On this final episode of Diversity Goes to Work, Phil shares his thoughts on the impact of the show and how we need to make sure we stay engaged, stay hopeful, and keep making a difference.

We’ve spent a lot of time in recent weeks on this podcast thinking about what comes next. And indeed, as the political winds of the United States shift, we suspect there will be ongoing shifts in the DEI space. What does that mean for DEI practitioners? How do you keep a sense and sensibility about you when the world - and the professional world around you - seems bewildering. Today’s guest is going to help us make sense of all of this complexity by centering the role of consciousness. Aang Lakey is the founder and CEO of Increasing Consciousness, a company created to increase the global consciousness to better facilitate equity all across the world.

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Kelly Crace is William & Mary’s Associate Vice President for Health and Wellness. He’s also the director of the Center for Mindfulness and Authentic Excellence. He’s a licensed psychologist and he’s the co-author of “Authentic Excellence: Flourishing and Resilience in a Relentless World.” Today we’ll be looking at how to find belonging in the midst of a world that seems to incentivize division and polarization.

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