In progressive and social impact spaces, we often talk about our purpose in the work, but we don’t talk about what people might be losing in the course of our work. We think of all that we think they would get – Equality! Empowerment! Inclusion! Access! Rights! – but we don’t think about what they might be giving up in exchange. And sometimes, it is the things that people would lose that cause them to resist any change, even if it’s for a good thing like “equality.”
Read MoreWhether it is at work, at home, in culture, or in public, we all share the responsibility of advancing equality and inclusion. Our #ShareTheWork activation draws attention to this responsibility, and calls on everyone to share the burden of essential forms of physical, mental, emotional, and activist labor. These endeavors often go uncompensated monetarily, but are vital to the functioning of our society. We have to ask: what are the demographics of those who shoulder the burden of this unpaid, but vital, work?
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