A guide to supporting your non-binary and trans employees when you witness them being misgendered in the workplace.

Different’s Co-Founder, Milka Milliance, shares a personal reflection on her experience in navigating white workplaces as a Black woman along with some takeaways that can be helpful for your Black employees.

Different’s Co-Founder, Alex Suggs, shares a personal reflection on what DEI really means, outside of the manufactured rage around this important work.

Have you ever felt rejected? 🙋🏾‍♀️

As a DEI practitioner, I talk a lot about inclusion and creating psychologically safe spaces for people who have always been on the fringe; who have never quite fit in and probably never will. That's why I co-founded Different DEI with Alex and Grace Yi. While I’ve learned to embrace the solitude inherent to my identity/lived experiences, where it remains a challenge is as an entrepreneur.

I didn't want to come back to work today.

Anyone else? 🖐 This isn't because I don't love my job, company, or coworkers but because over the last couple of weeks I finally found REST. I stopped the hustle. I took a beat. I slept in. I may have had chocolate for breakfast one day. Maybe two. I reflected on the past year and what I want from 2023. I found peace.

We knew there had to be a different way for real, systems-wide change to happen for many of us who desired a better, bolder, more sustainable workplace culture…