5 Ways to Support Caregivers in the Workplace

5 Ways to Support Caregivers in the Workplace

The global pandemic has taken a toll on caregivers, the large majority of whom are women. In addition to the negative impacts on mental health and emotional wellbeing, COVID-19 has created financial burdens as well. Many women are both primary caregivers and primary wage earners for their families. And yet, millions of women have lost their jobs or been forced to take a step back from their careers over the past 14 months. In a study featured in Harvard Business Review, 26% of women who became unemployed during the pandemic said it was due to a lack of childcare. And while the pandemic has compounded responsibilities at work and home, unpaid caregiving has always fueled gender inequality, falling disproportionately on women and costing female caregivers on average $324,044 in lost wages and Social Security benefits.

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How Your Organization Can Build an Equitable Workplace with Justice and Accountability

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How Your Organization Can Build an Equitable Workplace with Justice and Accountability

This week, Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges for the death of George Floyd. While a step in the right direction, this outcome holds an individual accountable for wrongdoing, but it is not justice. On the same afternoon, Ma'Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old Black girl was shot and killed by police in Columbus, Ohio. Some will argue that her death was justified because she was holding a knife. But when Kyle Rittenhouse, a young white supremacist, shot and killed two protesters with an AR-15, police allowed him to leave the scene of the crime to travel 20 miles home before being arrested the following day. Black people are more than three times as likely as white people to be killed during a police encounter.

While we must demand individual accountability, justice requires us to dismantle and redesign the systems, including those in our workplaces, that allow inequitable outcomes to occur over and over again. Below are four powerful ways you can help build a more just and equitable workplace.

To Create Social Impact, Become an Employer of Choice

To Create Social Impact, Become an Employer of Choice

For a small-but-mighty nonprofit, the idea of dedicating limited resources to large-scale internal efforts can be daunting. But setting high standards when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion—and declaring them to the community you work alongside—is nothing new for Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF).

As the region’s leading community nonprofit foundation, GCF has been committed to connecting people with purpose for 50+ years. With $1.27 Billion in cumulative grants, GCF impacts 3,200 organizations locally, nationally, and globally. In 2019, with a new executive team in place, GCF wanted to better serve its mission by applying the same equity lens leveraged in its external efforts to its internal efforts. In order to be a leading-edge employer of choice that creates meaningful social change, the leadership team knew they needed the right people at the table. Queen City Certified (QCC) was a natural next step.

5 Ways Your Organization Can Counter Xenophobia and Support the AAPI Community

5 Ways Your Organization Can Counter Xenophobia and Support the AAPI Community

Nearly 3,800 hate incidents have been reported against Asian-American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) nationwide over the last year from verbal harassment to shunning and even workplace discrimination. A combination of entitlement, misogyny, and white supremacy resulted in the fatal shootings of eight people in Atlanta–six of them Asian women. As our country heals from a global pandemic, we continue to grapple with racism fueled by xenophobia–the fear and prejudice against people of another country or perceived to be foreign. The pandemic has had an overwhelming impact on the lives of women as well, and the events in Atlanta elucidate that the intersection of misogyny and white supremacy is a dangerous and underestimated component of extremism.

As we begin to enter a post-pandemic world, we must take a stand against racial discrimination and xenophobia. Here are 5 steps your organization can take now to better support Asian American colleagues:

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3 Steps to Building a More Equitable Workplace on International Women's Day

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3 Steps to Building a More Equitable Workplace on International Women's Day

On this International Women’s Day, let us not only celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of women around the world, but also #choosetochallenge the outdated norms and stereotypes that perpetuate gender inequality.

The global pandemic has had a devastating impact on the economy, family life, and personal wellbeing–but it has also exacerbated decades of systemic inequality, setting women’s progress in the workforce back by decades. While 34% of men working remotely with children at home have received a promotion, one in four women are considering downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce altogether. Women of color are carrying an unequal burden, with Black and Latinx women facing disproportionately high rates of unemployment.

Celebrating Kimberlé Crenshaw and Intersectionality

Celebrating Kimberlé Crenshaw and Intersectionality

More than likely, you’ve probably heard the term “Intersectionality.” It’s a phrase that has been used in workplaces, college campuses, and even came into pop-culture popularity over the past 5 years. As with any idea or theory, it has become misinterpreted and misunderstood by many critical and or fearful of its implications. But what is it? Kimberlé Crenshaw, the woman who coined the term over 30 years ago in 1989, explains it simply as: