The Includers

It’s a simple fact that the people who oversee policy, government, sports, arts, and entertainment are most commonly white men. Another fact: We cannot achieve meaningful progress if we exclude the very people who have the power to make systemic change.

This easy-to-read handbook is free of any attempts to shame or guilt you for the choices you made in the past or privileges you were born with. Instead, you’ll learn to view the work you do through a lens of racial equity so you can begin making changes today. In The Includers, Colette Phillips shares data and real-life stories, focusing on the steps to take, qualities to hone, and people to emulate to become an “includer.” By highlighting the experiences of real includers who have utilised their positions as leaders to fight for change, Phillips shows that this form of allyship isn’t just possible, it’s easy, sustainable, and necessary.

For people with the power to make change, the first step is simply recognising the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion for all of us. The second step means doing something to make it a reality – but many are stuck, with no idea how to begin in a way that will genuinely help. That’s where The Includers comes in.

About the Author

Colette A.M. Phillips is president and CEO of Colette Phillips Communications, Inc., and founder and president of The GK Fund and the multicultural professional and business networking organization Get Konnected! For 30 years, Colette has been a powerful voice and effective agent of change in one of America’s oldest cities. An immigrant Black woman from the Caribbean island of Antigua described by Boston Magazine as “Boston’s Great Connector” and cited by Boston Globe for “changing the conversation about diversity in Boston,” she was the subject of a Harvard Business School case study for creating a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ecosystem. 

Dimensions: 14.45 x 2.24 x 21.59 cm