{"id":15638,"date":"2022-06-02T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/what-were-reading-why-levelling-up-shouldnt-mean-levelling-down-on-diversity\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:43:20","slug":"what-were-reading-why-levelling-up-shouldnt-mean-levelling-down-on-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/what-were-reading-why-levelling-up-shouldnt-mean-levelling-down-on-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"What We&#8217;re Reading: Why levelling up shouldn\u2019t mean levelling down on diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-md-12 panel-display mccoppin clearfix \">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 radix-layouts-column2 panel-panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel-inner content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-dynamic-token-fieldnode-gia-submitted-by field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<div class=\"field--name-node-submitted-by\">Submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giarts.org\/blog\/Jaime%20Sharp\">Jaime Sharp<\/a> on June 3, 2022<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-dynamic-token-fieldnode-body field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<p>&#8220;This commitment was made in the wake of Covid and Black Lives Matter. 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