Given what’s going on in our communities (and around the world), Gloria Carter-Hicks from Hicks-Carter-Hicks, in partnership with CMA, is offering a webinar designed to help organizations and communities take some proactive steps to address the unequal experiences of people and communities of color. Specifically, we want to help organizations and their employees feel comfortable having what can sometimes feel like difficult or uncomfortable conversations, which can be a barrier to even beginning to address the lack of equity. Even outside of conversations related to race and institutionalized racism in our society, helping teams and organizations foster a more “psychologically safe” environment has a variety of positive outcomes such as more social support, job satisfaction, and higher levels of employee engagement.

Host: CMA

Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Webinar

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Gwendolyn Grant, President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Kansas City, will moderate this third virtual panel discussion.

This is the third in a series of Listening Sessions developed to help the business community learn more deeply about the inequities and lack of access and opportunities for too many in our region. 

Panelists include: 

-Dr. Clarence Lang
     Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts & Professor of African American Studies, Penn         State University
     Former Interim Dean and Director of African American Studies, KU
-Albert Joseph Lowe IV
    Adjunct Professor - African & U.S. History, MCC-Penn Valley
-Jamala Rogers
    Executive Director, Organization for Black Struggle
    Author, "Ferguson is America: Roots and Rebellion” 
-Geri Sanders
   Historian, Senior Manager of Collections, American Jazz Museum

Host: KC Chamber and Urban Neighborhood Initiative

Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Webinar

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"Given what's going on in our communities (and around the world), Gloria Carter-Hicks from Hicks-Carter-Hicks, in partnership with CMA, is offering a webinar designed to help organizations and communities take proactive steps to address the unequal experiences of people and communities of color. We want to help organizations and their employees feel comfortable having what can sometimes feel like difficult or uncomfortable conversations, which can be a barrier to even beginning to address the lack of equity. Even outside of conversations related to race and institutionalized racism in our society, helping teams and organizations foster a more "psychologically safe" environment has a variety of positive outcomes such as more social support, job satisfaction, and higher levels of employee engagement."

Host: CMA

Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Webinar

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Host: Central Exchange

Real Talk is Central Exchange's new series exploring diversity, inclusion, and belonging in our local and global community.

In July, we are launching the series with "Real Talk: A Roundtable on Systemic Racism". We are hosting a panel of Black women influencers to lead this discussion. Our goal is to provide a safe, open forum for dialogue regarding racism in our lives. Open dialogue is an important step towards antiracist action. We value creating opportunities for authentic and better understandings of one another.

Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom

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Gwendolyn Grant, President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Kansas City, will moderate this fourth panel discussion on the effects of structural racism in our region.

This is the fourth in a series of Listening Sessions developed to help the business community learn more deeply about the inequities and lack of access and opportunities for too many in our region. 

Host: KC Chamber and Urban Neighborhood Initiative

Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Webinar

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We have listened to Black business owners, community leaders, activists, and parents. Now it’s time to hear from the next generation. Join us July 22, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., when the KC Chamber and UNI welcome members of Generation Z to share their experiences as young Black men and women across Greater KC  - and share what they see in our future. Kiona Sinks, founder of Black Excellence KC, will moderate this discussion, led by the voices of our future leaders, our future workforce, and the future of our community.

This series is presented in partnership with the Urban Neighborhood Initiative. It has been developed to help the business community learn more deeply about the inequities and lack of access and opportunities for too many in our region.

Host: KC Chamber and Urban Neighborhood Initiative

Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Webinar

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This year, we're making the POWER of Diversity more POWERful than ever.

Not only we will we honor the KC Chamber's Diversity award recipients, but our Listening series culminates with Where Do We Go From Here?, as a panel of thought leaders discuss how diversity, inclusion, protests, and marching can lead to equitable action. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II will deliver the keynote address at this virtual event. 

Host: KC Chamber and Urban Neighborhood Initiative

Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Webinar

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T-Mobile and DFA are excited to showcase their 2020 accelerator cohorts!

Host: T-Mobile and Dairy Famers of America

Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Online

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