I am sure that this event has been organised with the best of intentions, and in good faith given the amount of discussion around the current lack of diversity within the LIS profession, so please take this criticism in good faith also. This is not criticism levelled at the individual original poster of the message.
I think it is worth reconsidering the language and the angle you are using to promote this event - it is in itself terribly non-inclusive. Now, I cannot make any assumptions about the sender of this original message, but I, as a cisgender white woman, can look at this and think 'wow, if I were a woman of colour, or disabled, or transgender, seeing my inclusion being treated as a matter of good 'business sense' and simply a 'legal matter' to be dealt with, rather than borne from a genuine belief that I have something to contribute to my profession is really dehumanising and sickening'
That is not to say that the legislation which exists around equality shouldn't be a core part of the training you are offering - the legislation exists to protect and is not a bad thing, but this message comes across as though it is clearly aimed at senior managers (who - lets face it are probably white and male, and this comes from workforce mapping stats not any prejudice on my part) as more of a box ticking exercise than anything invested in making substantial structural changes to the profession. That in itself is bad because excluding marginalised groups from the conversations around their own inclusion, surely, is not the best way to really achieve this.
Kind regards,
Sarah
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