Workshop | Thesis of Us: A BIPOC-Centred Approach Moving from (Equity) Lens to Mirror

DEIB work to date has assumed focus of reducing harm to people with marginalised identities through a lens adjusted to recognise and redress those harms. This approach has been met with limited success. The use of an equity lens invites an illuminating but detached perspective grounded in disparities based on a thesis-antithesis of whiteness and white supremacy culture. Instead, let us consider an equity mirror that reflects a Thesis of Us, a thesis exploring and embracing what we have been forced to forget as valuable expressions of ourselves in exchange for the (in)validity of whiteness.

Dr. Allen-Hall is a social scientist interested in exploring the potential of the spaces between scholarship and practice in areas of equity, identity, and inclusion. She has years of experience serving as associate faculty in Social Sciences at various colleges and universities in the United States.

Over a 25-year career, Dr. Allen-Hall has become known for the following:

• Highly experienced and skilled Organisational Equity Coach and Consultant

• Strong background in equity and inclusion strategies

• Diverse skill set including: executive and team coaching, staff development, public speaking, research, and adult education

• Expertise in leadership development

• Extensive experience in facilitation

• Effective leader of workshops and seminars on topics like collaboration, inclusion and belonging, social inequality, and cultural intelligence

• Expert analysis and evaluation, using various methods to devise interventions aligned with organisational objectives

• Expertise in leading and implementing programmes promoting diversity and social change