[ONLINE] Crisis Conversations — Live From Better Life Lab

The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting virtually everything about the way we work, live, connect with one another and expect from our government, businesses, communities and each other. And it’s exposing the deep cracks and inequities in American society. We can’t go back. So what will it take to create a fairer future of work and family? That’s what the Better Life Lab explores every week. Join us on Zoom to share stories, ask questions and make sense of what’s so rapidly unfolding, and imagine together a better new normal.

Join us on Friday, August 21 at 1 pm Eastern time, for a 30-minute interactive conversation on how to build anti-racist organizations. After the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor – and countless other unarmed Black men and women – at the hands of the police officers sworn to protect them sparked a racial justice reckoning, organizations put up Black Lives Matter signs and put out statements committing to tear down structural racism and build diverse, equitable and inclusive cultures. So just how do you do that? Especially in the middle of a global pandemic? These business and organizational leaders have some ideas.

Host:

Brigid Schulte
Director, Better Life Lab at New America

Guests:

Melonie Parker
Chief diversity officer at Google, whose team produced the 2020 Diversity Annual Report

Anselm Beach
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Equity and Inclusion, spearheading Project Inclusion

Sarah Todd
Senior reporter, Quartz and Quartz at Work, author of What an anti-racist workplace looks like

Tim Cynova and Lauren Ruffin
COO and Chief External Relations Officer for Fractured Atlas, a New York City-based nonprofit that helps artists access funding