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SUMMARY:Film screening and discussion: Deconstructing Karen
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of International Women’s Day this year\, we will be holding a film screening and discussion of the 2022 documentary\, “Deconstructing Karen”.\nNOTE: this event is now SOLD OUT. If you would like to join a waiting list\, please send an email to nikki@herspace.no \n“In this documentary feature film\, nice white women attend the wildest dinner party of their lives. The main course is a radically honest conversation on racism. While sipping wine and passing the breadbasket\, these women experience an eye-opening journey\, discovering how they uphold white supremacy every single day. For some guests there are epiphanies\, others resistance. But for all the guests\, something has changed\, and they can never unknow the painful truths about racism and white supremacy that are revealed over this dinner. Meet the entrepreneurial women behind this powerful work and explore why this work is worth risking their lives.” \nThe premise is simple: \nWhat if white women could and would show up to help end racism? \nMore information about the documentary can be found here. \n\nFollowing the film screening\, Chisom Udeze (HerSpace) and Meryn Willetts (Umbrella) will hold a discussion that reflects on the themes that arise in the documentary and the reality of the situation. \nThis event is open to everyone\, regardless of gender or race.  \nSeats are limited! Be sure to secure your seat today. \n*This event is free for HerSpace members* \n\nCost: 50NOK \nMaximum attendees: 20 \nThis event is co-hosted by HerSpace and Umbrella. \nThis event is funded by Oslo Kommune through their grant program ‘Measures for Gender Equality and Women’s Liberation’.
URL:https://diversify.no/event/film-screening-and-discussion-deconstructing-karen/
LOCATION:HerSpace\, Strandgata 19\, Oslo\, 0152\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Social Issues
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SUMMARY:Blaze Inclusion Awards: Centring Equity in Nordic Diversity and Inclusion Ambition
DESCRIPTION:The Blaze Inclusion Awards celebrate and illuminate the trailblazers – individuals and organizations – who actively and passionately uplift Diversity\, Inclusion\, Equity and Belonging (DEIB) initiatives in their workspaces\, communities and society overall. \nBlaze panel discussions will follow nominations and voting periods for the Blaze Inclusion awards and will take on important DEIBJ topics featuring speakers from 8 Nordic countries. \nTopic for the first Blaze panel discussion is Centring Equity in Nordic Diversity and Inclusion Ambition\n  \nIn the Nordics there is a significant focus on equality instead of equity. How does that create exclusion for underrepresented groups in the Nordics? What is the difference between equality and equity? Why is equity prerequisite for equality? How can we move away from focusing on equality in the Nordics and start focusing on equity? \nThis event will be held online via zoom. Please follow the LINK to register and receive the zoom link. \n\nWe are in the nomination period so read more about Blaze Inclusion Awards and nominate here! \n\nSpeakers:\nLaura Smith \n \nLaura Smith is a Helsinki-based organizational researcher and founder of VALIDEI\, a research agency specializing in the assessments of organizational inclusion\, equity\, and social responsibility. \nAn active startup mentor and the former Head of DEI at Bolt\, Laura specializes in developing organizational strategies and evolving internal practices\, policies\, and supports to be both equitable and impactful for stakeholders across scaling organizations. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNichole Leigh Mosty \nNichole Leigh Mosty is a Director at Multicultural Information Centre Iceland. \nNichole is a first generation immigrant to Iceland. She is the first woman of foreign origin to have been elected to sit in the Icelandic Parliament in 2016 as a deputy speaker and Chair of the committee on Social Affairs. \nNichole now heads the government agency for immigrant  and refugee affairs\, where her primary function is to stimulate integration through the dissemination of information to people of diverse backgrounds living in or moving to Iceland while also working on policy and reform issues related to integration with authorities at local and national levels\, institutions\, businesses\, organizations and committees. \nMamtha Pullat \nMamtha Pullat works at Volvo Cars as a Diversity Recruitment Strategist. Mamtha has experience working with these topics in the last couple of years where she worked at Telia as a Global D&I specialist. For Mamtha\, diversity is all about embracing people’s differences towards a more inclusive culture where everyone feels safe and is treated equally. Prior to moving to Sweden\, she was based in India where she worked in the non-profit space working to help bridge the education gap in India for children from underprivileged backgrounds. \n  \n  \n  \nCarolina Sarubbi Vestergaard \n \nCarolina is the Customer Success Executive and Vice-Chairwoman of Global Women’s Leadership Community\, Red Hat. As a Customer Success Executive and Vice-Chairwoman of the Global Women’s Leadership Community at Red Hat\, Carolina provides strategic support to customers as they look to open source and adopt open hybrid cloud technologies to drive business transformation initiatives.  