Deepening PSO Racial Equity Work Through Assessments Webinar. United Philanthropy Forum, July 2021. Co-Facilitator with Brigette Rouson.
Transforming the Philanthropic Sector through Building Solidarity and Accountability. CHANGE Unity Summit, November 2019. Co-Facilitator with Sonali Sangeeta Balajee and Simran Noor.
Co-Creating Racial Equity by Addressing White Privilege: Capacity Builders’ Role and Accountability.Alliance for Non-Profit Management National Conference, October 2019. Co-Plenary Speaker with Brigette Rouson.
Equity in the Center Summit, May 2019. Co-Convening - Panelist.
Lean into Disruption: Advancing Racial Equity Requires Challenging the Status Quo of White Culturewebinar. National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers, September 2018. Co-Facilitator with Gita Gulati-Partee and Mary Harrison.
Philanthropy and Racial Equity: Power and White Privilege. Association for Baltimore Area Grantmakers, April 2017. Co-facilitators with A. Adar Ayira and Dottye Burt Markowitz.
Transforming Systems of White Supremacy in Philanthropy. CHANGE Unity Summit, November 2017. Co-facilitators with Allen Kwabena Frimpong and Willa Conway.
Overcoming Structural Racism. 5th Annual Provost-UHI Symposium on the Social Determinants of Health: Race, Racism, and Baltimore’s Future: A Focus on Structural and Institutional Racism, John Hopkins University, April 2016. Discussant.
Dialogue on Race, Privilege and our Role as Philanthropists.Annie E. Casey Foundation, August, 2016. Presenter.
Illuminating Whiteness: Developing a Literacy for Racial Justice Globally. Healing History Conference, April 2015. Co-Facilitator.
Advancing Racial Justice: Addressing Race, Power and Privilege in our Organizations. and in Ourselves.RoadMap Consulting, June 2015. Co-Facilitator with Ana Perez.
2015 Summit on Race and Inclusion, Moving Beyond Bias. Lakeshore Ethnic and Diversity Alliance, Grand Haven, MI, March 2015. Panelist and Facilitator.
Trayvon Martin: The Criminalization of Black and Brown Youth and How White People can Work for Racial Justice. Baltimore Racial Justice Action, February 2014. Co-facilitator.
From Theory to Action: Bringing Organizations and Communities Forward. Kellogg’s America Healing Conference. April 2013. Panelist, 1st workshop and Moderator, 2nd workshop.
Increasing Community’s Capacity to Address Racism, Healing History-Overcoming Racism Conference. Caux, Switzerland. July 2013. Co-Facilitator.
Transforming White Privilege: A 21st Century Leadership Capacity Institute, White Privilege Conference. Seattle WA. April 2013. Co-Facilitator with Shakti Butler
Philanthropy and Government Partnerships & Transforming Organizations: Internalizing Racial Equity. Governing For Racial Equity Conference, Seattle, WA, December 2012. Co-facilitator.
Internalizing Racial Equity Institutionally, Applied Research Center’s [now Race Forward] Facing Race Conference, November 2012. Co-facilitator - Gita Gulati-Partee.
UnOccupy Privilege: Developing Principles for Economic Equity, White Privilege Conference. April 2012. Co-Facilitator with Lila Cabbil.
A Dialogue for Caucus Facilitators - Sharing Strategies, Strengthening Practice, 12th White Privilege Conference, April 2011. Co-facilitator with Gita Gulati-Partee.
Walking Our Talk – Applying a Racial Justice Lens in Our Organizations. The Academy for Leadership and Action, National LGBTQ Task Force. September 2011. Co-Presenter with Gita Gulati-Partee.
Cracking the Racialization Codes: A 21st Century Skill Set.Alliance for Non-Profit Management Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, October 2010.Facilitator.
Understanding Privilege and Racial Equity: Sustaining 21st Century Organizations during Difficult Economic Times. Organizational Development Network Annual Conference. October 2010. Co-Presenter with Beth Applegate.
And Justice for All: Straight Talk about Social and Racial Justice and Deliberative Democracy. Deliberative Democracy for Educator's and Deliberative Democracy Consortium's Conference - No Better Time: Promising Opportunities in Deliberative Democracy for Educators and Practitioners, July 2009.Co-facilitator with David Schoem.
Organizing a Community of White Anti-Racists: Lessons Learned and Community Change Progress in Addressing Racial Equity. 9th White Privilege Conference, April 2008. Co-facilitator with members of BRJA.
At the Intersection of Race and Poverty: An ELCA Capacity Building and Network Gathering.Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, September 2008.Process co-facilitator.
Why Addressing Racism is Key to Making Progress on Other Issues.Everyday Democracy's National Conference: Making Every Voice Matter, June 2008. Panelist.
A Race Symposium.Center for Race Relations for East Tennessee, November 2007. Co-facilitator.
Use of Self: Understanding Race, Power, and Privilege in an Organizational Change Process. Organizational Development Network National Conference, October 2007. Co-facilitator.
Building Capacity for Racial Equity: An Overview of Approaches, Strategies and Tools and Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building.Alliance for Non-Profit Management Conference. August 2006. Co-facilitator.
Building an Inclusive Community: Part One Assessment and Part Two - Strategies. Create West Virginia Conference, November 2007. Facilitator.
Sustaining Action: Relationships Dedicated to Accountability and Learning, 8th White Privilege Conference, April 2007. Co-facilitator.
Prince George County's [MD] Forum on Structural Racism. January 2007. Co-facilitator.
Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building, 7th White Privilege Conference, April 2006. Co-facilitator-Sally Leiderman
Inclusive Community Assessment Workshop, The Race Relations Center of East Tennessee, October 2004. Co-facilitator - Gwen Wright.
Cities In Search of Better Ethnic Relations, Building Constructive Frameworks for Improving Ethnic Relations: Best Practices Here and Abroad 50 Years after Brown,University of Denver, August 2004. Panelist
Making Progress: A Tool and Resources for Leading Inclusive Communities, National League of Cities Congress of Cities, December 2003. Co-facilitator with Gwen Wright.
Assessing your Community’s Inclusiveness, Building Blocks for Inclusive Communities Conference, Fund for an Open Society, November 2002. Panelist.
Building Multi-Racial Coalitions, Annie E. Casey Foundation, June 2002. Panelist
Building Interracial Coalitions in a Changing World: Lessons Learned from the Field,Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 2001. Panelist.
Feature Story,South Africa News Magazine TV show, August 26, 2001. Interviewee.
Wall of Fame Banquet, Charles F. Brush High School, Lyndhurst, OH, May 2001. Keynote speaker.