My August conversation with Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding was so fabulous, I invited her back for another one! Join us for enlightening discussions as we explore critical issues in this moment in our nation. Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/ Episode Giveaways: 1. Free – Knowledge Base, with over 160 Video Questions and Answers. 2. Free - Inclusion Partners Program - with two webinars, (Creating Inclusion Part 1 & Creating Inclusion Part 2) and ...
Nov 02, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast Are you stuck on how to revise your hiring practices to consistently hire a more racially diverse, culturally competent group of leaders, managers, and employees? Join me and my guest, Diana Noriega, Assistant Executive Director, Anti-Racism and Equity at Good Shepherd Services, as we identify critical, practical strategies to transform traditional HR recruiting and hiring practices as well as engage the inevitable resistance to innovative approaches to talent management in this time of racial r...
Oct 05, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast Join me for an enlightening conversation with the co-founders of Teaching While White, Jenna Chandler Ward & Elizabeth Denevi. We will explore how white teachers can create racially inclusive classrooms and dismantle racism in their daily practices and interactions. Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/ Episode Giveaways: Free – Knowledge Base, with over 160 Video Questions and Answers. Free - Inclusion Partners Program - with two webinars, (Cre...
Sep 07, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast Join me for a inspiring conversation with my guest, the Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding, a powerful Social & Political Commentator and Activist-Scholar & Founder of the Truth and Conciliation Commission as we delve into current national dynamics and explore what you can do to be a part of this movement for deep, transformational social change! Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/...
Aug 03, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast I am excited for my conversation with Natalie J. Thoreson, Invision Consulting, as we talk about the current national dynamics in this moment of incredible possibilities to show up as racial/social justice educators and change agents and do our part to collaboratively manifest far greater equity, justice, and liberation in this time of world-wide transformation. Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/...
Jul 06, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast I am excited for my conversation with Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., Founder of The White Privilege Conference and America & MOORE, LLC. We will dive into an intense, engaging dialogue about the current national dynamics, racism, white supremacy, and the crucial role of racial/social justice change agents in this transformative moment in our history. Come ready to be challenged and inspired to do MOORE to create true racial and social justice in everything you do! Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook...
Jun 24, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast Join me for an engaging, enlightening conversation with my fabulous guest: Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility, as we explore critical questions and the reasons why so many whites seem to resist efforts to explore issues of race and racism. We will share proven approaches to help whites move through white fragility and defensiveness to better understand how their attitudes, behaviors, and inaction perpetuate racism as we discuss ways to inspire more whites to speak up and create racial...
Jun 01, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast In these times of constant upheaval and unpredictable change, how can we keep a focus on equity and inclusion goals during this pandemic as we also plan for organizational success in the new normal? Join me for an engaging, insightful, and practical conversations with Kim Baker-Flowers and Beth Douthirt-Cohen Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/ Episode Giveaways: Free – Knowledge Base , with over 160 Video Questions and Answers. Free - Inclusio...
May 20, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast In these times of constant upheaval and unpredictable change, how can we keep a focus on equity and inclusion goals during this pandemic as we also plan for organizational success in the new normal? Join me for an engaging, insightful, and practical conversations with Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Ame Lambert, Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Roger Williams University Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/ ...
May 04, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast In these times of constant upheaval and unpredictable change, how can we keep a focus on equity and inclusion goals during this pandemic as we also plan for organizational success in the new normal? Join me for an engaging, insightful, and practical conversations with Senior diversity Officer Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige, Executive Associate to the President for Diversity and Inclusion at Calvin University Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/ Episode Giveaway...
Apr 23, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast In these times of constant upheaval and unpredictable change, how can we keep a focus on equity and inclusion goals during this pandemic as we also plan for organizational success in the new normal? Join me for an engaging, insightful, and practical conversations with Dr. Kevin McDonald, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at University of Virginia! Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/ Episode Giveaways: Free – Knowledge Base ,...
Apr 20, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast In far too many organizations, executive teams and Diversity Councils feel stuck and unsure of how to manifest meaningful, sustainable culture change. All too often, they invest significant time and energy into professional development trainings designed to shift the awareness and skills of individuals with little to no measurable progress or impact on retention, engagement or culture change. While highly motivated individuals may create innovative programs and services to achieve Inclusion Stra...
Apr 06, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast In these unprecedented times of unpredictable turmoil and upheaval, how can we support our communities, our families as well as ourselves? How can we keep issues of equity, inclusion and social justice on the table as so many work remotely with a sense of urgency and speed? The personal and organizational decisions we make during these times can have long lastly impact. Come join me and the Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington for an engaging, inspiring conversation for change agents. Watch live on Faceboo...
Mar 30, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast Are you seeing too many employees, particularly employees of color, leaving the organization through a revolving door? Overall, you may still have around the same numbers of colleagues of color, yet few stay very long. On most racially diverse teams, the daily race-related microaggressions and overall chilly climate undermines morale, productivity and innovation. Many whites are not very aware of the toll of the depths of emotional labor and extra steps their colleagues of color have to go throu...
Mar 17, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast Join me as I share more strategies for developing and facilitating White Caucuses/Whiteness Accountability Spaces in your organization designed to deepen the capacity of white allies and change agents to partner with people of color and other whites to interrupt racist dynamics and practices and create more racially just organizations, products and services.
Mar 02, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast Join me as I share my latest strategies for developing and facilitating Whiteness Accountability Space in your organization designed to deepen the capacity of white allies and change agents to partner with people of color and other whites to interrupt racist dynamics and practices and create more racially just organizations, products and services. We’ll explore strategies and approaches to: • Work with leaders to position Accountability Spaces within the organizational goals and Strat...