Carolina’s focus areas are Digital Transformation; Leadership; Digitalization. Carolina is passionate about PEOPLE and how technology and process tag along. \n  \n  \n  \nJane Carlsson \n \nJane Carlsson is an Equality consultant and project manager at Åland Feministparaply. She works in a project that aims to combat sexual harassment in Åland society. The work focuses on schools but also associations that have activities for children and young people. The work in the project is consultation with the schools and the leisure sector so that all young people feel safe at there activities. Through lectures\, workshops and talks\, young people\, leaders and staff are provided with knowledge and tools to counter sexual harassment and discrimination. \n  \n  \n  \nModerator: Chisom Udeze \n \nChisom is an Economist\, a DEIB Strategist\, and a 3 times founder of impact driven companies. She has over 14 years of experience working with organizations like the European Commission\, The United Nations\, ExxonMobil and The Economist Group. Chisom is analytical and a data enthusiast. She is passionate about interrogating the cross-sectoral relationship between society’s inhabitants\, resources\, production\, technology\, distribution and output. She efficiently and effectively unlocks complex systems\, interprets data\, forecasts socio-economic trends and conducts research. \nHaving lived and worked in 7 countries across 3 continents\, she is highly adaptable to different circumstances and people\, and thrives in uncertain environments. \nAs the founder of Diversify and Diversify Consult\, Chisom and her team work with companies\, institutions\, governments and civil society to develop sustainable DEIB strategies and embed measurable diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace and society. In addition\, in 2022\, Diversify launched the Diversify Nordics Summit\, the largest conference in the Nordics that gathers cross-sectoral stakeholders to amplify DEIB in the Nordics and beyond. \nIn 2020\, she founded HerSpace\, a diverse and inclusive co-creation community for all genders\, with particular focus on women and non-binary people. In 2022\, HerSpace launched HerTech\, Women in Tech incubator\, for women-led companies\, with a focus on the inclusion of diverse founders. \nChisom is a thought-leader in Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and a passionate advocate for mental health and wellness. She is an entrepreneur at heart and committed to life-long learning. She enjoys playing tennis\, reading\, binge-watching TV shows and cooking. \n 
URL:https://diversify.no/event/blaze-inclusion-awards-centring-equity-in-nordic-diversity-and-inclusion-ambition/
CATEGORIES:Global Issues & Inequality
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SUMMARY:HerSpace Roundtable: Women
DESCRIPTION:Introducing the HerSpace Roundtable!\nWith the HerSpace Roundtable\, we’re creating space for more real\, honest\, and difficult-but-necessary conversations. We will invite a diverse group of people from different cultures\, backgrounds and walks of life for a discussion on various topics or themes. \nIn every roundtable\, we will take on a new topic. The Roundtable will facilitate open and authentic conversations between speakers who will bring their own opinions\, life experiences and differing points of view to the roundtable. The HerSpace Roundtable is an opportunity to sit down with a diverse group of people and understand different perspectives pertaining to a certain topic. \nThe Roundtable will take place every 3 months. \n\nWelcome to the first-ever HerSpace Roundtable. In this inaugural session\, our topic is Women in honour of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. Join us to listen to a conversation between 5 women from different cultures with different world views on their experiences of being a woman. \n\nThis is a hybrid event. Join us online or in person at HerSpace\, Strandgata 19\, Oslo. For those joining us online\, you will receive the Zoom link on the day of the event. \nThis event is funded by Oslo Kommune through their grant program ‘Measures for Gender Equality and Women’s Liberation’. \nThis event is free for HerSpace members. \nCost: \nIn-person: 50NOK (includes light refreshments) \nOnline: Free \n\nSpeakers: \nRahwa Tilahun