How do we make a ‘we’ that is all of us; how do we embrace different?
Written by Sonali Sathpaty, Vice President Diversity and Inclusion at Schneider Electric Company is a microcosm of the world I heard actor Asia Kate Dillon speak at the Bloomberg Gender Equality summit in New York recently. Dillon, who identifies as both transgender and gender non-binary made a powerful case for equality at the workplace: They said and I quote, “Your company is a microcosm of the world as you see it, the way you want it to be. Do you want to live in a more free and inclusive world because you have a desire to be included, to be truly equal, to be free? No one is free until we all are free. Until the most marginalized amongst us; black, indigenous, people of color especially trans, intersex and gender queer folks and differently abled folks are held up as essential assets for the survival of us all, no one will be free…When we work to make the world more safe and free for others, we are ultimately making the world more safe and free for ourselves”. This is the ...