The Peer Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Peer
1: one that is of equal standing with another.
2: to look searchingly at something difficult to discern.
Peer is a space where we look deeply into issues of equity at the personal, interpersonal, group, organizational, and societal levels.
Peer is curated by Peter DiCaprio, a straight, white USAmerican man and organizational psychologist whose work in the field of equity and inclusion is an extension of his personal journey of learning inclusion and his need to have positive, concrete impact on identity equity is USAmerican life.
Joe Samalin is a co-founder of MenChallenging, an online campaign challenging men to directly support survivors of gender violence and to take action to prevent it. He has been working on issues of gender-based violence for over 20 years, beginning as a student activist and organizer. He is a consultant engaging men in numerous contexts: at colleges and universities, with the documentary film Roll Red Roll, with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, and other communities. Prior to this he was Senior Program Manager for Community Mobilization & Leadership Development with Breakthrough, a global human rights organization that works to challenge the culture of violence against women and girls. Earlier he was the Outreach and Training Manager for the Disaster Distress Helpline – the first national hotline dedicated to year-round disaster crisis counseling, with a focus of gender violence in disaster-struck communities. He’s worked with Men Can Stop Rape, and organization mobilizing men to use their strength for creating cultures free from violence, especially men's violence against women. He was also the trainer for the Anti-Stalking Program at Safe Horizon the nation’s largest victim service agency.
Howard Ross is a principal of Udarta Consulting and previously founded Cook Ross Inc., which he sold in 2018. He is considered one of the world’s seminal thought leaders on identifying and addressing Unconscious Bias. Howard has authored multiple books including Washington Post best seller, Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives the book ReInventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose and Performance, His last book, Our Search for Belonging: How the Need for Connection is Tearing Our Culture Apart, published by Berrett-Koehler in 2018, won the Nautilus Gold Award for Social Change and Social Justice.
Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale has more than 30 years of experience leading learning-based interventions in over 48 countries across 5 continents. She provides transformative consultation to organizations and leaders across industries including finance, manufacturing, technology, education, and healthcare.
As a Principal Consultant at Cook Ross, Rosalyn designs global diversity and inclusion strategic initiatives and leads workshops, seminars, and leadership development programs. She is experienced in providing executive coaching, team development, and cultural change management programs for multi-national and Fortune 500 companies, mid-sized organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions.
From 2008 to 2012, Rosalyn served as vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer at the Campbell Soup Company. She was instrumental to Campbell winning the 2010 Catalyst Award and led their international diversity and inclusion business efforts in North America, Australia, and Europe. Prior to working with the Campbell Soup Company, Rosalyn was the executive vice president of diversity initiatives for MTV Network where she established executive networks, four Global Diversity Councils, and the Executive Development Program.
Rosalyn specializes in diversity and inclusion program design, trans- and cross-cultural competency assessment and education, and diverse team and group process development. She is skilled in facilitating courageous conversations about race, culture, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity. She lends her expertise and thought leadership to non-profits, educational institutions, foundations, and public sector organizations.
Rosalyn received a Master of Social Work from University of Louisville. Her work has been featured in the ABA Forum and Diversity Journal. She has been quoted in Black Enterprise Magazine, Cable World Magazine, and Harvard Business Review. She was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America, Top Executives in Diversity, 100 Top Executives in America, and 100 most influential LGBT people of the year.