Inclusion. Belonging. Cultural competency. Empathetic allyship. DEI.

There are many labels for helping people from all walks of life thrive at work — and even more ways to turn that ambition into reality. Whether you’re looking for a thought partner, a strategist, a facilitator, an instructional designer or a producer of award-winning workplace culture content, Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez of 3G Collaborative can help you explore the most effective and creative ways to make your organization more human-centered in this era of DEI backlash.

As a co-author of Racial Justice at Work: Practical Solutions for Systemic Change and the founding principal of 3G Collaborative, a boutique DEAI consultancy specializing in events, books, podcasts, documentaries and other media, Gonzalez's subject matter expertise is driven by the deeply held belief that everyone has something valuable to contribute. And when we all commit to doing our part, we collectively lighten the load traditionally shouldered by those from historically marginalized backgrounds. This cuts across many dimensions of diversity, including but not limited to: ability, addiction recovery status, age, body size, chronic illness, culture, education level, ethnicity, experience with domestic violence, experience with trauma, family or caregiver status, gender, immigration status, military status, neurodiversity, prior arrest record, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status.​​

When we recognize that addressing issues faced by those most impacted due to barriers to inclusion and belonging benefit all of us, directly affecting many of the people we personally care about, everyone can share in the pride of making progress. With each step, we make room for more of our colleagues to succeed and we increase our resources — our human resources — that result in the innovative thinking and problem-solving critical to transformative teamwork!

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