Intentionally Act Now

Intentionally Act Now

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Intentionally Act Now episodes

  • Advancing Racial Equity: What Role Does Belonging Play? w/ Sarah Judd Welch

    Enrico E. Manalo and. Dr. Atyia Martin co-host Sarah Judd Welch on this special episode of Intentionally Act Now. Welch, an innovation strategist and community & organizational designer, is the Principal & CEO of Sharehold, an innovation agency focused on people-driven change that describes itself as “Progress Through People.”


    Welch starts this critical and lively conversation by discussing her love of diving deep into research “rabbit holes” and Dr. Martin follows up by talking about how she falls in love with what she does everyday. Welch and Dr. Martin then explore the meanings of “belonging,” how “alignment” figures into this concept and practice, and why it is so deeply important to be designing our organizations with cultures of belonging as organizations commit to advancing racial equity.

    1 hr 9 min
  • “I see you because I see me” w/ Dr. Julia Jordan-Zachery

    Dr. Julia Jordan-Zachery sits down with Enrico E. Manalo to talk about storytelling, spirituality – in particular, Black spirituality – and addressing how power can be implemented through the stories that we tell on this episode of Intentionally Act Now.


    Dr. Jordan-Zachery also illuminates for us the power of the “erotic” viz-a-viz Audre Lorde’s writings, how ancestors can guide and ground our work, and the dangers of conflating self-care with “repair care”— an ongoing, but prerequisite process to self-care.

    Along the way, Enrico and Jordan-Zachery also explore how entangled any movement toward social and racial justice can be, as well as some of the pitfalls while advancing racial equity in non-extractive, non-scarcity-fueled ways.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Freedom University: Liberatory Education and Building Interracial Solidarity with Undocumented Youth in Georgia w/ Laura Emiko Soltis

    Dr. Laura Emiko Soltis of Freedom University joins Enrico E. Manalo on this episode of Intentionally Act Now in which they speak about the importance of relationships in creating lineages of learning that inform the currents of our present-day understanding and approach to racial and social justice, including labor.


    They also discussed human rights, the importance of psychological safety in learning, and how understanding our common history through a lens of racial equity helps us to understand why American notions of illegality in regard to immigration have emerged. Dr. Soltis also shines light on why Freedom University exists, its role as an expression of civil disobedience, and how that existence can help us to rethink our country’s relationship with migration and work.

    Dr. Soltis invites us to think about what it will take for us to be “good future-ancestors” and to sit with the idea that “resistance in its most beautiful form is laughter.”

    1 hr 7 min
  • Conscious Action & Deliberate Communication w/ Dr. Tina M. Harris

    Enrico E. Manalo sits down with Dr. Tina M. Harris of Louisiana State University on this episode of Intentionally Act Now to talk about the complexity of communication related to racial equity and on the whole.


    Together Enrico and Dr. Harris discuss the many forms that communication can take that are often overlooked, and the performativity or virtue signaling that can creep into our communications with one another and our wider society as we continue to negotiate what our individual and collective futures will look like. Along the way, they also touch on relationships and their centrality to creating a continuity of knowledge through our teachers and those that we may (sometimes inadvertently) end up teaching in our own lives.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Coffee Time x All Aces: Equity, Sustainability, and Accountability

    How do racial equity and strategic thinking for a post-COVID future intersect with organizational change? How can HR departments elevate the most-underheard voices in organizations? Why is Collective Care crucial to advancing DEI transformation in your workplace?

    Join host Dr. S. Atyia Martin, CEO of All Aces, Inc., and special guests Dr. Pieta Blakely, Cynthia Rojas, and Rebecca Tuttle of Coffee Time with Masterminds on this episode of Intentionally Act Now for a real, lively and critical discussion on these issues facing leaders at all levels in organizations and community groups.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Leading with Love: Circle of Concern, Circle of Action w/ Karan Dyson

    Dr. Atyia Martin, CEM, CEO and Founder of All Aces, Inc., hosts special guest Karan Dyson, Global Grooming Process & Engineering Vice President of Procter and Gamble - Gillette, in conversation on this episode of Intentionally Act Now. Together Dr. Martin and Karan dig into tangible actions to address racism in corporate America, our communities and beyond as well as the meaning and necessity of leading with love.


