For many of us, being black at work is exhausting. We avoid wearing our hair in certain styles to avoid ignorant questions and even requests to ‘touch our hair’, we leave our house with our face on backwards (word to Cole) and have to code switch our way through the day.

Every day, we battle microaggressions, unequal opportunities, negative stereotypes and downright ignorance. This year, the world began to ‘listen’. Corporates and organisations released statements about how they were standing with black communities, yet true change within organisations is still yet to be seen. Black employees are still yet to truly feel supported during what is truly an exhausting time.

Join us for our third Black at Work Zoom call 19 Nov, where will be dicussing the below.

TOPICS:

• How you can speak up and advocate for change in our workplaces
• How to move beyond biases and grow in your role
• How to approach difficult and unfair situations
• Protecting your mental health and space

Our host

Ivy Kayima – Diversity and Inclusion Specialist and Diversity Relations Recruiter

Ivy works with a number of tech companies, local authorities and charities on HR strategy, black programmes, diversity initiatives and training with the main goal to ensure that black people are represented at all roles throughout organisations and also and probably most importantly that employees are equipped with the skills needed to navigate white spaces aka the workplace.

Panellist: Nicole Young – Operations Manager

After 5 years at Uber navigating her way through the ranks in a number of roles and at the same time highlighting black talent and the lack of within the tech world. Nicole has recently joined a German start-up company as the first and only black female operations manager based in London who is currently preparing to make her mark in the UK in the tech/Mobility industry whilst pushing for more females to get into the world of mobility and continuing her work on putting a spotlight on black people in tech.