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Leyya Sattar
#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Imriel Morgan

This week on the #TOBcommunity spotlight, meet Imriel Morgan. The CEO of Content is Queen, a podcast community for emerging creators on a mission to empower and amplify underrepresented voices.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Imriel Morgan

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Simon Alexander Ong

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Simon Alexander Ong

This week on the #TOBcommunity spotlight, we’d like you to meet Simon Alexander Ong (he/him), a life coach and business strategist. He also partners with community-led initiatives to develop the leadership potential of the Chinese diaspora equipping young people from low-income households with the tools and resources to transform their lives and careers. Oh, and Simon’s debut book ‘Energize’ is also on the way!

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Janet Oganah

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Janet Oganah

This week on the #TOBcommunity spotlight, we’d like you to meet Janet Oganah (she/her), a former barrister and founder of Janet’s List - a curated platform for independent UK brands by Black women and women of colour.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Isabella Silvers

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Isabella Silvers

This week’s #TOBcommunity spotlight is on Isabella Silvers (She/Her), an editor at Hearst, and owner of ‘Mixed Messages’ a weekly newsletter on mixed-race identities. No matter her outlet, Isabella makes sure inclusion is at the heart of all that she does.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Taimour Ahmed

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Taimour Ahmed

This week’s #TOBcommunity spotlight is on Taimour Ahmed (He/Him), the founder of Expert By Experience - a volunteer-led anti-imperialist platform that creates a dialogue around mental health in South Asian communities.

August 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

August 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

The theme for August 2021’s Diversity Dictionary was ‘Urban Planning’ , where we explored how cities have come to be and their relationships with humans, the environment and systemic oppression.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Juspreet Kaur

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Juspreet Kaur

This week’s #TOBcommunity spotlight is on Juspreet Kaur, the founder of Kaur Health. Kaur Health offers Holistic Nutrition Coaching and Natural Family Planning for hormone-free contraception, conception and general body literacy. They also work with the grassroots Sikh collective NSYF, and is the founder of Kaur Faction.

July 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

July 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Our Diversity Dictionary theme for August explored body image - to empower us all to shift our understanding and perhaps even our relationships with our own bodies and appearance.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Suyin Haynes

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Suyin Haynes

This week’s #TOBcommunity spotlight is on Suyin Haynes, the new Editor-in-Chief of gal-dem (former journalist at TIME magazine in London and New York). With all of her work, Suyin is committed to telling stories, changing narratives and diversifying the British media landscape.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Navi Ahluwalia

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Navi Ahluwalia

This week’s #TOBcommunity spotlight is on Navi Ahluwalia who is the Assistant Editor at POPSUGAR UK and Co-Founder of Platform LDN. With all of her work, Navi uses her platforms to shine a light on the South Asian community.

What to do when you get it wrong

What to do when you get it wrong

In the lifelong commitment to allyship and inclusion, there will be times when you say or do something wrong. Here are four things our founder Leyya learned from getting it wrong, and how to move forwards.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Areej AbuAli

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Areej AbuAli

The #TOBcommunity spotlight is on Areej AbuAli, the productive procrastinator who juggles a full-time job alongside her successful side hustle Women In Tech SEO. A support network aimed for women in the Technical SEO field, to discuss, share and learn from one another.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Chloe O. Davis

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Chloe O. Davis

The #TOBcommunity spotlight is on Chloe O. Davis this week, author of The Queens’ English, The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases. Her goal is to drive conversations conversations around inclusivity, sexuality, gender expression, and identity.

June 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

June 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Around the world, Pride Month is celebrated in June. So it was only right to make PRIDE our theme for the month. This month’s Diversity Dictionary words looked critically at the roots of Pride and how it shows up today.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Yvonne O'Garro

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Yvonne O'Garro

The #TOBcommunity spotlight is on Yvonne O’Garro this week, an HR Business Partner turned restorative and hatha yoga teacher on a mission to take up more space in the wellness industry.

May 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

May 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Mental health and mental illness are much more openly talked about across all parts of society. However, it can still be taboo and a heavily loaded subject. May’s Diversity Dictionary words sought to demystify and address commonly held misconceptions about mental health.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Beatrice Ngalula Kabutakapua

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Beatrice Ngalula Kabutakapua

Our #TOBcommunity spotlight series continues this week with Beatrice Ngalula Kabutakapua, a storytelling coach. Read all about the important work they do, and how you can get involved.

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Yassine Senghor

#TOBcommunity Spotlight: Yassine Senghor

Our #TOBcommunity spotlight series continues this week with Yassine Senghor, the founder of Confronting Change. Read all about the important work they do, and how you can get involved with their upcoming projects supporting the LGBT+ community.

April 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

April 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

With April being Stress Awareness Month, we took the opportunity to focus on stress-related words for the month’s Diversity Dictionary theme. Read on to learn ways to understand, recognise and manage stress, and proactively keep it at bay.