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#BreakTheBias: Women’s History Month Recap

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As Women’s History Month and the celebration of International Women’s Day comes to a close, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and celebrate the organizations we had the privilege of working with during such a pivotal month for so many companies to drive gender equity action forward.

With this year’s International Women’s Day theme of #BreakTheBias, individuals were called to take action for collective progress. At Gild Collective, we worked with our clients to approach this theme in different ways—providing tools for interrupting bias in big ways within workplaces and small ways within our own interactions.

Understanding the Allyship Gap for Women of Color

In February, we celebrated Black History Month, and in March, we celebrated Women’s History Month. As we come off two months celebrating distinct identities, it is important to take a moment to revisit the experiences of individuals who face double discrimination as a result of intersectional identities. In the 2021 Women in the Workplace report, the trend continues that women of color, and specifically Black women tend to face more microaggressions than white women or an aggregate of all women.

Case Study: InfoSec Unconscious Bias Series

Infosec helps IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications. The organization recently initiated a Women at InfoSec employee resource group and one of the group’s first recommendations was a company-wide bias training. We worked with the team to develop a 3-part series to provide a foundational bias understanding and tailored tools for interrupting bias for both individual contributors and managers.

#StopAsianHate – Allyship for AAPI People

White people, and the United States as a whole, have a longstanding and despicable history of dismissing white violence against Asians and quickly letting it fade into cultural irrelevance. And while the new year did not bring a respite from violence and discrimination against AAPI people, it did bring the opportunity for us all to grow as allies, advocates, and anti-racist activists for AAPI communities everywhere. It did present us with the opportunity to keep our eyes open. To truly see these horrific acts for what they are – discrimination, prejudice, and hate crimes. To turn our outrage into action.

After Watching, Learning, Listening, and Grieving: Action

Over the past few weeks, the nation has turned their intense sadness over the unjust deaths of more and more Black people at the hands of the police into unprecedented action. Like many white people, we, the founders of Gild Collective, have been unsure of how to respond, how to react, and how to move forward as agents of change that elevate the Black community. We have been watching with open eyes, learning as much as we can (including a lot of re-learning what we thought we already knew), listening to Black voices, and grieving for and with Black communities.

More than anything else, we have been thinking about how we will commit ourselves going forward to anti-racist action and Black community support. How will we take action?