Periagoge
Scenario

When professional advancement means becoming complicit in systems you wanted to change

I got promoted to head of diversity and inclusion and my family thinks I made it, but I know I am just the face they put on the same broken systems.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Institutional roles designed to address inequality often co-opt advocates into maintaining the very systems they sought to transform.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Postcolonial identity and decolonization?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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