022 Todos los derechos reservados. I am going to increase my self-reflection so as not to make you feel the same. That is the truth of it. Maya Angelou, All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent. John F. Kennedy, Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? This week is a powerful reminder of the value of diverse perspectives and the need for greater equity and inclusion in business and society. Diversity means the presence of a difference in any given situation. I'm present when two or more are together If embraced I can make the good even better. Every individual makes a difference. Jane Goodall, Leadership should be focused on extending the ladder of opportunity for everyone. Justin Trudeau, Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together. Jacqueline Woodson, What we have to do is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities. Hillary Clinton. Or be divided, I want to try to bring a new focus on poetry and try to make it appealing to a new generation of young people and those who thought they never liked or understood it before. Ive always said: smart teams will do amazing things, but truly diverse teams will do impossible things. They cover discrimination in many forms, from the murky period between the abolition of slavery and the civil rights movement of the 1960s, to racism in nursing, education, and the U.S. prison system. ~ Shannon L. Alder, We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Care be your best. The Flower Garden One day, as I was walking I swallowed hard, then slowly raised my eyes Lets start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences. Billie Jean King, It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. It is the key to growth. Edward Kennedy What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us. Moving Diversity, Moving Spaces ~ Megan Smith, I do think that treating everyone equally no matter where they come from, no matter who they are and what role they have is a big key because you never know who youre talking to, really. We all need to be on that stage. Juan Felipe Herrera, I know there is strength in the differences between us. "Diversity is a mix and inclusion is making the mix work." - Andrs Tapia "No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive." - Mahatma Gandhi "A democracy thrives on diversity. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same. Inserting h was not so hard. Flagging on Craigslist will not **** truth, PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week April 2015: Day-4 Journal. But moral responsibility goes further, reflecting the need for corporations to address fundamental ethical issues such as inclusion, dignity, and equality. those that love me, for me. In 2022, Diversity Day was broadened to "SHIMADZU Diversity and Inclusion Week 2022", which ran from December 5 to 9. ~ Nellie Borrero, Whats often ignored is that diversity is not only a pipeline or recruiting issue. you leave telltale aphorisms like tea leaves They're rich, they're poor, they're fat, they're thin, It doesn't matter the colour of their skin. Not sure what happens that your blood is red, and mine you see as blue. We may have all come on different ships, but were in the same boat now. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is not our differences that divide us. Jamie. Tonight I really feel all the compliance, With this term occuring in my life in so many cases. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wenworth, and Ekua Holmes. Given its ethnikos factor and contribution towards a common origin of multiethnic and languages, in values and traditions, its morphological factors of Verthian sub-mythology, are provided with content, traits, colors, and neutrality, focused towards a biosphere ecosystem, where the air conditioning, flora-fauna will make Sub-mythological Biodiversity, where the beings that inhabit it and will be in the range of evolution of mythological living beings, in whose diversity of genetic seizure, they will adopt natural and compound patterns, but always predominant in the pattern biological and organic. Without diversity, life would be very boring. Im the thought lurking behind the unfamiliar face. After a lot of procrastinating I have finally self-published my first eBook of poetry "I Laughed a Smile" at Lulu.com. ~ Julie Sweet, You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne, Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me. 6.Single immigrant mom War is no, A Fountain of Shell and Stone I The Fountain A broken fountain dusty and unused for years from a, The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Wyoming is thewind! It is a journey many step away from as evidenced by the downward spiral in our society., Associate Professor, Department of English, Recommended reading: Song of Myself, from Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman, One of my favorite works of literature that grapple with and celebrate Americas diversity is Walt Whitmans long poem Song of Myself, from his book Leaves of Grass. I invite you to be undone by it as well, for giving up on the dream of innocence may be where we have to start if we want something else than this world., Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, Recommended reading: Are Prisons Obsolete?, by Angela Y. Davis, Angela Y. Davis powerfully outlines the multitude of ways in which racism has always been a central feature of the U.S. criminal justice system, particularly prisons. killed Contributing comment and reactions considered for inclusion 1969 Hartford art school is magnet for exceedingly intelligent over-sensitive under-achievers alluring freaks congenital creeps and anyone who cannot cut it in straight world it is about loners dreamers stoners clowns cliques of posers competing to dress draw act most outrageous weird wonderful classrooms clash in diversity of needs some students get it right off while others require so much individual attention one girl constantly raises her hand calls for everything to be repeated explained creativity is treated as trouble and compliance to instruction rewarded most of faculty are of opinion kids are not capable of making original artwork teachers discourage students from dream of becoming well-known until they are older more experienced only practiced skilled artists are competent to create real art defined by how much struggle or multiple meanings weave through the work Odysseus wants to make magic boxes without knowing or being informed of Joseph Cornell one teacher tells him you think youre going to invent some new color the world has never seen? Who will hear her cries, his cries, your cries, my cries? 2022 Alle rechten voorbehouden. Did you listen to her body as you walked away vulgarized? Her book of poetry, Doubters and Dreamers, was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. Nahal is working on her first novel. The enigmatic consciousness of its relatively interrelated conception was spontaneous and yet it continued without elemental omniscience . ~ Jesse Jackson. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit. Wade Davis. Oneway to honor her work is to use her poetry to more deeply understand the cultural and historic legacies that perpetuate racial inequity. See, gender is biology custodians with no apparent lack I have returned to it time and time again, and now read and reflect on it together with students as we rethink our notions of service in community-engaged learning., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Recommended reading: And All Our Wounds Forgiven, by Julius Lester, This is a very powerful book which brings the civil rights movement full circle into our current struggle. I exclude no one I am strengthened by all. to stroke through new, soft pepper mane. ~ Mahatma Gandhi, The path to diversity begins with supporting, mentoring, and sponsoring diverse women and men to become leaders and entrepreneurs. Almost all these works are available at Connelly Library. Childhood memories of our farmhouse Christmas remain forever in my heart. 2. The questionably understandable nature of its conjunction was an omnipotent directive beyond necessitated action or morphological construction . 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