Raven Solomon

The desire to become allies and advocates for inclusion can often be met with bewilderment, causing stagnation and frustration; thus, the problems that affect the lives of many of your customers, team members, and loved ones worsen. Now is the time for allies to be educated, activated, and empowered to create equity, inclusion, and belonging inside and outside your organization. In this program, Raven creates a welcoming, safe space for aspiring allies to learn about the severity of systemic inequities in the U.S. (and beyond) and how to activate their allyship in their everyday professional and personal lives to close the gaps in inequity.   

Learning Objectives

• Articulate a working definition of allyship and identify practical allyship actions. 
• Distinguish between performative and effective allyship, applying the Allyship Assessment Model.  
• Apply a 4-step process to beginner allyship using the ACES model.  
• Identify opportunities where interpersonal allyship can be applied. 

In this engaging and insightful program, Raven provides attendees with a working knowledge of the 6 Building Blocks of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion necessary to establish foundational awareness that leads to action and sustainable impact. Attendees will be equipped with the knowledge, self-awareness, and cultural inquiry that will make them champions of DEI and inclusion in the broadest sense of the term. This program helps attendees understand the what of DEI to better connect with the why and prepare for the how through defining key DEIB terms, exploring the nuances of equality and equity, examining how systems work, and much more.

Learning Objectives

• Establish a foundation of DEI knowledge upon which sustainable action and impact can occur personally and organizationally. 
• Examine the 6 Building Blocks of DEI. 
• Provide a common language and working knowledge of crucial DEI terms such as diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, identity consciousness, and intersectionality.

In this engaging and insightful program, Raven takes those skeptical of the value of DEIB in their workforce and makes them believers by clearly articulating the risk to their business without it. For those who are already believers, she equips them with additional tools and awareness to further understand and communicate the value of DEIB. She does all this uniquely, using generations to frame the value proposition.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the risks associated with not making DEIB a serious business imperative.
• Provide a common language and working knowledge of crucial DEIB terms such as diversity, inclusion, equity, belonging, identity, and intersectionality.
• Explain the generational evolution of diversity work in the workplace.
• Understand the organizational and individual value of DEIB.

Creating a culture where generational differences are understood, welcomed, and even leveraged can result in higher performance, happier employees, and better places to work. This unique and highly engaging program will engage every attendee, regardless of age, as they learn about the differences and similarities across the five generations in the workforce and how each can be leveraged to create the cross-generational synergy that drives results. Attendees will walk away understanding the general characteristics of each generation, why these characteristics are as they are, and how they tend to show up at work.

Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate a deeper understanding of generational characteristics and why each are the way they are.
• Learn techniques for communicating more effectively with members of different generations.
• Appreciate generational diversity as an organizational strength rather than a barrier to progress.

In this informative and inspiring keynote, Raven breaks down the connection between equity and generations that every organization needs to know and lean into to thrive in a marketplace that is growing more racially and ethnically diverse by the decade. She helps attendees of all backgrounds understand how and why a generation can impact how they view, understand,

and even combat racism. Attendees will leave with greater clarity on their generation’s role in fighting for racial equity and how to effectively collaborate with other generations in that pursuit.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the connection between generations and racial equity.
• Demonstrate how and why one’s generation can impact how they view racism today.
• Examine why equity is what marginalized groups and their allies want and need.
• Describe how to leverage generational differences to move towards racial equity.