Dear Corner Office
Dear Corner Office
Michele Heyward
Episode 8 : WTF Did You Say To Me?! (ft. Krystal Atha)
24 minutes Posted Feb 14, 2020 at 9:00 pm.
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*This was an interview to introduce one of our speakers for the Women of Color in STEM summit in Feb 2020*

Are you wondering how to stop harassment?

If you’ve been struggling with not knowing how to interrupt everyday sexism, racism, and other microaggressions, then you’re in luck!

In this episode, I talk with Krystal Atha, entrepreneur and founder of Sembramos, who provide education & community to conscious leaders aiming to improve their capacity to cultivate organizations that are safe, inclusive, and equitable.

  • Her 'why' starting in social justice and liberation ethics, and experience with intercultrual dynamics and international administration
  • Then went into the Peace Corps, then journalism, starting her own nonprofit and working in tech and user experience
  • Realized that she was trying to create safer spaces and the world a better place, but blindspot was doing the work "at home"
  • Realized that her own organization was missing DE&I and had a lot of her own internal work to do before helping others
  • Why it's important to develop strategies and safer spaces by not judging yourself or talking yourself out when facing microaggressions

Watch her summit talk at: https://summit20.womenofcolorinstem.com/speakers/krystal-atha/

Connect with her at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sembramos/

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