Yohaness (She/Her) \nRahwa is a public speaker\, activist\, social critic\, and the founder and director of Manifold Norway. Rahwa has years of experience in community organising and bringing people with diverse backgrounds and experiences together. She practices a policy of “walking the talk” and engages with people who have lived experience in everything she does. \nRahwa ran a campaign about “kvitteringsordning” to promote the implementation of a policy to document all police stop and control activities. She was also one of the main organisers behind the “We Can’t Breathe” demonstration in Oslo\, which mobilised 15000 people in June 2020. \nShe collaborates with grassroots organisations\, academics\, artists\, and activists in the diaspora to organise and facilitate various events\, including panel discussions\, educational and artistic workshops\, and community gatherings. She currently works as an advisor for the Norwegian Council for Africa\, a human rights and solidarity organisation working to increase knowledge about the African continent. \nSarah M Przedpelska (She/Her) \n \nSarah M Przedpelska is an educator and geographer\, who likes feelings\, people and justice. Through her research in Canada and Norway\, she’s worked and published on belonging\, youth mentoring and the social limits of technology. \nCurrently\, Sarah does research and project development with schools in Oslo\, and runs a community focused consultancy called Kolekcja. \n  \n  \nChisom Udeze (She/Her) \n \n\nChisom is an Economist\, a DEIB Strategist\, and a 3 times founder of impact driven companies. She has over 14 years of experience working with organizations like the European Commission\, The United Nations\, ExxonMobil and The Economist Group. Chisom is analytical and a data enthusiast. She is passionate about interrogating the cross-sectoral relationship between society’s inhabitants\, resources\, production\, technology\, distribution and output. She efficiently and effectively unlocks complex systems\, interprets data\, forecasts socio-economic trends and conducts research. \nHaving lived and worked in 7 countries across 3 continents\, she is highly adaptable to different circumstances and people\, and thrives in uncertain environments. \nAs the founder of Diversify and Diversify Consult\, Chisom and her team work with companies\, institutions\, governments and civil society to develop sustainable DEIB strategies and embed measurable diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace and society. In addition\, in 2022\, Diversify launched the Diversify Nordics Summit\, the largest conference in the Nordics that gathers cross-sectoral stakeholders to amplify DEIB in the Nordics and beyond. \nIn 2020\, she founded HerSpace\, a diverse and inclusive co-creation community for all genders\, with particular focus on women and non-binary people. In 2022\, HerSpace launched HerTech\, Women in Tech incubator\, for women-led companies\, with a focus on the inclusion of diverse founders. \nChisom is a thought-leader in Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and a passionate advocate for mental health and wellness. She enjoys playing tennis\, reading\, binge-watching TV shows and cooking. \n\nStephanie Alvarez (She/Her) \n \nStephanie Alvarez is an International Development and Human Rights practitioner who has dedicated her professional career to helping international social justice organisations grow and scale their operations and programs. She holds a Masters in International Relations and Conflict Resolution from the Externado University of Colombia and a BA in Political Science and International Studies from Franklin & Marshall College in the United States. Stephanie is passionate about intersectionality and social justice causes. Her passion has led her to work in numerous fields including genocide and mass atrocity prevention\, transitional justice\, DDR\, protective accompaniment (of human rights leaders) and disaster relief. \n  \nAngelica Balanta (She/Her) \nAngelica is an Afro-Colombian businesswoman and activist living in Oslo. Her experience with the world of fashion and communication comes from a journey over the last 24 years in different areas as a graphic designer\, turban designer\, fashion blogger\, model\, fashion stylist\, keynote speaker\, production manager\, and fashion performance. During this period\, she had the opportunity to work in Mexico City\, London\, Tel Aviv\, Barcelona\, Panama\, Oslo\, and Bogotá. \nShe is currently also a keynote speaker. Her talks are about entrepreneurship and how to transform the negative impact of the narrative of racism\, discrimination and sexism in Latin America and most of the world. \nWith her project\, she wants to empower women through the use of turbans\, feeling proud of their origin and gender. Three years ago she moved from Colombia to Norway and wants to continue with this ambitious project.
