Rita Mays, Equality Institute Business Manager, and I recap the top 5 good vibes of 2022 in just 15 minutes. This week our conversation is about the good vibes that I predict will become more common and expected in years to come.
This week I received a message from a former client: "Yippee for our marriages being codified into law!"
Some of you may know that I spent years as a wedding planner with an LGBTQ+ specialty and a speaker on inclusion in that industry. I started that business in 2004. I was so young! It's been nearly 19 years since the first legal same-sex marriage licenses were issued in Massachusetts -- and only NOW are those marriages — and interracial marriages – codified into federal law, thanks to the Respect for Marriage Act. Those marriages were allowed due to Supreme Court decisions, which could have potentially been challenged.
19 years of waiting for same-sex marriages; 55 years of waiting for interracial marriages to become officially official.
Still, I'll take it. I'll celebrate it. And here it is, in 5 Things.
I'll take progress towards equality in most forms. Progress, even with caveats, as this law has. More equity and inclusion that starts tomorrow, next year, or the year after.
In the new year, I’ll keep sharing 5 Things, and maybe one of these stories will inspire you to take the next step forward toward greater equity and inclusion.
Just start.
To cap off the year, I’m sharing what I found to be the top 5 good vibes of the year, that I predict will become more common and expected in years to come.
Here are my top 5 good vibes of the year:
Read the full blog here: www.theequalityinstitute.com/equality-insights-blog/5-things-the-year-in-good-vibes