Jennie Stephens recently wrote an op-ed for The Hill about the importance of diversifying leadership across fields to making us more resilient in our resposne to crises:
Research on risk perceptions shows that white American men see all kinds of threats — from climate change to automobile accidents to cancer — as less risky than non-white American men and women. When women, people of color and Indigenous leaders join leadership spaces where they have been historically excluded from, they bring different perceptions of risk and a different capacity to center social justice. Therefore, diversifying leadership is essential to effectively balance risk perceptions and center social justice in our policies.
