Ep34: Dawn Johnson - the need for inclusive cultures to embrace and elevate authentic selves The Modern White Man

Ken and Paul are joined by Dawn Johnson.

Dawn is a mentor, motivator, and life coach. Through her organization, The Dawn Johnson Experience, Dawn provides both life coaching and diversity training. Her work focuses on individual wellness and disrupting long-standing institutional barriers resulting from microaggressions, privilege, and racial inequities.

This episode discusses:
- Dawn's experiences and insights from her over 20 years of working in Corporate America as a Black woman.
- The daily drain of code-switching.
- The importance of sponsoring and championing individuals in the workplace.
- The initial hurdle for White men to show up in this work and embrace discomfort.
-  The importance of being "unapologetically White" to be antiracist.
- Finding the humanity in others by entering into, and embracing, different cultures.

Learn more about Dawn's work: www.dawnljohnson.com

Read Ken and Paul's takeaways from the conversation with Dawn: https://themodernwhiteman.com/the-blog

See a clip of the conversation with Dawn on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCHiYVNqxYKmHkxvTwquc2KA

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