Feb 03, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast Facilitating Affinity Space for Subordinated Group Members! Join me for an engaging, challenging conversation with my fabulous guest:Dr. Tanya Williams! We’ll explore strategies and approaches to design & facilitate healing & empowering affinity spaces for members of marginalized groups. In our marginalized identities, we were socialized with the same negative stereotypes that members of privileged groups learned, and most often believed. Unfortunately, we also may have absorbed th...
Jan 06, 2020•Transcript available on Metacast Join me for an engaging, challenging conversation with my fabulous guest: Dr. Tanya Williams We’ll explore ways to support our collective healing from the pernicious internalized subordination we members of marginalized groups continue to suffer from, so often unknowingly. In our marginalized identities, we were socialized with the same negative stereotypes that members of privileged groups learned, and most often believed. Unfortunately, we also may have absorbed this same oppressive prop...
Dec 02, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast Recent, powerful research highlights the significant increase of employees with mental health issues and deep burnout, especially among Millennials and GenZers. Is it taboo in your organization to talk about stress, burnout and mental health issues? Do organizational Equity & Inclusion efforts address how pervasive microaggressions and oppressive culture and climate dynamics significantly contribute to levels of distress and burnout for members of marginalized groups? Watch live on Facebook....
Nov 05, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast Join me for an engaging, challenging conversation with my two fabulous guests: Marta Elena Esquilin, Assistant Professor and Associate Dean of the Honors Living Learning Community at Rutgers Newark and Diana Noriega, founding Assistant Executive Director of Anti-Racism and Equity at Good Shepherd Services NYC, has over 15 years of professional social justice and youth development programming experience as we explore ways people are successfully dismantling traditional, biased structures in Honor...
Nov 04, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast Join me and Dr. Alejandro Covarrubias, Faculty with the Social Justice Training Institute and Assistant Professor for Higher Education and Student Affairs in the Department of Leadership Studies at the University of San Francisco to ways to engage others to explore and own their privileged identities. We will discuss a wide range of issues, including: • Why is it so hard for so many to acknowledge their privileged identities? • Why is it critical that people “own” their pri...
Oct 07, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast Discussing controversial, difficult topics in the classroom can lead to powerful insights and skill development; yet, too often, these conversations dissolve into unproductive debates and shouting matches, undermining learning and damaging the classroom environment. Alone, faculty and teachers may not be able to navigate these difficult moments. Yet, if we teach students the skills and capacities to notice their hot buttons, avoid knee-jerk reactions, de-escalate triggered emotions, and intentio...
Sep 09, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast Do you know how to recognize and side-step the predictable potholes and dead-ends of culture change efforts? Too often, we push ahead to create change and get stuck in traps, such as: “activity vs. accountability” or “awareness trainings vs. systemic capacity building.” Join Dr. Kathy and the Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington, President & Founder of the Washington Consulting Group, for an engaging dialogue as they discuss strategies to mobilize leaders and organizational chan...
Sep 02, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast It is critical that leaders and managers develop the capacity to create high-performing, inclusive teams. Whether you have a brand new team, task force, or committee, adding new people to the team, or you need to refresh and restart an existing team to greater productivity and effectiveness, start the Fall off right! Enhance performance and productivity with the tools and approaches I’ll share. Refocus everyone’s efforts on the organization’s core vision and values creating gre...
Aug 05, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast Has racial equity work stalled in your organization? Want to help create greater racial justice in your organization, but having trouble finding other whites who are truly committed to meaningful change? Come join me and Dr. Shelly Tochluk as we explore practical strategies and tips to create powerful white affinity/accountability spaces in your organization and community designed to deepen the capacity of whites to partner with people of color to dismantle racism and create greater racial justi...
Jul 01, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast Are you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed by the urgent need to create greater inclusion and social justice, yet sometimes stuck in hopelessness and despair? Are you running on empty, having to push yourself to keep going? Are you afraid you might burnout or slowly fade away from passion fatigue? Come join me and Dr. Tanya Williams as we explore practical strategies and tips to create meaningful self-care and community care in your life. Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformat...
Jun 03, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast Do you know how to recognize and side-step the predictable potholes and dead-ends of culture change efforts? Too often, we push ahead to create change and get stuck in traps, such as: “activity vs. accountability” or “awareness trainings vs. systemic capacity building.” Join Dr. Kathy and the Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington, President & Founder of the Washington Consulting Group, for an engaging dialogue as they discuss strategies to mobilize leaders and organizational chan...
May 06, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast Too often, individual change agents push ahead on their own to try to create change without developing the critical coalitions, capacities, and organizational infrastructures necessary for meaningful, sustainable culture change. While these individual efforts may result in some minor progress, the inertia and resistance of the organizational culture and apathy of leaders will most likely win out in the end. And things will eventually return to the status quo. It is critical that individual chang...
Apr 08, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast It is easy to feel overwhelmed, like what we do won’t make any difference in our workplace, community organizations. Yet it only takes one passionate, skilled individual to spark the energy to get more people engaged, on purpose. But it takes consistent skill development and self-work to become an effective leader and change agent in your organization. Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/...
Mar 06, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast It is critical we first get clear about what we mean by transformation & change and why we are passionate about creating it. The next crucial step is to understand HOW to create it. In this 1st episode I will share some foundational concepts that will guide my radio shows this year as I share many critical tools and strategies to manifest meaningful, sustainable transformation & change in your life and the lives of so many others Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtal...
Feb 18, 2019•Transcript available on Metacast 
