With over 10+ years of demonstrable success, Dr. Tricia Callender is a sociologist, MBA and certified DEI executive who specializes in advancing business-driven DEI strategy in high-growth, high-potential innovative organizations. Her expertise includes DEI strategy, communications, analytics and tracking, project management, employee engagement, learning and development and approaching tough subjects with data and humor.
She enjoys fostering understanding across different ages, races, perspectives and directly connecting that understanding to business success.
How the hell did this happen to me, is the first thought that came to my mind as I stared at the ceiling from my hospital bed with an in IV in each arm being wheeled off to surgery.
In this episode, Kenya Gipson and Jaye Wilson and are joined by Dr. Tricia Callender, Head of Diversity and Inclusion for MEternal's Founding Partner Thinx. This conversation covers healthcare deserts, how systemic inequity affects health care specifically when it comes to black maternal health, and how Thinx has partnered with organizations like Black Mama's Matter to cultivate change. ► Don’t forget to click the Subscribe button to be notified of new interviews! ► Tune In For Live Interviews At http://power1051fm.com/ ► Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Power1051NY/ ► Twitter: Follow us, We’ll Follow you! https://twitter.com/power1051/ ► Yep, We’re on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/power1051/ #Power1051
Listen to this episode from Healing Hormones on Spotify. When we don’t have access to products and information regarding our basic biological needs, it holds us back in a number of ways in life.Dr. Tricia Callender has 15 years of experience promoting equity, policy, and behavior change, including in her current position as Head of Diversity at Thinx Inc. She’s also built, directed, and executed the Addressing Inequalities Network Alliance (AINA), the largest and most successful online consultation in the United Nations history, featuring six-thousand member participants in over one-hundred countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, former Soviet Union, and the United States.We talk about period equity: what that is, why it’s important, why menstruators of all kinds deserve access to period resources and products, and why this issue extends far beyond just periods.We Chat About:Dr. Tricia’s background in equityWhat period equity means and why it’s so...