2024 Bold Conversation
This event features The Woke Coach Founder and CEO, Seena Hodges. She will share key takeaways from her newly released book, From Ally to Accomplice: How to Lead as a Fierce Antiracist. In addition, she will dig into additional topics like what it means to be an accomplice and antiracist, the importance of how a volunteer's mindset shall be one of community-centered versus thinking first about themselves and seeking solutions and tangible actions for their individual circumstances that will make an impact in the community. The keynote is meant to inspire growth, company discussion, and facilitate group learning.
2023 Bold Conversation - "Progress Does Not Make Perfect: A Candid Conversation About Where We've Been and Where We Need to Go."
This event, Progress Does Not Make Perfect: A Candid Conversation, features an honest conversation between The Woke Coach, Seena Hodges, and HandsOn Twin Cities Executive Director, Tracy Nielsen. Topics covered include what it means to be an accomplice and antiracist, why people are divesting from DEI, how to leverage your personal power to make an impact, and seeking solutions and tangible actions for your individual circumstances that will make an impact in the community.
Volunteerism and Equity: A Bold Conversation 2022
The event Volunteerism and Equity: A Bold Conversation took place on MLK Day 2022.
This event focused on volunteerism and the role that it plays in the journey toward a more equitable community and tangible actions that people can take. Speakers included Seena Hodges, The Woke Coach; Renay Dossman, President of Neighborhood Development Center (NDC); Adair Mosley, President and CEO of Pillsbury United Communities; and Danielle Grant, President and CEO of AchieveMPLS.
Volunteerism: A Bold Conversation 2021
The event Volunteerism: A Bold Conversation took place on MLK Day 2021. We invite you to check out recording of the event is available for viewing and check out this resource, “Steps Toward Meaningful Action” as a supplement.
The panel was moderated by Seena Hodges, Founder and CEO of The Woke Coach. The panelists included Johnathan Palmer, Executive Director of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Laverne McCartney Knighton, Area Development Director for UNCF, and Nadege Souvenir, Senior Vice President of Operations & Learning for the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.