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Emma
Palmer.
Pronouns (she/her)
Learnest Mentor & Facilitator
Emma is an Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging leader with experience in commercial and not-for-profit organisations, with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ inclusion, race equity and intersectionality. She has worked with businesses throughout the UK and elsewhere, promoting inclusive workplace cultures through speaking, workshops, training and consultancy. She is currently Head of Inclusion and Equity at Impact Culture.
As a mixed-heritage gay woman, she applies an intersectional lens to her work and her unique background within the emergency services dovetailing with her EDI specialisms, experience, and insight, means she is well placed to support clients and shape consciously inclusive cultures within their organisational structures. Emma uses her own lived experience and strategic insight to drive social change and support people to understand equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging at all levels.
She is also a Trustee at LGBTQ+ Young Persons’ Trust, Mosaic, where she helps to advise on the strategic aims of the organisation, so that the most effective services can be delivered to LGBTQ+ young people across London.
“Truly understanding what matters to us in life and being more purposeful with our time, our acts of solidarity and our intention is the essence of community and progress, in what is a very divisive world right now.”