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I love celebrating firsts!!! And since My Thing is Courts, I love to see when color, gender, and other diversity barriers are broken in judgeships, firm partnerships, and court leadership. That is when we as a Country are living out our promise of Justice for all! Celebrating Firsts in the judiciary advances diversity, equity, inclusion,Continue reading “Celebrating Firsts In the Judiciary Advances Diversity And Inclusion”

“Making D&I Real” is a repost of a Court Leader blog created by my court leader colleague and friend Norman Meyer. I was honored to co-present with Norman on D&I and we invite you to our virtual session. Making D&I Real: Last summer, NACM supplemented its annual conference education program with a set of recordedContinue reading ““Making D&I Real””

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. The first steps to eliminating human suffering and struggles are to seek understanding and practice compassion. In the US, 1 in 5 adults experienced mental illness in 2019. That translate into either we, ourselves, have experienced it or we are in probably in close proximity to someone who has. Mental illness stigmaContinue reading “Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay”

“In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” –Sheryl Sandberg As a woman, I who can’t wait til that future is here. The Female Quotient’s LinkedIn post of Ms. Sandberg’s quote was accompanied with this question “When will the term ‘female leaders’ finally become obsolete?” Translation: what must happenContinue reading “Inclusion Idea: The Term “Female Leaders””

I wrote and published 14 weeks of blogs. Then I forgot to publish Week 15. Then it slipped my mind to even write the article for Week 16. Busyness is a powerful antagonist of inclusion. We are too busy to acknowledge people. We are polite but rarely do we really hold a conversation where weContinue reading “Week 16 Inclusion Idea: We Will Get Busy and Forget About Inclusion”