Anti-Racism: Fighting Bigotry With Love With Chloé Valdary
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Anti-Racism: Fighting Bigotry With Love: Chloé Valdary
Love is a central force in mitigating conflict, says writer and entrepreneur Chloé Valdary. She founded the diversity and inclusion training company, The Theory of Enchantment, and has a unique take on how we can heal racial division and hatred inside organizations and across American society.
Chloé developed a program for “compassionate anti-racism” that combines social emotional learning (SEL), character development and interpersonal growth as tools for leadership development in businesses and the workplace. She calls her method “an anti-racism program that actually fights bigotry instead of spreading it.”
Her three principles of enchantment are: “Treat people like human beings not political extractions”, “Criticize to lift up and empower, never to tear down and destroy,” and “Root everything you do in love and compassion.”
This episode is an edited version of a conversation first recorded for Village SquareCast, produced by The Village Square. Both Let’s Find Common Ground and Village SquareCast are members of The Democracy Group podcast network.
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Episode 89 – Anti-Racism: Fighting Bigotry with Love with Chloé Valdary
Chloé Valdary
Chloé Valdary is a writer and entrepreneur. She founded the diversity and inclusion training company The Theory of Enchantment, and developed a program for “compassionate anti-racism” that combines social emotional learning (SEL), character development and interpersonal growth as tools for leadership development in businesses and the workplace. She calls her method “an anti-racism program that actually fights bigotry instead of spreading it.
Chloé has trained around the world, including in South Africa, The Netherlands, Germany, and Israel. Her clients have included high school and college students, government agencies, and business teams.
She has lectured in universities across America, including Harvard and Georgetown. Her work has been covered in The Atlantic, Psychology Today Magazine and her writings have appeared in the New York Times and the Wall St Journal.
Her three principles of enchantment are: “Treat people like human beings not political extractions”, “Criticize to lift up and empower, never to tear down and destroy,” and “root out everything you do in love and compassion.”
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