6 Min Read Why Do They Know It’s Christmas Time was the Wrong Question Audience ComNet DEI Marshall Stowell Hilton Foundation Teddy Ruge Raintree Farms Nima Shirazi Spitfire Strategies Moira O’Neill FrameWorks Institute
7 Min Read Building Movements Building Power: What Social Movements Can Teach us About the Future of Strategic Communications Advocacy ComNet DEI Policy Shanelle Matthews Founder Radical Communicators Network Zaineb Mohammed Borealis Philanthropy Joseph Phelan Co-Founder and Executive Director ReFrame Mentorship
5 Min Read Hiring, Retaining, & Inspiring Diverse Communications Teams ComNet DEI Internal Communications Colleen Flynn Marketing Manager Aspen Leadership Group Tina Chong VP of Communications City Year Angelique Grant Senior Consultant & Certified Diversity Recruiter Aspen Leadership Group
7 Min Read Decolonizing Narratives: Authentic Messaging, Ceding Control and Reckoning with Reality ComNet DEI Nima Shirazi Spitfire Strategies Shanelle Matthews Founder Radical Communicators Network Jennifer Dillon Communications Director National Domestic Workers Alliance Joseph Phelan Co-Founder and Executive Director ReFrame Mentorship
5 Min Read Radical Imagination: Boldly Going Where We Have Not Gone Before ComNet DEI Fran Smith Fran Smith Media Milly Hawk Daniel PolicyLink Kay Fernandez Smith San Francisco Foundation
10 Min Read Seeing and Connecting with Rural America ComNet DEI Journalism LaMonte Guillory Executive Philanthropy Communications @LaMonteG Allison Ahcan Blandin Foundation Larry “Bud” Meyer Foothills Forum
6 Min Read Gender, Power and Cultivating YOUR Magic ComNet DEI Yami Newell Elevate Energy Pastor Booker Vance Elevate Energy Sylvia Ewing Elevate Energy Jenny Riley Elevate Energy
8 Min Read Building an Equitable Web ComNet DEI Design Equity Sina Bahram Prime Access Consulting Pattie Reaves Alley Alejandro de Onis The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation