Month: July 2021

Why You Should Welcome Being Uncomfortable By Nicole Jaffee and Rebecca Slay Late winter and early spring provide us with multiple reminders of the importance of diversity and inclusion, including celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Lunar New Year, Black History Month and Womxn’s History Month . And there is much to celebrate. However, while our country and Sonoma County…

As with much of what will be addressed quarterly in this space by the Diversity + Inclusion section of the Sonoma County Bar Association, the concept of gender (our deeply held, internal sense of self as a woman, man, a blend of both, or neither; who we internally know ourselves to be; often heavily influenced by socialization, and is fundamentally…