Founded by Lean In Women of Color, Women of Color in the Workplace introduces the second annual Black Women's Equal Pay Day Commemoration Project. The Black Women's Equal Pay Day Project is a sister project of the Latinas Equal Pay Day Commemoration Project which launched on Latinas Equal Pay Day, November 2nd, 2017, a landmark date which marked how long it took for Latinas to make what a white, non-Hispanic male made in 2016. The pay gap hasn't improved for ANY group of women of color. In fact, it's widening. For instance, in 2017, the pay gap for Black women was 34 percent. This year it's widened to 38 percent. With a mission to dispose of the pay gap for Black Women, Women of Color in the Workplace features interviews with black women leaders who believe in reaching back and offering advice to others. We hope that our programming sends the message that black women are making significant strides in various industries, yet their visibility, voices, and experiences ......

Check out the first from our Strategies for Survival video series. In this introductory discussion, CEO, Julene Allen discusses "social identity norms".  When examining intersectionality in the workplace, we need to take a closer look at why some experiences are different than others. One's social identity impacts their experiences at work and the further we are from the social identity norm, the more challenges we may have to overcome at work. For instance, if the social identity norm consists of a cisgender nondisabled white male, then an Asian transgender disabled woman will possibly be subjected to obstacles many of us could not fathom.  ...