Removing Our Blinders: A White CEO's Personal Journey After George Floyd
Join Carl Humphries, CEO of HopeHealth and a member of the Together SC Board of Directors, to discuss his personal journey as a white CEO in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man.
Immediately following this horrific incident, Carl reached out to his colleagues of color for insight. Many employees responded.
Here are three resources recommended by his team to help Carl better understand racial inequality:
- Holy Post- Race in America (17:50 minutes) - Rob Vischer (June 2020)
- A Racist Attack Was Caught on Camera. Nearly 45 Years Later, It Still Stings. (8:07 minutes) -Whitney Hurst, Christiaan Triegert, Jonah M. Kessel and Jeff Bernier (June 2020)
- The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois (1903)
Carl will share how these resources have increased his understanding of the inequities. Please watch and read before hand if you can.
In addition, HopeHealth team members Alan Barrett, Tamala Dixon, and Fred Williams, will join Carl to discuss their perspectives on these resources and why they recommended them.
The session will conclude by considering HopeHealth’s approach for moving the organization forward.
You will leave this conversation with answers to the following:
- What did I struggle with most when considering today’s topic? Why?
- How can I apply today’s topic to me, my organization and my community?
- What will I do differently as a result of today’s topic?
- How did today’s topic help me better understand racism and white privilege?
Attendees (137)
Lily Anderson
Development Associate
Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County
Selena Anderson
Director, Human Resources
Girl Scouts of South Carolina - Mountains to Midlands
Yolanda Anderson
Development/Donor Manager
Midlands Mediation Center
Chris Barrett
Executive Director
Huguenot Society of SC
Kabrina Bass
Executive Director
Midlands Mediation Center
Barbara Black
Founder/CEO
Lydia's Bowels of Mercy Home, Inc
Mandy Black
Executive Director
Little Steps
Ellen Blake
Director of Operations
Lowcountry Land Trust
Becca Bosch
Program Sustainability AmeriCorps VISTA
NAMI Greenville
LaTonya Boyd
Executive Director
Chester County First Steps
Jill Bramblett
Retired, McLeod Health Foundation
McLeod Health Foundation
Cleo Brown
Founder, Speaker, Author
History Matters Institute
Ernest Brown
CEO
North Central Family Medicine
Mary Butz
Administration & Office Coordinator
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Crystal Campbell
Executive Director
Dorchester County First Steps
Anita Case
Executive Director
Affinity Health Center
Jessie Chapman
Director of Development
Child Abuse Prevention Association
Tannesha Clements
Executive Director/ COO
Lydia's Bowels of Mercy Home, Inc
Bonita Clemons
Executive Director
South Carolina Community Health Worker Association
M Craig
Publisher
Pee Dee News Network
Oakley Dickson
None
Youth Corps
Sarah Eliasoph
Executive Director
NAMI Lowcountry
Winn Fitzgerald
Executive Vice President
Lions Vision Services
Joyce Ford
Executive Director
The Naomi Project
Rachael Fulmer
Chief Operations Officer
Lutheran Services Carolinas
Betty Gardiner
Director of Grantmaking and Development
South Carolina First Steps
Sherry Gilliam
Executive Director
Charleston County First Steps
Vivian Glover
Director of Community Arts and Development
Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center
Cynthia Haddad
Director of Outreach and Community Affairs
SC Commission for Minority Affairs
Andy Hall
CEO
AID Upstate
Quinn Hayes
Program & Grants Manager
Harvest Hope Food Bank
Charmian Hedrick
Director of Operations
Child Abuse Prevention Association
Dodi Hodges
Executive Director
Palmetto Literacy Council
Wayne Jackson
Executive Director
Mercy Medicine Free Clinic
Tabitha James
Strategic Developer
Rural Area Leadership Initiative-Dillon County
Erika Kirby
Executive Director
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation
Jaclyn Kohlhepp
CEO, JTK Consulting LLC
JTK Consulting LLC
Lenora Lefew
VP of Development and External Affairs
Harvest Hope Food Bank
Renee Linyard-Gary
Director of Health
Trident United Way
Andrea Loney
Executive Transition Facilitator
SC Legal Services
Terri Lottchea
Operations Manger
Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation
Donn Mack
Executive Director
South Carolina Community Health Worker Association
Kati McArdle
Grants Manager
Coastal Conservation League
Cecilia Meggs
Executive Director
Lighthouse Ministries
Dennis Muhammad
Family and Community Engagement Officer
Charleston County School District
Donna Ortega
Founder and Owner
NETTLESOME PROBLEM SOLVER
Emily Parrish
Coordinator of Provider and Community Engagement
Children's Attention Home
Norvell Pettus
Sr. Philanthropy Coordinator
Dominion Energy
Glen Plumley
Dir. of Clinical and Ed. Services
Compass of Carolina
Jeremy Price
Director of Financial Stability
United Way of Pickens County
Daniel Prohaska
President & CEO
Lions Vision Services
Catherine Puckett
Program Director
Nonprofit Alliance
Barbara Rackes
CEO
SC Women in Leadership
Filippo Ravalico
Director of Operations
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Megan Reilly
Development Director
Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services
Jennifer Robinson
Executive Director
Empowered to Heal
Madie A. Robinson
Executive Director
Pee Dee Healthy Start Inc
Angela Rodriguez
Executive Director
SC Spinal Cord Injury Association
Kevin Russell
Interim President
United Way of Florence County
Geales Sands
Executive Director
Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation
Catherine Schumacher
President/CEO
Public Education Partners
Spencer Scott
Executive Director
Florence County First Steps
Sally Sherrin
Executive Director
Lancaster County Council on Aging
Meg Stanley
Executive Director
Eat Smart Move More SC
Paige Stephenson
President & CEO
United Way of the Piedmont
Dayle Stewart
Community Engagement Director
Rebuild Upstate
Pam Toney
Executive Direcotor
Bluffton Jasper Volunteers in Medicine
Lora Tucker
CEO
Girl Scouts of South Carolina - Mountains to Midlands
JoAnn Turnquist
Retired April 2024
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Ann Warner
Interim CEO, International Center for Research on Women
Women's Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN)
Heather Witt
Executive Director
United Way of the Piedmont
Gabrielle Yarborough
Development Director
East Cooper Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
Belle Zeigler
Executive Director
Eastern Carolina Community Foundation
Presented by:
Carl Humphries,
CEO, HopeHealth
Together SC Board Member
Frederick Williams, MSW
Population Health Manager
HopeHealth
Alan Barrett, MSPAS
Physician Assistant
HopeHealth
Tamala Dixon, BS
Practice Administrator
HopeHealth