Join Anima Leadership co-founder Annahid Dashtgard in a conversation about finding purpose and joy in equity work. What does it mean to work towards justice, inclusion, belonging and equal rights in this time where these topics are more and more polarizing? Instead of being guided by clear analysis and data, equity efforts are increasingly being determined by whose opinion is loudest.  Many of us are overwhelmed and exhausted in addition to having our own skin in the game, and unsure how best to proceed.  This session is a reminder and a reset of why it’s especially important in time ..read more

If there’s one way to describe our current political landscape, it’s polarized. As both sides seem to pull further and further apart, how can we drive action across differences? How can we create the connections and relationships we need to make change? And how can we empower bridge builders to lead us towards a more inclusive future? Join Anima Leadership co-founder Shakil Choudhury in conversation with educator, therapist, facilitator and author Dawn Menken. Dawn has been working in the field of psychology and facilitator development for over 35 years and has written multiple books focu ..read more

Anima Leadership co-founders Annahid Dashtgard and Shakil Choudhury host an interactive conversation about this tricky moment in equity, diversity and inclusion work. Topics include where we are in challenging times, how we can navigate these changes together as a community, and how Anima Leadership can offer some extra support ..read more

Join Annahid Dashtgard, Kwame Scott Fraser, and Farzana Doctor in conversation about what it means to belong as racialized individuals—in a profession, to a country, even within our own skin. Cultivating belonging could be voted the top human challenge for the twenty-first century. Meeting it is not going to come from facts alone, but will be driven by stories—all of our stories, but especially the ones yet untold. Drawing inspiration from Anima CEO Annahid Dashtgard’s recent book Bones of Belonging: Finding Wholeness in a White World, this intimate discussion pulls in an array of voices on di ..read more

Do you struggle with leaders who think they are EDI (equity, diversity and inclusion) experts after a single anti-bias training session? Or leaders who may “talk the talk” regarding privilege, but are oblivious to their own biased behaviours? If these are your leaders, it’s time for your organization to reframe equity, diversity and inclusion as a literacy project.  Research tells us that adults need about 360 hours to develop basic proficiency when learning an additional language. This time, practice and intention helps us build the pattern recognition skills that are key to literacy: h ..read more

Leaders often, and unknowingly, jeopardize their organization’s EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) efforts, wasting time and effort as well as the most critical resource: employee morale. This results in negative impacts on both racial marginalized and white people. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In this webinar we’ll explore four common traps that trip up leaders in their EDI work and how to overcome them. Here’s a hint: data is key. Measurement efforts like EDI assessments can help your organization identify what’s going well and where you’re falling short, especially in relationshi ..read more

Host: Annahid Dashtgard Date: Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 2022 marks Anima Leadership’s 15th anniversary, a decade and a half of taking a compassionate approach to racial justice with thousands of participants from organizations from around the world. Join us as we explore 15 leadership lessons learned from 15 years in the JEDI world with Annahid Dashtgard, CEO and co-founder of Anima Leadership. To pre-order Annahid's new book mentioned in this episode follow this link: https://annahiddashtgard.com/books/bones-of-belonging ..read more

Date: Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 Host: Annahid Dashtgard Guest: Deepa Purushothaman Join Annahid Dashtgard in conversation with Deepa Purushothaman, about her new book “The First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America“. Since #metoo we’ve seen a societal tipping point moment in realizing the gap between gender forward policies and what happens in reality. That gap is even wider for women of colour. According to Deepa Purushonotham’s new book “The First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America “ one in three women of c ..read more

It’s common for anti-racist practitioners to turn to the language of “white fragility” to describe those moments where white folks “freeze” out of fear of doing the wrong thing. And the resulting dynamic for people who identify as BIPOC often includes anger and frustration. In both cases, it’s easy for disempowerment to set in. And when that happens oppression wins. So what does it look like to push against the edges of whiteness, to be centered, authentic and remain in relationship as we seek to achieve racial justice in the workplace and beyond? Co-founder of Anima Leadership, Shakil Choudhu ..read more

In his new book, Deep Diversity: A Compassionate, Scientific Approach to Achieving Racial Justice, Shakil Choudhury asks the question, “how do we make all people feel like they matter and belong?” Equity and inclusion is about justice, and from an Indigenous perspective, there can be no equity until justice is central to the conversation. As Clayton Thomas-Müller points out, “if Indigenous peoples had access to the land, water and resources, there would be no poverty and things would be very different in this country.” How do we help organizational leaders look at equity through a justice lens ..read more