Diversity Advent Calendar 2024

Unwrap the Gift of Inclusion this Holiday Season
As the holiday lights shine bright and festive gatherings fill our calendars, let’s take a moment to unwrap a deeper message – the gift of inclusion. While the season brings joy and connection, it also reminds us that the journey toward true diversity is ongoing and essential.

This year, our Diversity Advent Calendar 2024 invites you to celebrate the richness of perspectives that make our world vibrant. Behind each door lies a daily tip, a new idea, or a gentle reminder to keep fostering an inclusive mindset – not just now, but throughout the year. Let’s embrace this season with open hearts and a commitment to welcoming every voice, honoring every story, and valuing every difference.

Join us in making this holiday season one that celebrates unity in diversity, where each day brings a renewed sense of purpose, understanding, and the warmth of belonging.

Wishing you a season of togetherness, discovery, and the beauty of shared humanity.

Advent Calendar 2024

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Amplify Diverse Voices: Make a habit of elevating underrepresented voices in meetings and projects

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Acknowledge someone who has helped create a more inclusive space at work. Small gestures of appreciation matter.

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Get ready to finalize your New Year’s resolution: How will you contribute to diversity in 2025?

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Need gift ideas for a child? Lego – they’re gender neutral!

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Find a diversity-related article, book, or podcast and share it with your team. Start a brief discussion to spark awareness.

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Invite colleagues to share their stories and experiences. Stories build understanding and a sense of belonging.

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Words carry weight. Ensure your language doesn’t unintentionally exclude or alienate people. Learn inclusive alternatives.

Blogpost

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Learn about an amazing and kick-ass role model that is trying to make science a bit more inclusive.

Interview

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Take some time thinking about your identity - and how someone might feel, that is diverse and is constantly addressed the wrong way based purely on optics.

Blogpost

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Time to be grateful about how diversity added value to your own (working) life this year.

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Try a free online cultural competency quiz today. It’s a quick way to check biases and learn about inclusive practices.

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Time to put your Santa hat on and reward a diversity hero with a cookie.

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Mentor Across Differences - offer guidance to someone from a different background.

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Do you have a female or male brain? Or is that the wrong question?

Find out!

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Tell a little boy or girl that they can grow up to be anything they want, not based on what gender they are.

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Coszy up with a documentary about a female inventor - and the "most beautiful woman" of the world.

Blogpost

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Enjoy friends & family. No matter how crazy they might drive you, each and every one adds in their own way to diversity.

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Read a gripping insight into a personal battle against sexism and discrimination in the tech industry.

Book Tip

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Acknowledge Unconscious Bias: Accept that everyone has biases and work on recognizing and addressing them in yourself and in processes.

Blogpost

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Normalize pronoun sharing to foster a safer, more inclusive environment for everyone’s gender identity.

Blogpost

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Glass ceilings and glass cliffs are real challenges to career growth. Learn what they are and how to break the glass barriers.

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Let yourself be inspired by some kickass women – our awesome Role Models!

Role Models

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It's time for a successful diversity program!

Blogpost

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Practice Active Listening: In your next conversation, focus solely on listening without interruption. Empathetic listening is key to inclusion.

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