WE ROAR Magazine issue 04 - Magazine - Page 44
By cultivating a community of belonging, we
The great thing about inclusion is that it’s
go beyond simply including others. We create
something we can all practice, no matter who
environments where people feel they are not
we are or where we come from. Here are a
just invited but truly welcomed and embraced
few simple ways we can start practicing
for who they are. A community of belonging is
inclusion every day:
one where people feel safe to be themselves,
Listen to Others’ Stories: Take the time to
where their differences are not just accepted
listen to the experiences of people who
but celebrated.
are different from you. Whether it’s
through
Creating
such
intentional
action.
communities
It
means
conversations,
or
requires
documentaries, learning about others’
continually
perspectives helps us build empathy and
asking,
