2023 Keynote Speaker: The Journey Committee is pleased to announce anti-racist facilitator and author Britt Hawthorne (she/they) as the keynote speaker for our 2023 State of Inclusivity Conference, scheduled for August 10 on the campus of Columbia College. Her presentation is made possible by the generosity of the Boone County Children’s Services Board.

Hawthorne is a nationally recognized and acclaimed antiracism speaker and subject matter expert in racial justice, antiracism, and anti-bias education. She is also the author of the New York Times Bestseller "Raising Antiracist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide."

For more information on this speaker, please visit
www.britthawthorne.com. 

Breakout Sessions: Educational workshops and presentation topics will include:

• Addressing Antisemitism

• Building Active Inclusion With the Arts as a Model

• D in Diversity Includes Disability

• Employee Resource Groups

• From Incarceration to Community Change

• Raising a Diversity-Brave Child

• Storytellers - Minority Representation in Mainstream Media

• Youth-Driven Change with Flourish YouthMOVE

• and more

About the State of Inclusivity Conference: This one-day experience brings together people from many disciplines and walks of life who seek to make their beloved community or organization a model for inclusive excellence. Workshop presentations are informative and interactive, providing participants with diversity, equity and inclusion strategies and resources for personal implementation and ideas for making changes throughout organizations. We aim to explore topics related to addressing and mitigating biases, shining a spotlight on inequity, identifying action steps for getting to a place of unity, and ways we can be better allies to historically oppressed groups.