Director, Office of Student Leadership Development at Vanderbilt University and President of the Junior League of Nashville
In just ten minutes we will hear from our next #ProgressIsPlural takeover Krystal Clark! Krystal is the first African-American president of the Junior League of Nashville in the organization’s 96 year history! We look forward to Krystal taking over The Junior League Instagram from 9a-11a! A post shared by The Junior League (@juniorleague) on Nov 15, 2017 at 5:51am PST
In just ten minutes we will hear from our next #ProgressIsPlural takeover Krystal Clark! Krystal is the first African-American president of the Junior League of Nashville in the organization’s 96 year history! We look forward to Krystal taking over The Junior League Instagram from 9a-11a!
A post shared by The Junior League (@juniorleague) on Nov 15, 2017 at 5:51am PST
Championing diversity and inclusion means understanding the message you’re sending. Social media is a huge tool for that. We need to pause and think about the story we’re telling online. Visuals are powerful storytellers. Who are you capturing in the moments you’re posting? Are they authentic, or do they seem manufactured? People can see through it. If we want to attract different groups, we need to be a beacon of REAL diversity and inclusion in action – and we need to tell that story, loud and clear. --Krystal Clark 📷 @causebeautiful #progressisplural A post shared by The Junior League (@juniorleague) on Nov 15, 2017 at 6:00am PST
Championing diversity and inclusion means understanding the message you’re sending. Social media is a huge tool for that. We need to pause and think about the story we’re telling online. Visuals are powerful storytellers. Who are you capturing in the moments you’re posting? Are they authentic, or do they seem manufactured? People can see through it. If we want to attract different groups, we need to be a beacon of REAL diversity and inclusion in action – and we need to tell that story, loud and clear. --Krystal Clark 📷 @causebeautiful #progressisplural
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Racism isn’t having a come back. It’s having a come UP. When your country’s leadership doesn’t automatically shut down racist acts and rhetoric, it enables it. It brings the hateful talk out of the darkness and gives it a stage to be loud and proud. Our country’s leadership is not setting the tone to create an environment of social justice and reconciliation. That’s frightening. However, it is also a call to action and it reminds us how important it is that our community leaders stand for our better selves – to put forth a positive, inclusive message – and how contagious that can be. We must model the way and own our responsibility to set the tone for those in our organization and in the communities in which we live and serve. -Krystal Clark #ProgressIsPlural @krystalnclark @juniorleague A post shared by The Junior League (@juniorleague) on Nov 15, 2017 at 6:32am PST
Racism isn’t having a come back. It’s having a come UP. When your country’s leadership doesn’t automatically shut down racist acts and rhetoric, it enables it. It brings the hateful talk out of the darkness and gives it a stage to be loud and proud. Our country’s leadership is not setting the tone to create an environment of social justice and reconciliation. That’s frightening. However, it is also a call to action and it reminds us how important it is that our community leaders stand for our better selves – to put forth a positive, inclusive message – and how contagious that can be. We must model the way and own our responsibility to set the tone for those in our organization and in the communities in which we live and serve. -Krystal Clark #ProgressIsPlural @krystalnclark @juniorleague
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If we think of diversity and inclusion as “winning,” then who’s losing? That’s where the divisiveness stems from. People who thrived by the old standards are feeling like they can’t compete or as if something is being taken away from them, simply because the playing field has never been more accessible. It boils down to entitlement and when you feel like your privilege is being stripped from you, you fight hard to retain what you’ve been socialized to understand is “your” place in the world. We identify ourselves in relation to each other. So, if this group is winning then I must be losing. As is often said, people don’t fear change, they fear loss. This mentality will not lead us towards progress. - Krystal Clark 📷 @oneworld.art #ProgressIsPlural A post shared by The Junior League (@juniorleague) on Nov 15, 2017 at 7:31am PST
If we think of diversity and inclusion as “winning,” then who’s losing? That’s where the divisiveness stems from. People who thrived by the old standards are feeling like they can’t compete or as if something is being taken away from them, simply because the playing field has never been more accessible. It boils down to entitlement and when you feel like your privilege is being stripped from you, you fight hard to retain what you’ve been socialized to understand is “your” place in the world. We identify ourselves in relation to each other. So, if this group is winning then I must be losing. As is often said, people don’t fear change, they fear loss. This mentality will not lead us towards progress. - Krystal Clark 📷 @oneworld.art #ProgressIsPlural
A post shared by The Junior League (@juniorleague) on Nov 15, 2017 at 7:31am PST
Diversity and inclusion is a huge challenge for the Junior League. I’m proud that we are putting in the work that’s needed to make the Junior League an organization where women, regardless of their social identities, know that they can thrive. We want the Junior League to be a place where women know that they belong and matter. It isn’t just a simple matter of recruiting. We have to continuously take a hard look at ourselves, our organization, the context in which we serve, and figure out how to foster an environment where diversity and inclusion is a focus and a lived part of the Junior League experience. 📷 @zooloska #ProgressIsPlural A post shared by The Junior League (@juniorleague) on Nov 15, 2017 at 7:58am PST
Diversity and inclusion is a huge challenge for the Junior League. I’m proud that we are putting in the work that’s needed to make the Junior League an organization where women, regardless of their social identities, know that they can thrive. We want the Junior League to be a place where women know that they belong and matter. It isn’t just a simple matter of recruiting. We have to continuously take a hard look at ourselves, our organization, the context in which we serve, and figure out how to foster an environment where diversity and inclusion is a focus and a lived part of the Junior League experience. 📷 @zooloska #ProgressIsPlural
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