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Outside World, Inside Impact: Business Supporting Civic Engagement

Join us on June 30 for an important conversation with two influential speakers. At our first virtual Courageous Conversation, you will hear from Opal Tometi and Matthew McCarthy.

Tometi is a social activist and co-creator of the viral Twitter hashtag and movement, #BlackLivesMatter. She will discuss the importance of organizing and standing together to transform society into a world where the lives and contributions of all individuals are recognized equally.

She was named a “New Civil Rights Leader” by the Los Angeles Times and ESSENCE Magazine for her work building movements that bridge immigrant and human rights initiatives to the black liberation movement. She also was honored on The Root’s 2015 Top 100 List for the Black Lives Matter movement’s social and political impact.

McCarthy is the CEO of Ben & Jerry’s. He will explain why corporate activism, along with social and civic engagement, is so important to Ben and Jerry’s. He also will share how companies can use the power of their business to shine a light on social issues. McCarthy will show how Ben & Jerry’s believes that business can be done differently by impacting community.

According to a March 2019 Forbes’ magazine article, today’s employees expect businesses to think of civic issues, equity, environment, and other causes alongside profit.

To make a meaningful contribution to people and the bottom line, companies recognize that life outside of work informs and shapes work life and culture. How can companies create space inside their organizations to acknowledge important societal issues, including the recent protests in our own community and around the U.S., and the systemic racism that gave rise to them? Please join us for this courageous conversation.

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Call 919.664.7066 or email Danya Perry

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