We suspect that we could gain a better understanding of people’s equity consciousness by surveying them, looking deeply into levels of consciousness, and most importantly, by engaging people in opportunities to shift their thinking for sustainable change in how they view, project and interact in an equitable and inclusive way. We hypothesize that it takes not only a clearer understanding of peoples’ conscious and sometimes unconscious biases but also dedicated opportunity for change of thoughts and actions could point the way toward a more equitable and inclusive society.

We will reach across continents to collect people’s self-perceptions on their equity consciousness and observe how those levels of consciousness play out, in real time, in their personal and professional growth. While “equity” includes many things within and outside our realms of “consciousness,” we chose to focus on a set of consciousness elements that offer a window into what people are thinking and how they perceive themselves and others.