TRSA recently held a two-part diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) webinar series titled Racial Equity & Workplace Culture. Jejuana C. Brown, M.Ed. CDP, presented the sessions, which included data from McKinsey & Co. on workplace-diversity trends. The two one-hour webinars—sponsored by TRSA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee—each drew more than 30 attendees from the linen, uniform and facility services industry. TRSA’s Salita Jones, staff liaison to the DE&I Committee, moderated both sessions.

Brown began by sharing insights from her personal background before broaching her first topic, “shared language.” In this segment, she discussed terms that are or should be used ...