BelongLab

This AAPI Women Trailblazers panel is balm for the soul. @AabaBayarea

When we speak, we un-erase ourselves. We say, “I exist, and I am worthy of this space.” My full post: linkedin.com/posts/nsampat_b…

Don’t teach someone to navigate the minefield when you have the power to remove the mines. #InclusiveLeadership

This Friday!!! Join us!

Don’t encourage someone to leap if you don’t have the rope to fashion a net or when you don’t have the will to weave it. Belonging requires making it safe for someone to be authentic and to have their unique identities, gifts, and needs honored. #ChronicMigraineChronicles

As studies have shown, they’re also avoiding racism, bias, and microaggressions. If you’re defining “people” to include POC, and specifically Black people (which I really hope you are), you’re missing these important points, @AdamMGrant.

I’m reading The Invisible Kingdom rn. It is a beautifully written account of chronic illness & examines some of the gender, race, and financial resource-based biases in healthcare. I highly recommend, whether you struggle with chronic illness or not. #ChronicMigraineChronicles

You don’t have to be scared to rock the boat when you know how to swim.

We need joy now more than ever. So grateful for people like @Jeena_Cho, @EmbraceNYC, and @PaulaEdgar, who give me hope, community, and laughter and keep me fighting the good fight. Join us on Monday for a conversation on Finding Joy in Community with Each Other!

This conversation rocked my world. I don’t know what happens when @sarahnollwilson and I engage in discussion, but it is magical. Collaborative curiosity laced with laughter. Ahas flyin’ all over the place. Millions of mics dropped. 🎤🪄💫❤️🤯

To address self doubt and disrupt Imposter Syndrome, senior folx need to share more about their missteps, and junior folx need to share more about their accomplishments.

Favorite Asian-American and Pacific Islander speakers (for the upcoming #AAPIHeritageMonth AND for any month on any topic). GO! (And please be emboldened to recommend yourself.)

Oh, and I shouldn't have to say this, but pay your AAPI Heritage Month speakers their worth! If you're hiring someone for a talk geared at equity while underpaying them, you're actually part of the problem you think you're solving.

This x 1000. How the system of bias and mini-me-ism breeds and feeds imposter syndrome. How the system is the cause, but the effect (self-doubt) is very real. And those trainings she wishes for ⬇️-thread to shake the system & help value folx unique qualifications? We offer them.

The messages you’ve received that you’re not good enough are fiction. The resulting feeling you have of self-doubt is real. Blame the system, and stop the harm. But also know that the impact of that harm is real, and you deserve to heal from it.

Belonging requires being seen, understood, and VALUED for who you are.

Who gets to be the hero? I think about this a lot in terms of allyship and the celebration of white people who do right. @sarahnollwilson and I discussed this in a conversation we had last week. And it’s staying front of mind with the whole Eminem kneeling thing.

Exploitation of DEIB experts sends a clear message about how much an org actually cares about equity.

There's a big difference between USING someone's identity to make you LOOK good and VALUING someone's unique perspectives, experiences, and expertise to help you DO good. #Tokenization 101.