Workhuman is Bringing Together Three DE&I Pioneers - Dr. Bernice A. King, Vernā Myers, and Doyin Richards – for an Incredible Conversation About Making Real Change in the Workplace at Workhuman Live 2022

April 27, 2022 08:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Racism. Inequality. Unconscious bias. Even the most progressive companies struggle to create truly diverse, inclusive workplaces. Workhuman is bringing together three renowned change-makers, Dr. Bernice A. King, Vernā Myers, and Doyin Richards for Workhuman Live’s DE&I Pioneers Panel, moderated by Dr. Meisha-ann Martin, Workhuman’s Sr. Director, People Analytics. In this session, taking place Thursday, May 19th at 9:15 am, these powerful visionaries will share their perspectives on society’s challenges and have an open, honest and candid conversation about pioneering diversity and inclusion in their respective spaces. Event attendees will leave inspired, armed with actionable insights to make progress within their organizations, and ready to become champions for change in reshaping the modern workplace.

About these DE&I pioneers:

Dr. Bernice A. King: CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

The daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, Bernice is a global thought leader, orator, and peace advocate. As the CEO of The King Center, she advances her parents’ legacy of nonviolent social change through policy, advocacy, research, education, and training. Under her leadership, the center has implemented numerous initiatives reaching over 500,000 people around the world, including the Beloved Community Leadership Academy, Students with King, NV365 Education & Training, and The Beloved Community Talks, a courageous conversations platform about the difficult racial and social justice issues impacting our world.

Vernā Myers: VP, Inclusion Strategy at Netflix

A Harvard-trained lawyer and founder of The Vernā Myers Company, Vernā is an inclusion strategist, cultural innovator, thought leader, and social commentator. In her role at Netflix, she helps devise and implement strategies that integrate cultural diversity, inclusion, and equity into all aspects of its operations worldwide. Vernā is the author of “Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go from Well-Meaning to Well-Doing” and “What If I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People.” Her inspiring TED Talk, “How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them,” has been viewed more than 4 million times.

Doyin Richards: Bestselling Author, Mental Health Advocate, and Anti-Racism Facilitator for Corporations

As a keynote speaker, consultant, and workshop facilitator, Doyin inspires people to be open about mental health and embrace anti-racism in the workplace and beyond. Through his critically acclaimed Anti-Racism Fight Club™, he’s reached more than 50,000 people in under two years in companies across the globe. In addition to providing results-driven DE&I solutions to many notable organizations, Doyin has authored three children’s books, authors a Slate parenting advice column, delivered a powerful TEDx Talk on anti-racism, and even appeared in a recent LinkedIn commercial featuring his anti-racism work.

After two years and way too much time on Zoom, Workhuman is excited to bring the humanity back – in person. Workhuman Live, taking place May 16-19 in Atlanta, is a conference game-changer, where the world’s best minds in HR and business gather to share transformative ideas, to drive progress on work’s biggest challenges, and to galvanize and inspire a community of thousands to create more human workplaces everywhere.

The safety of event attendees, employees, speakers, sponsors, and partners remains the highest priority for Workhuman and, therefore, proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required for entry into Workhuman Live which is taking place at the Georgia World Congress Center. Additional information about Workhuman Live 2022’s COVID-19 statement can be found here.

To register to attend, risk-free, please visit www.workhumanlive.com/register/.

About Workhuman

Workhuman^® is pioneering the human workplace through award-winning Social Recognition^® and Continuous Performance Development solutions. Workhuman inspires more than six million humans across 180 countries to perform the best work of their lives. For the past 22 years, human resources and business leaders alike have used Workhuman Cloud^® to gain the proactive insights necessary to transform and lead a more connected, human-centered workplace that accelerates engagement and productivity. To learn more about Workhuman’s mission to make work more human for every person on the planet and how you can ensure great work is celebrated and amplified in your workplace, visit www.workhuman.com.

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