Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change
Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change is a conversational, action-focused podcast series that explores simple, concrete practices anyone can use to advance equity and inclusion in daily life at work, at home, and in community spaces. It centers real stories and lived experiences to show how small shifts in awareness, communication, and decision-making can collectively drive meaningful social change.
The series is hosted by Pooja Kothari Esq. featuring equity educators, authors, and justice-focused professionals in dialogue about their work and journeys. Guests share specific tools they use to navigate inequity in organizations and communities, modeling how to blend professional roles, advocacy, and creativity in pursuit of systemic change.
The podcast highlights how everyday choices in language, leadership, and relationships can challenge bias, support marginalized communities, and create more just environments without requiring formal titles or large platforms.Episodes often connect personal narratives with practical strategies, emphasizing self-education, listening, and accountability as core parts of anti-oppression work.
Recurring themes include racial and gender equity, workplace inclusion, psychological safety, allyship, and the importance of believing and respecting others’ experiences.The podcast also addresses how to sustain this work over time, touching on boundaries, burnout, and the role of reflection and community care in long-term social justice efforts.
Each conversation is designed to leave listeners with a handful of clear, doable actions they can implement immediately—such as changing how meetings are run, interrupting microaggressions, or rethinking policies and norms in their own spheres of influence. By framing equity as a daily practice rather than a one-time initiative, the show invites listeners to see themselves as active participants in building fairer, more humane systems wherever they are.
Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change
S2 Ep 8- Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change with Kamana Khadka founder of Unlocking Inclusion
In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, Pooja Kothari speaks with Kamana Khadka, inclusive culture strategist, DE&I Manager at Cable One/Sparklight, and founder of Unlocking Inclusion.
Khadka shares her journey from Nepal to the U.S. and the experiences that made equity personal, navigating identity as an immigrant, witnessing language and healthcare barriers in refugee communities and raising a child in systems not built with everyone in mind.
Together, they explore what everyday equity really looks like: noticing who’s excluded, embedding inclusion into daily decisions and helping leaders move past fear into action. This conversation is a reminder that equity isn’t just a strategy, it’s a daily practice.