Creating Purposeful Spaces of Inclusion and Belonging: A Conversation with Ruchika Tulshyan

<p>What does it mean to create a culture of “belonging” within your collective work? </p><p>At the 2023 Collective Impact Action Summit, we explored this question and more in a keynote conversation with <strong>Ruchika Tulshyan</strong>, award-winning inclusion strategist, speaker, and author of the bestselling book,<i> Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work</i>.</p><p>In this fireside chat, Ruchika Tulshyan and <strong>Melody Barnes</strong> (<strong>Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions</strong>) discussed practices that can support and operationalize inclusive, equity-centered collaborative cultures. They also shared about the importance of elevating the voices of women of color and those historically underestimated within collaborative work.</p><p><strong>References and Footnotes</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/ruchika-tulshyan-creating-purposeful-spaces-of-inclusion-and-belonging/">Watch the video or read a transcript</a> of this keynote conversation</li><li>Read the blog post <a href="https://collectiveimpactforum.org/blog/creating-purposeful-spaces-of-inclusion-and-belonging/">Creating Purposeful Spaces of Inclusion and Belonging</a> by Ajai Scott for highlights and reflections from this keynote.</li><li><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046558/inclusion-on-purpose/"><i>Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work</i></a> by Ruchika Tulshyan</li><li><a href="https://www.candourglobal.com/">Candour</a></li><li><a href="https://www.prri.org/">PRRI</a> (Public Religion Research Institute)</li><li><a href="https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome">Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome</a> by Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey, <i>Harvard Business Review</i></li><li><a href="https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_curb_cut_effect">The Curb-Cut Effect</a> by Angela Glover Blackwell, <i>Stanford Social Innovation Review</i></