22/11/2025
🌟Today I attended the IACP’s 2nd Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference in DCU.
Le Chéile. “Courage is strongest together.”
A gathering centred on unity, resilience, and the collective strength needed to foster real inclusion within our communities and our profession.
🌈Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is not something stepped into for a day. It is a lived commitment. It calls for listening with respect, honouring difference, and recognising the stories shaped by culture, identity, and experience.
🌟When we listen without defence, we embody inclusive safety.
🌟When we reflect on our own biases and privileges, we strengthen integrity.
🌟When we stay open to perspectives that differ from our own, we lead with courage.
🪄✨Lived experience and practice are always intertwined.
💛They shape how we show up and how we hold space in ways that are grounded, respectful, and aligned with our values.
🌟Some of today’s conversations echoed this, highlighting the shared responsibility we carry to look at our own biases, privileges, and the assumptions we may not always see.
💛Leadership is not about having every answer. It is the willingness to make mistakes, to keep learning, to stay open, and to meet different perspectives with curiosity and respect.💛