Equity in the Workplace
Fall 2020, Issue #101
WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE IN PROFESSIONAL SPACES
Throughout my career, I’ve worked many, many jobs in a variety of sectors. Any talent that I had and could make money off of, I, for lack of a better term, milked it. Most of those jobs didn’t materialize into a full-blown career until my first full-time development position. My first development position was also, truly the first time I faced white supremacy culture head-on. But before I dive into that, I must first explain how I got this job in the first place.
After I graduated from university with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, my first real job out of college was at an arts nonprofit organization (NPO) that primarily served BIPOC youth. Their mission includes words like “provide” and “music education.”
I was only one of three POC employees. I eventually began to feel exploited due to what I know we’ve all experienced in this sector: low-pay, high expectations, and lack of support.
I was exhausted when I quit.
VIEWS FROM THE FIELD: 21 OBSERVATIONS, TIPS, AND QUESTIONS FROM TEACHERS ON VIRTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING
by Liz Beaven, EdD
Most schools have launched a new school year in a start like no other with the majority of classes being offered virtually or in hybrid format.
How do we approach Fall 2020 with its continuous requirement to develop and adopt plans, change adopted plans, then repeat as circumstances shift? How do we align our belief in developmental, relationship-based, arts-infused education with distance education, physical distancing, fear for well-being, and the accumulated weariness of months of work-from-home and juggling of roles?
There are no easy answers, but our personal and professional principles help guide us.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Dear LILIPOH Friends and Family,
In such a time of continued social destabilization, I am provided with a sense of normalcy to be putting the finishing touches on the 101st issue of LILIPOH, and to be writing this letter to you.
Our advertisers and readers have stood by us during this rollercoaster of a year. We are doing our best to continue to bring you information that helps you along with your health, your inner work, and that points us in a direction of building a more just and equitable world.
I am thrilled to welcome two Black business owners to our advertising family. Kenesha Lewin does anti-racism trainings for groups of all sizes, and Sukie Jefferson is a hand-poured candle maker extraordinaire. I keep several of her candles around my own home and I think LILIPOH readers will love her lavender-scented candle!
We are all learning together right now—it is a gift and a privilege to bring forward content from experienced writers, sharing out of their own lived experience.
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