Happy New Year, Divas!
We’re kicking off January with our theme, “One World, One Love — How Do We Get There?” and starting with a necessary question:
How do we actually create equity — not just talk about it?
This conversation is grounded in a sobering reality.
Between February and April of 2025, more than 300,000 Black women lost their jobs or exited the workforce — even as the overall economy continued adding jobs. These losses coincided with federal workforce reductions, budget cuts,and the rollback or rebranding of DEI efforts across sectors.
This episode isn’t about politics.
It’s about people, systems, and what leaders and individuals can do right now.
We introduce what we call The Equity Equation — the idea that equity isn’t a single initiative or department, but the outcome of multiple inputs working together.
We focus on three levers that consistently move the needle:
Equity work also lives at the individual level. Transferable skills, clear professional narratives, technological fluency, and human-centered strengths are what insulate people from disruption and expand options.
We close with lessons from 2025, a practical action item, and a prompt to help you choose one lever to strengthen this week — because small, consistent moves change equations.
Next week, we’ll continue exploring how equity can be created even when systems resist it.
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Your C.H.U.N.K.S. goal multiplier:
Community Building: Connect with the influencers in your industry, more specifically their followers – respond to the followers; comments on topics relevant to your brand.Build your audience as a thought leader.
Health Moves: Take 30 minutes for your specific needs: yoga or tai chi for mobility and anti-aging/ strength training to boost your metabolism/meditation for stress relief and improved blood pressure.
Uplift Others: Mentor a new hire or subordinate seeking growth opportunities.
Niche Nurturing: Draft your Freemium campaigns for the year, one per quarter
Kaizen: Learn the principles of investing to get better results in your 401k/retirement planning
Success Your Way: Break the goals you set for this year into quarters and apply the above boosters to this quarter’s main goal.
