Removing Our Blinders: How We Can Make Racism A Solvable Problem
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We are excited to announce that Monroe Free, President/CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County and Chair of the Together SC Board of Directors will kick off our new Removing Our Blinders series.
Join Monroe on Thursday, September 3 at 9:00 to discuss Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff’’s TED Talk How we can make racism a solvable problem -- and improve policing.
In his riveting April 2019 talk viewed by more than 2,000,000, Dr. Goff, CEO of Center for Policing Equity, offers an explanation of racism and his model for overcoming it. While he specifically speaks to applications in law enforcement, Goff’s approach can be adapted to other sectors. The goal for this Removing the Blinders session is to offer nonprofit leaders a potential approach for tackling racism embedded within their organizations.
Please watch this 12 minute video and come with your own thoughts.
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?
Sponsored by:
Attendees (130)
Yolanda Anderson
Development/Donor Manager
Midlands Mediation Center
Stephen Baggett
President
Greenwood Area Habitat for Humanity
Ivey Baird
Owner
JB Business Solutions, LLC
Jennifer Baker
Professor
College of Charleston - MPA Program
Mac Bennett
Nonprofit Sector Consultant
Beam and Hinge
Kendall Biga
Operations Director
Charleston Hope
C. Michael Bowman
President, BOD
Father to Father, Inc.
Steven Burritt
Regional Executive Director
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Anita Case
Executive Director
Affinity Health Center
Eileen Chepenik
Executive Director
Trident Literacy Association
Sam Clements
Executive Director
Doors To Dream
Marti Colucci
Leeza's Care Connection
Beth De Santis
CEO
Fact Forward
Lauren Dorton
Executive Director
Florence-Darlington Technical College Educational Foundation
Nicole Echols
Chief Executive Officer
Harvest Hope Food Bank
Kim Fabian
Executive Director
Greenville Center for Creative Arts
Anita Floyd
Executive Director
Nickelodeon Theatre
Monroe Free
Coach / Consultant
Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County
Richard Freeman
Senior Relationship Manager
IRS
Betty Gardiner
Director of Grantmaking and Development
South Carolina First Steps
Sherry Gilliam
Executive Director
Charleston County First Steps
Fallon Green
Grant Writer
Love House Learning Academy
Quinn Hayes
Program & Grants Manager
Harvest Hope Food Bank
Larry Hembree Hembree
Executive DIrector
Columbia Children's Theatre
Tamara Herring
Executive Director
Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage
Robert S Hervey
Executive Director
East Cooper Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
Ci Ci Holloway
HR Director
Richland Library
Dr. Michael Jennings
Chief Diversity Officer
Hispanic Alliance
Maggie Kalergis
Donor Relations Manager
Lowcountry Land Trust
Lesa Kastler
Community Foundation of Greenville
Margaret Kelly
Arm-in-Arm Board Member, Executive Committee
Arm-in-Arm
Alicia Kokkinis
Grants Officer
Charleston County School District
Karen Kuse
Head of School
Montessori School of Columbia
Melissa Ladd
Owner, Facilitator
issaFacilitation
Tom LeGrand
Regional Director
Impact America- South Carolina
Terri Lottchea
Operations Manger
Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation
Darlene Lynch
Senior Director, Community Health Transformation
SC Office of Rural Health
Vince Matthews
Executive Director
Joseph H Neal Health Collaborative
Madeleine McGee
Former President/CEO, Together SC
Together SC
Sandy Morckel
President & Change Agent for Inspired Philanthropy
Solutions for the Greater Good
Kevin Patten
Chief Financial Officer
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Marc Pitman
CEO
The Concord Leadership Group
David Platts
South Carolina Arts Commission
Daniel Prohaska
President & CEO
Lions Vision Services
Catherine Puckett
Program Director
Nonprofit Alliance
Shelli D Quenga
Chief Innovation Officer
Palmetto Project, Inc.
Barbara Rackes
CEO
SC Women in Leadership
David Ray
Chief Conservation Officer
LLT
Anne Reid
Chief Development Officer
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired SC
Jennifer Rogers
Former Executive Director
PAALS
Catherine Schumacher
President/CEO
Public Education Partners
Laurie Sessa
Board Member
Pattison's Academy
julia seward
Principal
julia seward consulting
Meg Stanley
Executive Director
Eat Smart Move More SC
Summer Tebalt
Director
AccessHealth Spartanburg
Leigh Thomson
Executive Director
Dorchester Seniors, Inc.
Pam Toney
Executive Direcotor
Bluffton Jasper Volunteers in Medicine
JoAnn Turnquist
Retired April 2024
Central Carolina Community Foundation
Tina Ujcich
HR & Volunteer Resources Coordinator
Charleston County Parks Foundation
Courtney Waters
Executive Director of Teach For America SC
Teach for America
Sue Williams
CEO
Children's Trust of South Carolina
Patricia Wright
Program Associate
Coastal Community Foundation of SC
Gabrielle Yarborough
Development Director
East Cooper Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
Peter Zalka
Board Chairman
Arm-in-Arm
Katie Zenger
Director of Public Health Strategies & Initiatives
Joseph H Neal Health Collaborative
Presented by:
Monroe Free,
President/CEO, Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County
Together SC Board Chair
