Latish Reed has a career that spans over two decades as a college admissions counselor, teacher, teacher-leader, school administrator, assistant professor of leadership, and organizational equity leader. She served as the inaugural equity administrator in a large school district, where she led equity policy development and professional learning to support district-wide improvement. Beyond education, she has shared her expertise with corporate, healthcare, and government professionals, consulting on critical equity issues to foster inclusive environments across sectors.Learn more about brining Dr. Reed to your school district or organization at reedlead.com

"As anti-diversity, anti-equity, and anti-inclusion policy and practice efforts are reinstituted in the United States, we need firsthand accounts of what Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was, is, and could be in a democracy. A bold and much needed discussion from a scholar-practitioner committed to co-constructing a world as it should be – equity and justice for all."

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorHow This Book is StructuredIntroductionChapter 1: Sipping on Your ICE-T: Your Identity, Context, and Experience MatterChapter 2: The Equity Empowerment ContinuumChapter 3: The White PhaseChapter 4: The Light Gray PhaseChapter 5: The Dark Gray PhaseChapter 6: The Black PhaseChapter 7: So What? Now What? Applying the Equity Empowerment Continuum in Your WorkReferences

Latish Reed has a career that spans over two decades as a college admissions counselor, teacher, teacher-leader, school administrator, assistant professor of leadership, and organizational equity leader. She served as the inaugural equity administrator in a large school district, where she led equity policy development and professional learning to support district-wide improvement. Beyond education, she has shared her expertise with corporate, healthcare, and government professionals, consulting on critical equity issues to foster inclusive environments across sectors.Learn more about brining Dr. Reed to your school district or organization at reedlead.com

"As anti-diversity, anti-equity, and anti-inclusion policy and practice efforts are reinstituted in the United States, we need firsthand accounts of what Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was, is, and could be in a democracy. A bold and much needed discussion from a scholar-practitioner committed to co-constructing a world as it should be – equity and justice for all."

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorHow This Book is StructuredIntroductionChapter 1: Sipping on Your ICE-T: Your Identity, Context, and Experience MatterChapter 2: The Equity Empowerment ContinuumChapter 3: The White PhaseChapter 4: The Light Gray PhaseChapter 5: The Dark Gray PhaseChapter 6: The Black PhaseChapter 7: So What? Now What? Applying the Equity Empowerment Continuum in Your WorkReferences

Latish Reed has a career that spans over two decades as a college admissions counselor, teacher, teacher-leader, school administrator, assistant professor of leadership, and organizational equity leader. She served as the inaugural equity administrator in a large school district, where she led equity policy development and professional learning to support district-wide improvement. Beyond education, she has shared her expertise with corporate, healthcare, and government professionals, consulting on critical equity issues to foster inclusive environments across sectors.Learn more about brining Dr. Reed to your school district or organization at reedlead.com

"As anti-diversity, anti-equity, and anti-inclusion policy and practice efforts are reinstituted in the United States, we need firsthand accounts of what Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was, is, and could be in a democracy. A bold and much needed discussion from a scholar-practitioner committed to co-constructing a world as it should be – equity and justice for all."

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorHow This Book is StructuredIntroductionChapter 1: Sipping on Your ICE-T: Your Identity, Context, and Experience MatterChapter 2: The Equity Empowerment ContinuumChapter 3: The White PhaseChapter 4: The Light Gray PhaseChapter 5: The Dark Gray PhaseChapter 6: The Black PhaseChapter 7: So What? Now What? Applying the Equity Empowerment Continuum in Your WorkReferences