So many of the conversations we have around making change and shifting culture happens after the fact. We talk about education and training— which is a lot of the work that I do and love! But, when we are talking about workplace trainings, a lot of the work is about undoing things we’ve already learned from our parents, from our schools, from the media, and from the culture at large.
The term ally has been bandied about a lot over the last few years. People have been talking about what it means to be an ally and in some cases deeming themselves allies. But the issue has been somewhat fraught, with concerns about the term itself and what it means to actually do allyship well.