S2 E4: Deborah B Williams - Why an inclusive culture can't start and stop at words.

Jo welcomes the brilliant Deborah B Williams to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast.Deborah is someone who creates awareness around the big problems we face in society. But she doesn’t just talk about them, she doesn’t even just create awareness around them; she creates ACTION. Action which took her on a journey to become the founder and CEO of The Women’s Association.Topics covered:- Growing up in a bubble of happiness that partially helped deflect racism- The importance of someone helping you picture your dreams- Being able to fail and not live in that failure- Founding The Women’s Association - helping remove the barriers to women’s dreams- How society needs to play a role in closing the aspiration gap for girls- The Executive Challenge: Giving teenage girls access to the workplace- The Cannes Challenge - back by popular demand - for 18-30yr old women- 56 Black Men - being part of a project to challenge racist stereotypes- Choosing to drive change rather than just exist in a biased system- Social media: the no. 1 thing young girls site as impacting their confidence- Being intentional and consistent - and human - when it comes to DE&I- Deborah’s Doggy Bag of adviceSend us Fan MailFind out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgirlseatdinner/Get in touch: [email protected], Jo Wallace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wallacejo/Thank you for listening!Please like, follow, and / or share with your friends, family and dinner dates.