JCK asked a cohort of BIPOC and LGBTQIA jewelers and advocates to assess the jewelry industry’s efforts at fostering a more inclusive culture within the trade.   It has been a year and a half since the killing of George Floyd sparked nationwide Black Lives Matter protests and a worldwide reckoning with the consequences of systemic racism. How is the jewelry trade doing with its efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within its ranks? JCK put that question to 11 thought leaders in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and LGBTQIA communities. Some good news: The jewelry trade has responded in a number of positive ways—by engaging in difficult conversations about the role that systemic racism has played in our industry and creating more opportunities for members of underrepresented groups to change the status quo. But there’s a long road ahe