The Culture of DEI With Kimb Massey

In this episode of Communicate Like You Give A Damn Kim Clark interviews her friend and Professor of RTVF at San Jose University, Kimb Massey. Kimb has taught media for half of her career and believes we are all part of a culture; family, vocational, fandom etc. Massey challenges us to think about our media consumption and pay attention to the fact that a lot of what we want is because the media tells us what we want. We must make sure our intention matches our impact and use our critical thinking skills in the discussion around the visibility of race in the mass media. It is not enough to be non-racist - we must be anti-racist. About The Guest:Kimberly Massey, Ph.D. (she/her) is a Professor of Radio-Television-Film (RTVF) at San Jose State University. She is a tireless advocate for media reporting and representation of truth, fairness, and diversity, equity, inclusion. Dr. Massey has written numerous communication conference papers and published several communication articles, books, and book chapters.Find Kimb Here:LinkedInAbout Kim:Kim Clark (she/her) focuses her work on the communicator and content creator's role in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). She is the co-author of The Conscious Communicator: The fine art of not saying stupid sh*t, an Amazon #1 bestseller and the leading voice for DEI communications and social justice messaging for brands. Her career spans documentary filmmaking, agency partnerships with the Discovery Channel, teaching at San Jose State University, and leading global internal communication teams at KLA, PayPal, GoDaddy, and GitHub. She is known for her ability to facilitate sensitive yet urgent conversations to make meaningful progress in creating inclusive workplaces. Kim began integrating DEI into communications beginning in 2004 and it wasn't until the summer of 2020 when her peers starting listening and seeing they have a role and responsibility in DEI and in social justice on behalf of their organizations. As a student of life, she has completed several certifications including DEI Certifications from Yale School of Management & UC Berkeley. Kim is also an NSA Speaker.She speaks at conferences, writes custom workshops, writes inclusive communications guides, and consults with companies on all things related to diversity, equity, and inclusion communications. Kim is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, a cisgender woman, Native American (Muscogee Nation) and a mom of two kids with disabilities. These marginalized identities and the privileges that come with society seeing her as White motivate her daily for social change.https://communicatelikeyougiveadamnpodcast.comhttps://communicatelikeyougiveadamn.com/https://www.instagram.com/consciouscommunicators/https://www.linkedin.com/in/deicommunicationskimclark/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0dfA0-m1wgROVKjPnu5ukwhttps://www.tiktok.com/@consciouscommunicators
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