BLACK AT WORK - RESOURCES

CONVERSATION 2 - Viva Asmelash

Step 1: How to check in with ourselves daily 

• Liberate (meditation app)

• Insight Timer: Teachers of Color Playlist (meditation app) 

• How to turn brushing your teeth into a mindfulness exercise

Step 2: How to recognize a potential non-Black ally

• It starts with knowing you if you can trust them

Step 3: Build community with Black colleagues

• How to host a virtual healing circle 

• Template: Open letter to leadership from multiple Black employees 

Step 4: Learning to ask for what you need

• How to give and receive healthy feedback from a place of care 

• Share this with non-Black leaders and colleagues (or HR)

• In friendships, have one go-to resource that you can send to non-Black people (your go-to resource when you don’t want to deplete yourself). Here’s one Viva created that you are welcome to share if/when needed. 

Step 5: Developing internal inclusion & diversity initiatives 

• Culture Amp Starter Kit

• Special offer: If you are interested in sampling and providing feedback on a portion of this pilot program with Viva (on June 22 and June 29), email her at info@vivaasmelash.com. Note that space will be limited to about 4-6 slots. 

Viva’s contact information:

• Consulting services

• Instagram

• LinkedIn