Features
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Meet Cindu Thomas-George
A short interview on Cindu’s journey into the DEIA space highlighting some of her experiences with elitism in Higher Education.
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Crain's Chicago Business Article
Cindu’s op-ed in Crain’s Chicago Business discussing the importance of centering inclusion over diversity.
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Bliss With Chriss Podcast Interview
Cindu Thomas-George talks about how Covid has impacted her work & family life, as well as how privilege comes into play.
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Beyond the Racial Binary: My Experience as a Brown Woman in America
Cindu shares a painful racist experience that happened at the wedding of one of her childhood friends.
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Coffee w/the founder & Cindu Thomas-George
Eddie Moore Jr. speaks with Cindu Thomas-George, Founder and Principal Trainer of Shakti Diversity and Equity Training.
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Living with Anxiety: Stigma App feature
In the South Asian community, mental health is stigmatized to the point it often silenced or brushed under the rug. Cindu speaks out about her experiences living with anxiety and why we need to destigmatize mental illness in all communities of color.
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Reflections on being a solopreneur
An interview with Cindu focused on some of the business aspects of running a DEIA consulting firm.
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Meet Cindu of Shakti Diversity and Equity Training
Voyage Chicago interview highlighting experiences of Cindu’s journey that led her into a career focused on disrupting injustice and cultivating inclusion.
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Intentional Conversations VodCast with Dr. Nika White
Cindu and Dr. White discuss disrupting anti-Blackness in communities of color and everywhere, and what it means to go beyond talking and start walking.
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The Business Case for Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Culture: Client Feature
Root 3 is a Shakti client. Read what they have to say about the importance of DEI.
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The Chopping Block - Season 2 Interview
Dr. Sherard Robbins and Cindu chat about the challenges and joys of being a DEIA professional and experiences of teaching in Higher Education as a women of color.
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Heartistry Talk Show Interview
Listen in on this rich conversation between Cindu and Farah Yasmeen Shaikh. Farah is an international Kathak artist - a renowned performer, choreographer and instructor, and Founder/Director of Noorani Dance.
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Lean In Feature
Cindu’s LeanIn feature sheds light on some of the oppressive experiences that occurred in her early days of teaching in Higher Education.
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Disrupting Anti-Blackness in Communities of Color
Listen in as Cindu discusses the pervasiveness of anti-Blackness in South Asian communities.
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Overachiever Magazine Interview with Cindu Thomas-George
Overachiever Magazine, a magazine dedicated to increasing representation of Asian women interviewed Cindu about her lived experiences as a South Asian woman.
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Zaka Presents My Journey with Cindu Thomas-George
Cindu and Paul Herman of Zaka Connect discuss Cindu’s journey as a daughter of immigrants and first generation college student navigating a career dedicated to justice and anti-oppression.
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Revolutionary Voices with Sonali Fiske
Cindu was invited back to be a guest on Sonali Fiske’s Revolutionary Voices podcast to discuss the South Asian Solidarity. Movement, an organization focused on cross racial solidarity building and social impact co-founded by Cindu.
