Intentionally Act Now

Dr. Atyia Martin, CEM, CEO and Founder of All Aces, Inc., joins host Enrico Manalo, Chief of Learner Success, for a discussion recorded in January 2021 about the then-recent transition of the presidency from #45 to the Biden-Harris administration. Together they discuss ways through which the Biden-Harris administration could create meaningful, equitable and transformative changes in leadership that are needed today more than ever.

Dr. Martin and Enrico also speak about ”We Are the Question + the Answer,” Dr. Martin’s recently published book, the origin of the book title, and the role that voice and choice play in advancing racial justice in our workplaces, communities and individual lives.

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In our Martin Luther King, Jr. Day episode, Stephen Walker, Business and Project Manager of All Aces, Inc., and Dr. Atyia Martin, CEM, CEO and Founder of All Aces, Inc., talk about Dr. King, what has changed since the Civil Rights era, and about how though many laws have changed, people of color — and in particular — Black people, are still not welcome in certain places or spaces, and certainly not always to show up as who and how they are.

Stephen and Dr. Martin also discuss how MLK Jr. might be received today with our current understanding of what Blackness is, or may be. In exploring that line of questioning, Dr. Martin deconstructs the myth of Blackness of a monolith, and how that myth can feed into racism, internalized or otherwise.

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The principle of Collective Care – rather than self-care – is at the heart of All Aces’ mission to activate consciousness, catalyze critical thinking, and transform capabilities that advance racial equity and build resilience in organizations.

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LGBTQIA+ issues are often left out of the conversation on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Transformation.

What questions need to be addressed in order to not perpetuate marginalization of this diverse and multi-faceted community? What is pinkwashing and why has corporate culture overlooked this phenomenon?

These are just a few of the questions that host Enrico Manalo, Chief of Learner Success of All Aces, Inc., discusses with special guest Andrew Francalanza, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, Pride 365 Champion, LGBTQ+ Activist & Speaker, on this episode of Intentionally Act Now. Together Enrico and Andrew engage in a critical conversation on the voices that are often excluded from inclusion, the monetization of social causes (#Pinkwashing), and how to move beyond our comfortable definitions of what diversity means.

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What are connections between white supremacy, environmental destruction, and fossil fuel dependence? Why is a feminist perspective necessary in energy policy? And how is the climate crisis a crisis of leadership?

Dr. S. Atyia Martin, CEM, CEO and Founder of All Aces, Inc., hosts Dr. Jennie C. Stephens, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University, and author of “Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy” on this episode of Intentionally Act Now!

In this critical and engaging conversation, Dr. Martin and Dr. Stephens talk about what it means to have outcomes that are just, not only in terms of leadership, but in the climate and energy spheres as well. In talking over how we can best move forward, Dr. Martin and Dr. Stephens also discuss what women and People of Color need, not only to be heard, but to be included in spaces where decisions about climate and energy are made.

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Nataka Crayton-Walker is an urban farmer, gardener, and operations manager at the Urban Farming Institute in Boston, Mass. She is also a lifetime advocate for social, economic, and environmental justice, particularly for communities of color – and her time in the garden and advocate for justice in her community go hand in hand.

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Dr. Vibhuti Aryia Amirfar is an Associate Clinical Professor at St. Johns, and Clinical Advisor to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and she is the creator of the “dark-room-methodology,” an iterative process to guide individuals and systems towards self-examination and understand the role of structural racism.

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In this episode of Intentionally Act Live, D’Janapha Fortune, All Aces’ Chief of Strategy, sits down with Enrico Manalo, All Aces’ Chief of Learner Success, to talk about the importance of understanding our individual purpose and how this awareness serves as a foundation for our personal racial equity journeys.

On this episode of Intentionally Act Now, Dr. S. Atyia Martin, CEM, CEO and Founder of All Aces, Inc., speaks with social scientist and researcher at the RAND Corporation, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, for an in-depth conversation that explores the intersection of emergency management and racial equity — two areas that hold special places in Dr. Martin’s heart.

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Waidehi Gokhale, CEO of Soliya, sits down with Enrico Manalo, Chief of Learner Success of All Aces, Inc., in this episode of Intentionally Act Now to discuss Soliya’s virtual exchange programs that connect young people from around the globe to better figure out how to deepen their awareness, widen  perspectives, and become more effective global peers across national, cultural, religious, and ideological boundaries.

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Soliya was using videoconferencing to connect young people from around the globe to better figure out how to lean in to difference — something that we all must necessarily navigate in the course of life.