Reimagine Diversity and Equity: Recent Episodes
U.S. Institute of Peace
“Reimagine Diversity and Equity” is a U.S. Institute of Peace podcast that looks at the role of justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (JDEIA) in peacebuilding. In each episode, host Lyndi Tsering invites a new guest to discuss how their own stories and experiences can inform broader efforts to embed JDEIA within international development and peacebuilding processes.
To implement justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (JDEIA), Kehinde Togun, managing director of public engagement at Humanity United, says that peacebuilding institutions need to ensure that the people who experience conflict are given the driver's seat in efforts to resolve it.
No system is immune to shortcomings in justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (JDEIA) — not even systems ostensibly meant to combat it, like international aid. Degan Ali, executive director of the Kenya-based nonprofit Adeso, talks about her work to not only address diversity and inclusion issues, but change the way people think about and deliver aid.
For more: https://www.usip.org/programs/justice-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-jdeia-initiative
Justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (JDEIA) needs to be taken up by everyone in an organization. Maryum Saifee, a senior advisor in the Secretary of State's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, explores how to ensure JDEIA responsibilities don’t fall on one person or one office.
As peacebuilders look to instill justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (JDEIA) in our work, we must also examine where our own institutions and systems fall short. Raymond Chang, president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative, discusses how to engage in conversations about whiteness, systemic injustice and the need for JDEIA embedment.
Justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (JDEIA) is often seen as an elusive concept rather than a concrete set of values and needs. The U.S. Institute of Peace’s Joseph Sany defines JDEIA as a peacebuilding practice and explains why it’s so important for USIP to bring people together to discuss it.
For more information, visit: https://www.usip.org/programs/justice-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-jdeia-initiative