LGBTQI+ Inclusion: Best Practices for Celebrating Pride Month

LGBTQIA Inclusion!

Join us for an online event celebrating LGBTQIA inclusion! This event is all about embracing diversity, promoting equality, and fostering a sense of belonging. Whether you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or any other identity within the LGBTQIA spectrum, this event is for you! We'll have engaging discussions, inspiring talks, and interactive workshops led by renowned LGBTQIA activists and allies. Come together with like-minded individuals from around the world to learn, share experiences, and build a more inclusive society. Let's celebrate our beautiful rainbow community and work towards a future where everyone feels accepted and loved. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect and empower!

Join Annemarie Shrouder in this interactive session to explore what LGBTQI+ inclusion in the workplace is and means, why it’s important and how we accomplish it. Come prepared to share your ideas, concerns and questions about this important (and often challenging) aspect of EDIB work.

1- Facilitator introduction

2- The purpose of the training

3- Agenda

5- Guidelines

What are you looking forward to learning today?

What are we talking about?

Term review – LGBTQI+

Slide and interaction – Making sure we know all the terms and what they mean

Why is it LGBTQI+ inclusion important?

And the business case

What does LGBTQI+ inclusion look like?

What is it / The goal

How is this different than other groups?

Some of the challenges or fears

Small group chat

And large group share

How do we get there?

Outline the trajectory, including addressing fear and hate.

Wrap up

Bio Of Facilitator :Anne Marie Shrouder

I have spent over 20 years in the field of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIBs): Almost 16 years as an international Speaker, Facilitator, and Consultant, and 5 years as an Elementary School Teacher and Master’s student in the Equity Department at OISE/University of Toronto. Today, I work with individuals within organizations to help them see more, to embrace inclusion, and to create cultures of learning so people can thrive. What has intrigued me most is the number of times I have heard people say, “I didn’t think of that!” and “Wow, I never knew that!” Also, how we all fear judgment, think it’s only us, and make up stories about other people that keep us apart. Even small opportunities to connect, ask questions, and talk have been so welcomed in my sessions – and we have all felt the energy in the room change. In the last few years, I have begun focusing more and more on racial equity. Understanding systemic racism – what it is, what it looks like, and what it means – is a foundational component of any DIBs commitment, because of the fundamental broad disparities caused by the belief in the concept of race, and the valuing of skin colour. Assisting in the creation of environments where people are aware and participate in dismantling individual and systemic barriers, and where they can learn, stretch, and can contribute fully, brings me joy. Walking with organizations on this journey is an honour. I have developed a Signature Methodology called The ABCs of Inclusion™ which overlays DIBs with community building to achieve this goal. When people are seen, heard and valued, representation increases and businesses thrive