I feel like I’ve been “running” from the “algorithm pattyrollers” for so long….especially since March 24, 2022, when the first issue of my REAL DEIL™️ newsletter debuted on the “professional” social media platform, LinkedIn.

When LinkedIn rejected my application to have a course on LinkedIn Learning, the Lord turned it into a Romans 8:28 moment, and the REAL DEIL™️ was born — heart work content to counsel, to convict, and to change. The Lord expanded my reach, and many folks subscribed and have joined me on this journey. Thank you!

 From the newsletter came new relationships, collaborations, projects, and clients.

What’s sprung forth from my being a self-proclaimed “LinkedIn Top Suppressed Black Voice” has confounded those that are wise in their own eyes. IYKYK

I’m excited to announce that the REAL DEIL™️ will live on……right here in its new home on my website–a place of safety, non-censoring, and no semantic-acrobatics in order to outrun LinkedIn’s racist algorithm.

Due to my assignments changing and with the addition of new assignments, there will no longer be a weekly Thursday edition. I’ll publish the newsletter on an ad-hoc basis to align with my bandwidth availability.

What do I mean by that?

Well….after working 100% virtual for more than 2.5 years–a necessary pivot arising from the pandemic, I have officially resumed in-person client work (domestic and international), in addition to continuing with virtual, on-demand, and hybrid DEI and anti-racism education offerings.

There is no way I could do this on my own strength. With Yahuah, all things are possible! He lights the path and guides my feet.

Here’s just a peek at some of what I’m up to:

• Launch of a premium offering, “The Impactivist Experience™️” which we’ve dubbed “Black T.I.E.” for leadership teams serious about equity and inclusion. The customizable experience includes in-person, on-demand, & live virtual modalities; one-on-one coaching; group coaching; surveying and data collection/data analysis; action plans; resource & how-to guides; highly interactive real-life scenario-based learning; trackable & measurable accountability systems; asynchronous long-term support community. Click here to schedule a call to get your team’s “Black T.I.E.” planning started.
• Launch of an asynchronous plus live-virtual community for true DEI practitioners and true anti-racism educators racially identified Black, Brown, or Indigenous. More details to come.
• Launch of a second True Anti-Racism Allies Community during first quarter 2023.
• Penning of my 5th book with a tentative publication date of November 2023 and a working title, The REAL DEIL on How DEI Gets Colonized.

And oh, some of you will notice that all past issues of my REAL DEIL newsletter I’ve “disappeared” and settled them here. Here’s the list. Be sure to catch up on any issues you’ve missed. And sign-up below to be notified when a new issue drops.

• Diversity Do-Over
• The “Weaponizing” of Team Player
• 10 Signs It’s Time to “Fire” Your Company
• When a Company’s Big BUT Blocks DEI Efforts
• The Elephant in the Room Is Not Always White: the “IPOC” part of “BIPOC”
• The REAL DEIL About Racial Microaggressions: What the “Giver” Needs to Know
• Memo to Chad: “Smile & Look Pretty”​ as a Career Strategy Won’t Work for Us
• On “DEI-SPLAY”: Black Employees That Get Used and Used Up
• DEI: It’s Where Companies Send BLM and Anti-Racism to Die
• DEI that Fails to Decenter Whiteness Is Not Real DEI
• A “Wake-Up-for-Real-This-Time” Letter to Wannabe Allies and Accomplices
• “The First,”​ “The Only,” and Other Narratives of Shame…for the Company
• Why They Don’t Hear Us: We Speak Equity and Inclusion for All, and They Speak Profit and Power for a Few
• “What’s a Black Girl Like You Doing with a White Girl Name Like That?”
• ALLY-ISH: When Smiling She-Wolves Show up in Ally Clothing
• Weapons of Mass Instruction for True Aspiring Allies and Allies-in-Progress: 4 Mini-Lessons to Grow On and 1 to Act On
• Making Them (In)Famous: Companies That’ve Secured a Spot in the “Hall of Shame”
• The Way Some White Men Do It in the DM’S (a special lead-up companion to next REAL DEIL issue)
• The Way Some White Men Do It in the DM’s: Part 2, The Translation and Analysis
• 10 White-Centered “DEI Games” that Companies Play with Black Candidates and Employees
• RFPs, Discovery Calls, and Other “Common” Racial Capitalist DEI Traps
• The Poll Tax “Reinvents”​ Itself as DEI Certification and Guess Who It Will Hurt the Most?
• The Language of Othering: It’s Where DEI Goes to DIE
• When *Good* White Men Go Rogue (supplemental article)
• “REAL DEIL”​ Poetic (In)Justice
• When DEI Goes Low, I Go 50 for 50
• “Were You Ever Serious About Me?”: A “Break-Up Letter” to White-Centered Colonized DEI from Anti-Racism
• Liars, and Tyrants, and Beards….Oh My!
• REAL DEIL Wisdom for Ears That Hear

With my pen and my voice, I’ll continue to chip away at this system until my last breath.

The fight continues.

I’ll “see” you soon when the next issue drops. Remember to sign up below to be notified.

Peace and blessings \o/tmr