Webinar Recording
Feb 17, 2021
Webinar Recording: Unpacking Racial Trauma and Strategies for Belonging and Equity at Work and Our Communities
About the Program
Navigating race, racism, implicit bias and microaggressions are part of a daily reality for professionals of color. Research and science illustrates now much more than we knew before about the impact of racism on the physical, mental and emotional health of Black, Indigenous, People of Color. In 2020 our nation faced a racial reckoning which included an awakening for some and exhaustion by others. The combination of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing racial pandemic, and continuing viral videos of violence against Black bodies, this panel will unpack understanding racial trauma and how BIPOC professionals have focused on both their personal health and career health and success.
Speakers
Kori S. Carew, Esq. Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer, Seyfarth
Kori S. Carew, Esq., an attorney, TedX speaker, and community builder who generates awareness and understanding of critical human issues by creating the space and climate for open dialogue that is meaningful, enables people to expand their perspective and drive positive change.
With grace and truth, she is a disruptor, womanist and social justice advocate. With a multi-national, multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual family background, she brings a keen sensitivity to belonging and inclusion across differences.
Kori is the Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer at Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, an international AmLaw 100 firm. Using advocacy and organizational strategy to address structural barriers to diversity in the workplace, she brings an incisive voice, unapologetic questioning of the status quo, and a lifelong fascination of human potential to empowering women and marginalized people. She is a nationally sought-after speaker on topics of diversity, inclusion and belonging, inclusive leadership, talent engagement and development, authenticity and leveraging power. Her TedX, Just belonging: finding the courage to interrupt bias can be found here.
Lindsey Dates, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Lindsey represents U.S. clients in high-stakes litigation matters in forums across the country, as well as global clients in U.S. federal and state courts. In particular, he has significant experience representing companies that conduct business in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Lindsey focuses on complex breach of contract cases and large-scale litigation matters that require extremely aggressive case strategies and coordination between and among numerous parties in multiple jurisdictions. Clients also call on Lindsey to provide general counseling services and leadership with respect to implementing preventative measures and resolving disputes using alternative methods.
The National Law Journal has named Lindsey to its exclusive list of Chicago Rising Stars. Lindsey has also been named to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin/Chicago Lawyer's prestigious 40 Under 40 list.
Lindsey earned his J.D., with honors, from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was a Lincoln Scholar and a recipient of the Rickert Award for Excellence in Public Service. Prior to law school, Lindsey enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the age of 16; earned two Bachelor Degrees as a triple major student (Rhetoric (Technical Writing), Speech Communications, and Political Science); and received multiple honors, including induction into the University of Illinois Senior 100 Honorary.
Active in the community, Lindsey is currently the Chair of The Chicago Committee, an organization that seeks racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession. He also created and currently serves as the chair of the Don Hubert Scholars Program, a program featured in a Chicago Lawyer Magazine cover story, and the director of community outreach for the Mentor Teacher Brother Center located in Chicago's Roseland community. Lindsey has also served on the board of directors for the University of Illinois College of Law Alumni Association, as a co-chair of the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Young Professionals Board, and as an associate board member of the Chicago Committee On Minorities In Large Law Firms.
Erika Stallings, Associate General Counsel, Music Product at Facebook
Erika Stallings currently works as an associate general counsel for music product at Facebook where she counsels on use of licensed music across the platform. Prior to joining Facebook she worked as an attorney at BMI, the country's largest performance rights organization and before moving in-house, she spent six years in private practice with a focus on litigation and intellectual property. She is a sought after speaker on issues relating to intellectual property and has spoken for the New York State Bar Association, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, and the Mondo.NYC Music Conference. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill which she attended as a Morehead-Cain Scholar.
In 2014, Erika learned that she carried a BRCA2 mutation, a hereditary cancer mutation that elevates the lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. She later underwent a preventative double mastectomy. After learning of the racial disparities in access to genetic counseling and testing she became an advocate for increasing awareness of hereditary cancer in the Black community. She recently partnered with the Basser Center for BRCA to launch BLACK&BRCA, an initiative to increase awareness of hereditary cancer and genetic counseling and testing in the Black community and serves as the founding co-chair for the Basser Center for BRCA Young Leadership Council which, to date, has raised over $100,000 to support cancer research.
She has spoken about her experience with genetic counseling and testing for Susan G. Komen, the Dr. Susan Love Foundation, Bright Pink, Health in Her Hue and the National Society of Genetic Counselors. Her writing on racial health disparities and the challenges of being a Black woman in corporate spaces has been published in the New York Times, O Magazine, The Cut, NPR, ZORA, Elemental, SELF and others. Her writing and advocacy work can be found on her website and IG (erika_m_stallings).
Jacquesline Walker, Clinical Psychotherapist, Founder & CEO of The Well Firm
Jacquesline Walker is a Clinical Psychotherapist in the Washington, DC area. She is the Founder & CEO of The Well Firm, a coaching & consulting agency that focuses on mental wellness in the law profession, as well as other demanding and high stress industries.
Jacquesline's diverse background in clinical social work, crisis management, and motivational interviewing allows her to fully connect with clients, understand the demands of high stakes work environments, and assist team members in focusing to properly perform and succeed in the workplace.
Jacquesline also maintains a private practice that focuses on providing clinical mental health services to Black women working in high stress environments, as well as supporting those experiencing racial trauma in both public and private ecosystems. Her experience tackling diversity issues and racial trauma also allows her to support diversity initiatives in these high stakes industries.
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and a Certified Clinical Stress Management Consultant. Jacquesline is originally from Boston, Massachusetts and received her advanced degree from Howard University.
Moderator
Paula Edgar, Attorney, CEO of PGE Consulting Group LLC
Paula T. Edgar, Esq. is an attorney and CEO of PGE Consulting Group LLC, a strategy firm that provides diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and professional development solutions for organizations.
Paula is a highly sought after speaker and facilitator across industries. She conducts live and virtual workshops, keynote speeches, and provides executive coaching and customized training on topics including unconscious/implicit bias, anti-racism, inclusive leadership, and workplace sexual harassment. Paula’s professional development expertise includes mentor/sponsor best practices, personal branding, networking, and business development.
Paula has been featured in many publications including the New York Times, Bloomberg Law, Essence Magazine, and Business Insider, etc.
Paula is active in numerous organizations including her current role as Treasurer and past President of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), New York State’s largest Black bar association, and serving as President of its charitable arm, Friends of the MBBA, Inc.
Paula received her B.A. in Anthropology from California State University (Fullerton) and her J.D. from the City University of New York School of Law.
Paula has been recognized by The Network Journal Magazine as a “40 Under Forty” Achievement Awardee, a Ms. JD “Woman of Inspiration”, and a “Rising Star'' by A Better Chance. She has also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Black Law Students Association at CUNY Law School and the Ruth Whitehead Whaley Service Award from the Association of Black Women Attorneys (ABWA). Stay up to date with Paula at paulaedgar.com, Linkedin, and on Twitter (@PaulaEdgar).