URL:https://diversify.no/event/herspace-roundtable-women/
LOCATION:HerSpace\, Strandgata 19\, Oslo\, 0152\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Community Building,Social Issues
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SUMMARY:Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace: Intersectionality & Privilege
DESCRIPTION:Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is imperative for a sustainable\, competitive and innovative company and society at large. Diversity also goes beyond the outward perception of a company – it includes how the internal structures work and signal the value systems of an organization’s management or leadership team. \nThis series is designed by Diversify to centre Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace. We look forward to seeing you! \n\nIn March\, Diversify and HerSpace are partnering with Develop Diverse for the Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace session.\nChisom Udeze\, founder of Diversify and HerSpace\, and Jenifer Clausell-Tormos\, founder of Develop Diverse\, will take on the topic of Intersectionality and Privilege in March. \nIntersectionality is a term coined by Professor Kimberley Crenshaw. It is an analytical framework for understanding how a person’s social or political identity such as ethnicity\, race\, social class\, gender identity\, sexual orientation\, and other facets of social stratification combine to create different modes of privilege and discrimination. \nThis event is FREE to attend and will be held digitally.  Please register HERE to receive the zoom link. \n\nSpeakers:\nJenifer Clausell-Tormos (She/Her)\nJenifer is the founder of Develop Diverse. She holds a Ph.D. in Technology Development. She held positions both at universities and in the industry as a scientific researcher. In her career\, she first leveraged tech to accelerate the process of finding new medicines. After 10 years\, her drive for gender balance and diversity brought her to use her tech expertise to close the gender and diversity gap by founding Develop Diverse. For 4 years+\, Jenifer has been a researcher\, speaker\, and trainer in the field of Diversity & Inclusion. \nChisom Udeze (She/Her) \nChisom is an Economist\, a DEIB Strategist\, and a 3 times founder of impact driven companies. She has over 14 years of experience working with organizations like the European Commission\, The United Nations\, ExxonMobil and The Economist Group. Chisom is analytical and a data enthusiast. She is passionate about interrogating the cross-sectoral relationship between society’s inhabitants\, resources\, production\, technology\, distribution and output. She efficiently and effectively unlocks complex systems\, interprets data\, forecasts socio-economic trends and conducts research. \nHaving lived and worked in 7 countries across 3 continents\, she is highly adaptable to different circumstances and people\, and thrives in uncertain environments. \nAs the founder of Diversify and Diversify Consult\, Chisom and her team work with companies\, institutions\, governments and civil society to develop sustainable DEIB strategies and embed measurable diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace and society. In addition\, in 2022\, Diversify launched the Diversify Nordics Summit\, the largest conference in the Nordics that gathers cross-sectoral stakeholders to amplify DEIB in the Nordics and beyond. \nIn 2020\, she founded HerSpace\, a diverse and inclusive co-creation community for all genders\, with particular focus on women and non-binary people. In 2022\, HerSpace launched HerTech\, Women in Tech incubator\, for women-led companies\, with a focus on the inclusion of diverse founders. \nChisom is a thought-leader in Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and a passionate advocate for mental health and wellness. She is an entrepreneur at heart and committed to life-long learning. She enjoys playing tennis\, reading\, binge-watching TV shows and cooking.
URL:https://diversify.no/event/diversity-inclusion-in-the-workplace-intersectionality-privilege/
CATEGORIES:Economic Justice,Global Issues & Inequality
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