Major Presentations

  • 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 Culture webinar. 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.
  • Creating Change: How to Build Capacity Among Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Groups, Embrace BC Symposium on Multiculturalism and Racism. Vancouver, BC, October 2012. Plenary Speaker.​
  • 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.​
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