Play Your Card: The Podcast
Play Your Card: The Podcast
Amberly Carter, M.Ed, CDE®
Amberly's weekly rapid-fire musings on equity in the workplace. New articles are published every Monday.
DEI Needs More Hustle
Patreon: patreon.com/playyourcard 1:1 Consult: helloambi.com/chat 🌎 I help my clients meet the global demands of business and address the challenges that come along with changing demographics, differing points of view, and workplace fairness. 🙋🏾 I'm a Fractional Chief Diversity Officer who is a certified Digital Business Manager and Certified Diversity Executive.  💔 I am a cousin of Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley. I use my platform to tell my truth and promote racial reconciliation. 🎤 I'm looking for opportunities to speak about race and racial equity in the workplace this year. ❓Run a podcast? Want a guest blog? 📧 Give me a shout: [email protected] Uno Out! Amberly
Jun 3, 2023
10 min
Remembering George Floyd, 3 Years Later
George Floyd's impact on DEI should remind us all that performative allyship will not get us very far. Here are my thoughts on where we are in DEI, 3 years later. I question whether we truly remember what George Floyd did for America. The proof is in the pudding. #DEIDropoff #georgefloyd #corporatesocialresponsibility #DEImatters   Purchase Systems & Operations for Foundations Replay - helloambi.com/shop
May 26, 2023
7 min
Should You Layoff Your DEI Officer?
Save your seat for the Systems & Ops Live Class I'll be hosting on Thursday, May 18th at 7pm. www.helloambi.com/training
May 16, 2023
11 min
What is a Fractional Chief Diversity Officer?
Are you trying to decide if you need to add a DEI C-Suite executive to your business? If you're looking to improve your business' DEI efforts, hiring a Fractional Chief Diversity Officer could be a great option. If you want to know more about this new trend of fractional senior leadership, listen to this episode. These are the books that are currently helping me with my season of pivot. Right Within: How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts https://amzn.to/40fc7vF Don't Stay in Your Lane: The Career Change Guide for Women of Color by Cynthia Pong I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman's Guide to Navigating the Workplace by Elizabeth Leiba 🌎 I help my clients meet the global demands of business and address the challenges that come along with changing demographics, differing points of view, and workplace fairness. 🙋🏾 I'm a Fractional Chief Diversity Officer who is a certified Digital Business Manager and Certified Diversity Executive.  💔 I am a cousin of Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley. I use my platform to tell my truth and promote racial reconciliation. 🎤 I'm looking for opportunities to speak about race and racial equity in the workplace this year. ❓Run a podcast? Want a guest blog? 📧 Give me a shout: [email protected] Uno Out! Amberly
May 9, 2023
36 min
Saying Goodbye to My 9-5
I'm leaving my position as a DEI Coordinator at the end of May. May also happens to be Mental Health Awareness Month. In this episode, I share how therapy is helping me make the transition from a 9-5 employee to a Full-Time entrepreneur.  Resources: Right Within: How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the Workplace by Minda Harts Society of Diversity
May 1, 2023
29 min
Amberly's First Thoughts on the Death of Carolyn Bryant, Her Cousin Emmett Till's Accuser
I was a bit shocked to hear of Carolyn Bryant's passing, but here are my first thoughts throughout the day.  I help my clients meet the global demands of business and address the challenges that come along with changing demographics, differing points of view and workplace fairness. - I'm a Global Business Manager and Certified Diversity Executive.  💔 I am a cousin of Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley. I use my platform to tell my truth and promote racial reconciliation. ?I'm looking for opportunities to speak about race and racial equity in the workplace this year ❓Run a podcast? Want a guest blog? ?Give me a shout: [email protected] Uno Out! Amberly
Apr 28, 2023
7 min
How to Talk About Your Gender Story
Have you ever stopped to think about your gender story? What were you taught about your own gender from birth to now? What messages did you receive about your gender from adults in your life, school, church, and the media? At what point did you decide what you believe about your gender and others' genders? Did you feel any guilt or internalized oppression? Did you at any point reject those feelings? Embrace those feelings? How has your understanding of your own gender evolved? Anything you've started or stopped doing as a result of knowing your gender better?
Feb 7, 2023
11 min
Why Companies Shouldn't Issue Statements About Tyre Nichols
🌎 I help my clients meet the global demands of business and address the challenges that come along with changing demographics, differing points of view and workplace fairness. 🙋🏾 I'm a Global Business Manager and Certified Diversity Executive. ❤️‍🩹 I am a cousin of Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley. I use my platform to tell my truth and promote racial reconciliation. 🎤I'm looking for opportunities to speak about race and racial equity in the workplace this year ❓Run a podcast? Want a guest blog? 📧Give me a shout: [email protected] Uno Out! Amberly
Jan 30, 2023
19 min