Dr. Akilah Cadet: WHITE SUPREMACY IS ALL AROUND
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Kathryn Budig
Kathryn Budig (she/her) is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, author, ...
Haus welcomes our new Professor Phoenix: Dr. Akilah Cadet!
Dr. Akilah Cadet is the Founder and CEO of Change Cadet, an organizational development consulting firm that offers services that support embedding belonging into overall company culture, identity, and strategy. As a Forbes Next 1000 Entrepreneur, her work is behind some of the biggest brands you use everyday. Dismantling white supremacy through storytelling is at the core of her work as a leader, speaker, creative director, producer, writer, editor, co-owner of the Oakland Roots and Soul soccer teams, and author of White Supremacy is All Around: Notes From a Black Disabled Woman in a White World. She literally has all the degrees, lives in and loves Oakland, CA, celebrates her disability, is a proud Beyoncé advocate, and has an incredible shoe game.
Listen along as Kathryn, Dr. Akilah, and members of the Haus community discuss Dr. Akilah's book, White Supremacy is All Around: Notes From a Black Disabled Woman in a White World, and dive deeper into topics such as: the power of words, the correlation between capitalism and white supremacy, navigating microaggressions in the work place, how to build a soft life as a Black woman in a white world, inclusive language, and more!
Suggested reading for this conversation:
Dr. Akilah Cadet is the Founder and CEO of Change Cadet, an organizational development consulting firm that offers services that support embedding belonging into overall company culture, identity, and strategy. As a Forbes Next 1000 Entrepreneur, her work is behind some of the biggest brands you use everyday. Dismantling white supremacy through storytelling is at the core of her work as a leader, speaker, creative director, producer, writer, editor, co-owner of the Oakland Roots and Soul soccer teams, and author of White Supremacy is All Around: Notes From a Black Disabled Woman in a White World. She literally has all the degrees, lives in and loves Oakland, CA, celebrates her disability, is a proud Beyoncé advocate, and has an incredible shoe game.
Listen along as Kathryn, Dr. Akilah, and members of the Haus community discuss Dr. Akilah's book, White Supremacy is All Around: Notes From a Black Disabled Woman in a White World, and dive deeper into topics such as: the power of words, the correlation between capitalism and white supremacy, navigating microaggressions in the work place, how to build a soft life as a Black woman in a white world, inclusive language, and more!
Suggested reading for this conversation:
- White Supremacy is All Around: Notes From a Black Disabled Woman in a White World (click title to purchase)