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Catrice M. Jackson

Catrice is CEO of Catrice-ology Enterprises, an international anti-racism speaker, and a best-selling author. She’s a self-described “straight up, on the rocks with no chaser” voice for racial justice who is unapologetic and unflinching with her anti-racism message. She founded SHETalks-WETalk™ race talks for women and WETalks for women of color. Jackson serves up the hard truths necessary to eliminate the lethal infection of racism from humanity. She is a licensed mental health practitioner, a licensed professional counselor, and she is pursuing a doctoral degree in organizational psychology at Walden University. Jackson is also a certified domestic abuse and sexual assault advocate, trainer, and speaker.

Howard Ross

Howard Ross is a lifelong social justice advocate and is considered one of the world’s seminal thought leaders on identifying and addressing unconscious bias. He is the author of Reinventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose and Performance, and the Washington Post bestseller, Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives. His latest book, Our Search for Belonging: How Our Need to Connect is Tearing Us Apart, published in May 2018. Ross has specialized in the synthesis of neuro-cognitive and social science research and direct application related to diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility work. In 47 of the United States and over 40 countries, Ross has successfully implemented large-scale organizational culture change efforts in diversity and cultural integration for academia, governmental institutions, professional services corporations, Fortune 500 companies, and other organizations.

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