[August 2021] Black Women in Leadership Affinity Group Presents: Self-Care through the Lens of Equity

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Webinar
September 22, 2021 from 2-3:30p.m.
Black Women in Leadership Affinity Group Presents: Self-Care through the Lens of Equity

The newly formed Alliance-COA Black Women in Leadership Affinity Group invites all leaders to their inaugural keynote and follow-up discussion with Deanna Singh, founder and CEO of Flying Elephant. This is a new affinity group exclusively for Black women who are emerging or senior leaders in the Alliance-COA network and are looking to deepen their leadership skills and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) knowledge. Through trainings, conversations, topical education, tools, and other resources, the leaders participating in any of the Leadership Through Affinity Groups will learn and practice the teaching principles and habits of EDI-focused adaptive leadership skills.

 Deanna Singh will lead participants in a dynamic discussion of self-discovery through the lens of EDI. Join the Black Women in Leadership Affinity Group and other leaders throughout the Alliance-COA networks as we work together to envision ways to co-create opportunities that bond us and use our collective power to navigate and shift systems to be inclusive and equitable.

Learn more about Deanna Singh and her journey to “purposeful hustle.”

We are a courageous group of Black woman leaders who support one another to nurture and live our power, bolster engagement in personal and professional development, and leverage our network to be a catalyst for positive change in our communities. Given the impact of historical and existing structural racism that we must surmount, the affinity group aims to engage authentically, bringing our talent and vulnerability together to transcend societal norms.

The new Alliance-COA Leadership Through Affinity Groups support leaders with shared cultural backgrounds as they build relationships, develop professional networks, and engage in training.

Current* groups include:

·         Black Women in Leadership Affinity Group

·         Latinx Leadership Affinity Group

·         Allies for Equity, Justice & Inclusion

·         Black Men’s Barbershop Affinity Group

***These are open only to subscribed organizations.

Through the work of the affinity groups, emerging and senior leaders will develop solutions and address barriers that keep persons of color from advancing at rates equal to their counterparts. These leaders will have access to trainings that include adaptive leadership, psychological safety, and rEvolutionary leadership. Leaders will also receive mentoring from EDI cohort leaders.

* These four affinity groups are the result of a grant-supported inaugural project, but they are just the beginning. We recognize that there are marginalized groups not represented here and we hope to expand to other racial, ethnic, or cultural backgrounds, including, but not limited to, LGBTQ+, those with disabilities, and those considered Second Acts. Interested in forming a new leadership affinity group? Please contact Deb Smith at dsmith@alliance1.org to learn more.

Learning Objectives: 

·         Self-care strategies that improve personal and professional strengths and build resilience via an EDI lens

·         How self-care methods and behaviors can transfer into community care

·         Address barriers and develop solutions to supporting and advancing women of color in leadership roles

·         Concepts of EDI that include psychological safety and implicit bias training

Presenter

Deanna Singh wants to live in a world where marginalized communities have power. As an expert social entrepreneur, she is obsessed with making the world a better place, and she will build or break systems to create positive change. While tackling complex social challenges, Deanna gives audiences the tools and courage to imagine, activate, and impact the world as agents of change. Deanna is described as a trailblazer and dynamic speaker who is at the forefront of social change. She is an accomplished author, educator, business leader, podcaster, and social justice champion!

Singh earned her Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Fordham University, a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has been recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal as one of the community’s most influential 40 Under 40 Leaders, the State of Wisconsin as a Women Who Inspires, and by Forbes as an African American Woman Everyone Should Know.