KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Sidni asked me a poignant question the very first time I met her. Why do you have to invite me to the table? I was taken aback. I had just met her. A mutual friend introduced us in passing. She said we should know each other. We chatted quickly about what we do. I learned she was in the business of gaining capital and building capacity for minority businesses. I worked for a big company that had a reputation for community building and philanthropy.

I want to share some thoughts but I’m scared. I want to keep the conversation going … past the Summer of 2020, past the election, past MLK Day. I’ve been told that as a white woman, I can’t talk about diversity. But it’s laying so heavy on my heart. So I do what I normally do and I say it out loud to see if the fear will go away or if God shuts me down. I did that several weeks ago by saying it out loud on my Instagram account.