PleaseNotes IND 101 Inclusion Notebook

How
Inclusive
Are You?
Creating a culture of inclusion requires radical change, and developing
individual awareness is an important step towards becoming more inclusive.
Listening to others, being authentic, creating a space where all people feel safe
to share and contribute, checking your assumptions about people, speaking
up when seeing discrimination and exclusion are all necessary actions to build
more inclusivity in our daily lives.
So where do we start?
Journaling can be a great process for connecting with yourself, your goals,
dreams and thought processes. Many successful people throughout history
have used journaling, and for good reason. Writing out your thoughts,
challenges, and feelings allows your left brain to be occupied, so the creativity
in your right brain is able to flow and create solutions. It’s actually been shown
that journaling even has a positive impact on your immune system. Writing
will also allow you to connect, challenge and change any misbeliefs you have,
and help you choose new thought processes that will support you and the
people around you in creating an environment that’s inclusive, equitable and
celebrates diversity.