What show, book, or podcast has helped you learn something about diversity, equity, and inclusion? What article, song, or video gave you hope or grounded you in your work? The DEI team gets together and answers these questions with picks from the past year!

Helped us learn:

• 5hahem (TikTok Creator)


• 'From Equity Talk to Equity Walk' by Tia Brown McNair, Estela Mara Bensimon, and Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux (Book)


• 'We Want to Do More Than Survive' by Bettina Love (Book)


• Maintenance Phase (Podcast)


• 'The Theory of Being' by Sherry K. Watt (Book)


• 'The Phenomenology of Whiteness' by Sara Ahmed (Article)

Gave us hope:

• Bob Marley (Musician)


• Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru (Musician)


• Alok Vaid-Menon: The Urgent Need for Compassion (Man Enough Podcast)


• The Owl House (Cartoon)


• 'Evicted' by Matthew Desmond (Book)


• Suzy Izzard and Sandy Toksvig

Reach out to us at diversity@kent.edu or @DEIKentState across social media!

Intro/Outro Music: 'Fate' by Marquice Turner