The Jali, host Melyssa Barrett

The Jali - Ep 37: Education & Inclusion

Jacalyn Davis explains her work as coordinator of equality and access and how her position impacts DEI within the Manteca, CA community.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jali - Ep 36: Becoming Agile

Trinita Carlton explains how to embrace inclusive culture when approaching product management. Carlton discusses strategic practices to enhance our ability to become agile when navigating inclusion in the workplace.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jali - Ep 35: Global Reflection

Head of Global Reflection at UniWorld Group, Douglas Freeman explains how companies can transform their DEI practice. Freeman offers his advice on leveraging DEI business plans and methods used to disrupt traditional decision-making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jali - Ep 34: Colorful Communication

Co-authors of “Speaking in Colors,” Vernita and Nikita Nikol Naylor explore the benefits of knowing your color frequency and advantages to learning various exercises for balancing these energies. Together, they explain how this englightning movement serves as a guide to how we communicate with one another and the effects that these color traits have when emitted into the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jali - Ep 33 Innovating a Progressive Workplace

David C. Williams joins the podcast to discuss his innovative solution that helped lead AT&T employees through the Covid-19 pandemic and shares his involvement in organizing programs that support DEI outreach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jali - Ep 32: Inspiring Social Impact

On this week’s episode, Melyssa Barrett is interviewed by Becky Parker Geist, host of “Audio Book Connection-Behind the Scenes with the Creative Teams,” to discuss her inspiration to create The Jali Podcast and how the show has become a platform for sharing and highlighting social impacts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jali - Ep 31: Amplifying Housing Literacy

Influenced by her experience growing up in Chicago, Florise Nevel-Ewell uses her professional and personal passion by educating young lawyers, youths, and adults about building wealth through housing literacy. Her work spans across educational platforms connecting corporate initiatives, non-profit advocacy, and social impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jali - Ep 30: Dismantling the Employment Process

Urvi Bhandari is the Co-founder of Peppercorn.ai, and an innovative career coach who supports each candidate on their career journey. She explains how to remove the stereotypical “cookie cutter” resume model in the recruiting and retention process using self-awareness to blossom within each job seeker to match their passions with their next career move. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jali - Ep 29: Reaching DEI

Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Americas at BNY Mellon, Patty Dingle shares her role providing support and visibility to underrepresented groups. The conversation highlights celebrating the “little wins” while engaging in DEI, reducing prejudices in the context of identity and remembering to lead with empathy in order to effectively integrate diversity globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jali - Ep: 28 Undoing Systemic Ignorance

The founder of Bluford Consulting, Tanya Bluford shares strategic steps for undoing racial prejudices and how to heal from the impact of systemic racism. She also shares her opinion on where DEI should start within a company and why maintaining open communication assists the cause.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices