The Women Speak Up series is designed to educate and create a dialogue between club members about race. We can only bring about change and raise awareness when we talk about race and act when we see racist behavior within ourselves, our communities and our workplaces (as employees and volunteers). The Women Speak Up about Race at Work panel discussion and workshop took place on Tuesday, October 12, 2021.
Moderator:
Laureen Scharps, FAWCO Representative, AIWC Frankfurt Taunus
Panelists:
Kanika Holloway, FAWCO 2nd VP and Businesswoman
Almaz Sullivan, Educator and Financial Services
Bayo Callender, President, AWC Stockholm and Esquire
The panelists shared their stories and analysis about racism at their workplaces, which was followed up by a lively and interactive discussion. You are encouraged to use this video as a tool to generate discussion among your own club members and help them to have the courage to “Speak Up.”
The trigger for white rage, inevitably, is black advancement. It is not the mere presence of black people that is the problem; rather, it is blackness with ambition, with drive, with purpose, with aspirations, and with demands for full and equal citizenship. It is blackness that refuses to accept subjugation, to give up. — Carol Anderson, PhD, author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide