Possibility Project

Change is Gonna Cost You: Who "Pays" for Equity-Centered Work?


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We have heard so much chatter, promises, callouts, and call-ins regarding DEI and the absolute need for this work, but what has been accomplished? Experts and leaders feel pressure to meet this moment, but what has been the cost to people guiding and engaging in these efforts?


We want to talk about questions like:

- What does it really take to create awareness and change behavior in the long term?

- What are the small and large ripples that are created by new conversations and new accountability?

- What do you do when people reach a level of exhaustion required by self-awareness, new learning, repairing harm, and expectations for action that are involved?


We will be joined by three fantastic speakers:


Afia Amobeaa-Sakyi, Director, Equity & Inclusion, Exponent Philanthropy


Whitney Parnell, Founder & CEO, Service Never Sleeps


Cecilia (Wang) Wessinger, Director for Global Community, Global Entrepreneurship Network

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Possibility ProjectBy Heather Hiscox