In this 90-minute virtual workshop, BIPOC leaders and allies will explore and build communication strategies for effectively responding to examples of racial bias they encounter in the workplace.
Guided by Kimberly Reason, LT’90, of DEI Strategies, LLC, participants will use their own experiences to practice strategic thinking and problem-solving skills that they can take back to their workplaces to address bias related challenges with poise and acumen. Following this workshop, we hope participants will activate their peer groups to ease "the one and only” isolation that BIPOC leaders often face at work, replenish their emotional reserves, and brainstorm new strategies for succeeding through the persistent realities of workplace racial bias.
Event Logistics:
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 5-6:30 p.m.
Where: Zoom
Who: LT alumni, LT’24 class members, and guests who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) or are white allies.
Tickets: $15-$50 (We offer a sliding scale for accessibility; please pay what you can.)
An award-winning, justice-centered business and civic leader, Kimberly has more than 30 years of experience in leadership development, strategic communications, and community relations for regional and municipal agencies, social service organizations, and a Fortune 500 Company. Her leadership roles include serving as a C-suite executive and media spokesperson for Sound Transit, the Seattle City Council, Macy’s Inc., Legal Voice, and the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (among other community organizations), with senior PR experience in racial and social justice advocacy; environmental planning, design and construction of mega-infrastructure projects; jurisdiction relations; and equitable transit-oriented development.
A lifelong Seattleite, Kimberly founded DEI Strategies, LLC in 2021 to re-channel her expertise into helping BIPOC leaders successfully navigate workplace bias, and to partnering with organizational leadership as a whole to leverage collaborative communication as the most effective means of building equitable policies, programs and practices. Her clients include Delta Dental of Washington, King County Water & Land Resources, Bellevue College, Arcora Foundation, the Center for Media & Social Impact at American University, The Civic Leadership Stories Project, and Onyx Fine Arts Collective.
Kimberly holds a Master of Arts in Strategic Communication from American University and a Bachelor of Arts as a Distinguished Scholar in Philosophy and Public Affairs from Claremont McKenna College. DEI Strategies, LLC is certified by the Washington State Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise (OMWBE) and King County’s Small Contractors and Suppliers (SCS) Contracting Opportunities Program.