    Karan lets us in on her own journey from Tuskegee University (where she serves as the P&G Director of Campus Recruiting) to one of the most recognizable brands in the world—Procter and Gamble, and the socialization, education and introspection that it took for her to get there.

    Dr. Martin and Dyson also dig into the difference between “allies'' and “champions”, as well as how Gillette’s 4 V Model (Versed, Vocal, Visible, Vigilant) can guide us toward Collective Care and Intentional Action.

    Share your questions, comments and thoughts about this episode by joining our online learning community at www.IntentionallyAct.com.

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    All Aces, Inc. uses the Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Transformation (DIET) Framework as an alternative to traditional DEI/D&I consulting and professional development. Learn more about our approaches to transform your business and organization at AllAcesInc.com.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Break it Down or Let it Ride? w/ Alan Evans

    Musician, producer, and entrepreneur Alan Evans of Soulive joins John Monaghan, Director of Partnerships at All Aces, Inc., on this special episode of Intentionally Act Now in a conversation about family, race, getting out of our own way, and ultimately, love.

    Listen in on this conversation that explores Evans’ musical—and life—path, from past, present, and his career whenever we get to the post-COVID future. While this show is primarily about the work of advancing racial equity in organizations, to get yourself to where you can show up to work the way that you want to, sometimes you have to break it down with your family so that you can figure out when it’s time to break things down at work and when to let it ride.

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    All Aces, Inc. uses the Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Transformation (DIET) Framework as an alternative to traditional DEI/D&I consulting and professional development.

    Join our free online learning community that supports your professional and personal [PROPER] and organizational development to advance racial equity at IntentionallyAct.com.

    1 hr 3 min
  • How do Community and Affinity Advance Racial Equity? w/ Michelle Holt-Shannon and Andres Mejia

    John Monaghan, Director of Partnerships at All Aces, Inc., hosts Michele Holt-Shannon and Andres Mejia of the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy in this special episode of Intentionally Act Now.


    Andres and Michele talk with John about the affinity groups and community conversations that they facilitate through a program called New Hampshire Listens. They discuss what it’s like to do racial equity work in what is undeniably, a very white state. Personally, Andres also reflects on his experiences as a student at UNH, as a student of color, as well as the importance of affinity groups in his own development, while Michele reflects on the role that cross-racial friendships and relationships have played in her own racial equity journey.

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    All Aces, Inc. uses the Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Transformation (DIET) Framework as an alternative to traditional DEI/D&I consulting and professional development.

    Join our free online learning community that supports your professional and personal [PROPER] and organizational development to advance racial equity at IntentionallyAct.com.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Eliminating Racism, Empowering Women & Sustaining Ourselves w/ Beth Chandler

    Beth Chandler is CEO and President of YW Boston, a non-profit organization which leads meaningful, transformative and equitable transformations of policies, practices, attitudes and behaviors in organizations to create more inclusive environments where women, people of color, and especially women of color can succeed.


    In this special episode of Intentionally Act Now, Beth sits down with her former colleague and host, D’Janapha Fortune, Director of Strategy of All Aces, Inc., to discuss approaches to eliminating racism and empowering women, including the Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Transformation (DIET) Framework that All Aces’ uses as an alternative to traditional DEI/D&I consulting and professional development.

    Together, Beth and D’Janapha also explore the perennial question of sustenance and ways that we may support ourselves while engaging in this deep, transformative work.

    Learn more about YW Boston by visiting www.ywboston.com and join us on our free online learning community at IntentionallyAct.com to share your questions, comments and thoughts about this episode!

    58 min
  • Intentionally Act Live x Amplify RJ w/ David Ryan Barcega Castro-Harris

    David Ryan Barcega Castro-Harris, founder of Amplify RJ, sits down with host Enrico Manalo, Chief of Learner Success of All Aces, Inc., to explore how restorative justice and racial equity intersect in this episode of Intentionally Act Now. In this fun and sincere conversation, they discuss the nuanced ways restorative justice can help non-dominant groups understand ways to move forward together. What’s at the heart of this change and transformation? Relationships — not only with others, but with ourselves.

    Learn more about Amplify RJ by visiting AmplifyRJ.com to see the great work that David and his colleagues are engaged in.

    Join us on IntentionallyAct.com to share your comments, questions and thoughts on this episode. We can’t wait to hear from you.

    1 hr 1 min

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