I’m looking for feedback, insight, and a bit of reassurance ahead of tomorrow’s March 1 new pricing structure rollout. Question: What is keeping you from attending our monthly webinar specials? Respond to the link poll below and add additional reflections in the comments. While you’re doing that, I’m going to get vulnerable with you all for a moment. Here’s the honest truth: I love bringing low-to-no cost opportunities to the community. It’s how I’ve always operated, even before creating a project devoted to change work, impact leadership, cross-cultural community-building. I truly believe that no one with the courage to open themselves to this uphill journey of becoming a better accomplice and servant leader should be shut out by cost. AND… I want us to have a real heart-to-heart about what it will take to get some more folks registering, contributing and attending the monthly webinar specials. To date, Dear White Women was our best run with 106 registrations and sponsored seats at $65/3-part series. The next best was our August pilot, with around 50 registrations at $24/one webinar. Those sales quite literally saved and leveled-up my business respectively—but ever since, between algorithms and economy panic, we have yet to even close to match either of those numbers. So, I was tasked by my marketing advisor to ask: What is holding you back? Because everyone here has accepted the invitation to join this group and the vast majority have paid, have been sponsored to join a webinar or are have participated a panel, I think you’re the best and most honest audience for this poll. Most of you know this series is SO valuable and special—and I don’t just want it to barely scrape by. I want it to thrive. We ALL deserve to have a space where we are heard and held in our journeys while the world is literally burning. Community and learning my power to persevere in spite of so much is what has made me who I am, and I want that for all of you. The good news is, the first pricing experiment will be with a LOWER price point to see if that helps those on the line for financial reasons.

Sharing this INCREDIBLE post by our very own AA Panelist Alum @Abi Adamson. "...Samuel L. Jackson dressed up as Uncle Sam in front of a bigoted hateful president, whilst entertaining, was very intentional. The ‘Uncle Sam’ figure was there to remind Black people on how we once had to behave in front of our white massa’s. Unc Sam is a figure that warns us not to be “too loud”, “too visible” or “too ghetto” so we can appease white audiences. Unc Sam is a caution to make sure Black folks ‘know their place’ and Kendrick said “EFF THAT SUCKA”. Y’all know King Kendrick loathes Donald and all he represents so deliberately having his dancers forming a disconnected American flag was poetic, because you only have to look at the state of the USA to understand. Kendrick literally protested all the current political shenanigans by creatively taunting the administration during America’s biggest sporting event." Read the full post HERE

I'm taking a page from the brilliant @Christine Olukere 👩🏾‍🔬😟💪🏾 Mine are study, fear of getting it wrong, and having the strength to try anyway :)

Attended Day 2 of the Dear White Men series. Wow, awesome insights from all the speakers. I plan to connect with all of them. Was very interested in what Marc had to say about his experience with music. Thank you so much to all of the speakers for being so open and vulnerable and sharing wisdom that helps illuminate the work ahead. I'm really beginning to understand the importance and the magnitude of what is needed and that, as a white woman, I have a grave responsibility to not sit back and coast...not that I could coast TOO much (I am part of the LGBT alphabet soup and my partner is trans) but it certainly would be easy and possible sometimes. Again, thank you to all who are a part of this. I look forward to working together!

I've seen mixed opinions from thought leaders in DEI on deleting or keeping Meta social media platforms. What are your thoughts? I can see validity in both sides: not supporting Zuck and his BS, or choosing to stay with the communities we have created and organizing together.