Research shows that in organizations where allyship is a priority, employees are 50% less likely to leave and are 56% more likely to improve their performance. Innovation rates, revenue rates and ...
What is allyship? When we think of allies, global alliances formed during times of war and conflict, or individuals banding together to win a competition may come to mind. But more simply, an ally is ...
Zhanna Lyubykh receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Beedie School of Business (Simon Fraser University). Natalya M Alonso receives ...
Claudia Dulac is head of diversity & conclusion for Merrill. Views are the author’s own. I have been an LGBTQ+ ally for as long as I can remember; still, it became even more personal in 2009, when my ...
The Black Lives Matter movement did more than highlight the pressing need for anti-racism practices. It also made folks on social media feel more comfortable discussing seemingly taboo topics, such as ...
“Hi Will, not sure you will remember me, but you were the first to teach me about white privilege in a way that made me understand it didn’t matter how disadvantaged my background, the color of my ...
Martin Luther King Jr (center) in the front line of the third march from Selma to Montgomery with Ralph Abernathy (second from left), Ralph Bunche (third from right) and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel ...
This column first appeared in Nancy Lyons’ monthly newsletter. Let’s talk about allyship. Whether it’s a corporation or an individual, one needs to be thoughtful about proclaiming a position of ...
I went to my first queer event when I still thought I was straight. The summer after eighth grade, while at a residential camp, a queer girl who lived down the hall invited me to a camp-sponsored ...
Allyship is the defining word of 2021. Credit: Vicky Leta / Mashable "Allyship" is Dictionary.com's Word of the Year — a defining term for a period marked by community organizing, online activism, and ...
Allyship, an old noun made new again, is Dictionary.com’s word of the year. The look up site with 70 million monthly users took the unusual step of anointing a word it added just last month, though ...