The structure of our workplaces actively prevents Disabled people from being able to do their jobs. — When you think of your company’s workplace structure and policies, how much do you know about who they were designed for? Does your company consider the impact of its work culture on Neurodivergent people, people who are sick/have chronic fatigue, and Disabled people? Globally, over half of Disabled people of…

The Global North has a responsibility towards asylum seekers from the Global South as a form of reparations for the costs of colonialism. — Over the years of Fearless Futures’ work, we have found that companies sometimes do not know how to make the connection between their inclusion and equity work and broader solidarity with migrants and refugees. Using this explainer, you can unpack the narratives about immigrants that are used to justify denying…

A discussion guide to help your company shift from actions of “allyship” to those of “solidarity” with marginalised communities. — As our companies aim to build equity and inclusion in their workplaces, we must consider what it will take to move from actions of “allyship” to those of “solidarity” with marginalised communities. While we at Fearless Futures have often used the term allyship to describe equitable actions in service of…

In creating a socially constructed category, people chose to look at certain arbitrary similarities between a group of people, and socially define that group by them. — During your diversity and inclusion work you may have come across the idea that many categories of identification are actually “social constructs.” Given the impact of very real systems of oppression that use these categorisations, we need to know where they came from. With the following explainer, you will learn…

When your company engages in conversations around gender equity and inclusion, what measures do you take to prioritise the specific context and needs of Muslim women? …

In order to unpack the day-to-day realities of oppression South Asian people face, we must understand how the overlap of racism, colonialism, and Islamophobia creates particular negative outcomes for this community. — As anti-racism conversations become more and more common in the workplace, we at Fearless Futures have found that companies often don’t know how to talk about or disrupt the unique experiences of racism for South Asian folks. …

As much as LGBTQ+ people and allies alike have tried to professionalize the concept of pronouns, the reality for many non-cisgender people is that they are messy! — A question we often ask in our programs is: who is denied the privilege of authenticity in the workplace? It is most often marginalized community members who must choose whether to hide things like lack of wealth, disability, sexual orientation etc. because bringing “personal problems” into work is not considered…

When was the last time you “said the wrong thing”? What may have come up for you: Defensiveness? Embarrassment? Confusion? It seems we all have moments like this, and yet there is an iron curtain around talking about them. So let’s dig in. Surface-level solutions In Fearless Futures’ programs, we…