Hereafter21
Navigating to build inclusive teams in today's landscape hereafter(121).
come together and let's share our winning solutions, proven to work
$35.00 early bird ticketing ends February 12, 2025.
General ticketing, $75.00
Join Us In Person | 300 N. Houston Street | Dallas, TX 75202
February 18, 2025, 6:00 - 9:00 PM CST
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Musuem
Digital and in-person collaboration exercises
On January 21, 2025, the new U.S. Administration issued Executive Orders which eliminated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities in the federal government. Guidance was given for nonprofit and private sectors to eliminate DEI activities too. Many corporations followed suit, curtailing or completely terminating DEI programs and staff.
Yet, the benefits of diverse teams are undeniable. Employees and the caring public now remain dismayed, looking for proven solutions on how to proceed in today's landscape, here after 121.
Like many times before in history, now is another time that we must come together in support.
the impact for you
Hear from the legal community and area DEI leaders on how to move forward with diversity, equity and inclusion practices in today's landscape. Ask questions. Get answers. Learn about various ongoing legal initiatives to protect DEI activities and their professionals.
Learn from the digital and in-person mobilization activities about what techniques might work for your environment.
Review the national poll on what respondents suggest as the best course of action.
Meet and connect with other DEI professionals in the room, or after the event in dedicated conversation forums.
Leave energized and empowered to understand that a vibrant DEI community remains and thrives even in today's political landscape.
The Speakers
Legal counsel, DEI professionals, and academia have come together to provide a forum for collective mobilization.
Special Guest Speaker
Olivia is a civil rights attorney based in Washington D.C. with experience in both the private and non-profit sectors.
Currently, Olivia is counsel in the General Legal department at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and works on issues and cases across subject matters in the organization’s different projects. Her work spans both litigation and policy and is emerging as a thought leader in the DEIA space and other civil rights issues.
Her work spans both litigation and policy and is emerging as a thought leader in the DEIA space and other civil rights issues.
Olivia N. Sedwick, Esq., Counsel for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Panelists
James Felton Keith is an award winning Mechanical Engineer & Labor Economist. He is CEO at InclusionScore Companies and formerly a lecturer at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business. As an entrepreneur, he established the first international diversity & inclusion certification based on the ISO-30415:2021 standard and effectively reshaped commercial insurance underwriting to incentivize inclusion via a standardized "inclusion score".
Via the Keith Institute, James has authored and edited multiple books including, Inclusionism, his bio-political philosophy which is at the forefront of International Relations and Diplomacy. As an organizer, his Data Unions redefined the labor movement and people’s personal-data as the natural-resource driving all corporate productivity. He co-founded the Ethics of Personal Data Collection series at Anthem Press and wrote the book "Data Is Labor". He and his institutions have either written or consulted on all of the Western World’s seminal cyber policy during the 2010s including Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
James Felton Keith, CEO at InclusionScore
Toni Howard Lowe is a global diversity & inclusion and human resource practitioner with 20+ years of innovative, transformational leadership experience supporting Fortune 100 companies. As a trusted people advocate she challenges organizations to maximize their full potential, create value, and advocate for a inclusive employee experience.
With experience working across multiple industries, Toni is seen as an advisor to CEOs, executive teams, and boards of directors on workplace culture, diversity, organizational change, and talent strategies. A modern leader, Toni is known for engaging and growing top talent and creating high performing, dynamic and diverse teams.
Because of Toni’s years of championing diverse professionals she has been an invited lecturer, panelist, instructor, workshops facilitator on issues of equity, Inclusion and diversity at multiple institutions of higher education, corporations and professional organizations. Toni’s insights have also been featured in many national media outlets.
Toni Howard Lowe, Former Chief Global Diversity Officer, Huge
Jason educates, researches, consults, and writes about organizational culture, migrant employee experiences, tokenism at work, and the relationships between employee identity, individual, group, and organizational decision-making toward work outcomes.
Jason is the Principal Consultant at his company, Imagin Consulting, LLC.
His goals are to: 1) help people get along at work, 2) make the workplace productive, profitable and people-centered, and 3) prepare students, clients, employees and leaders for the evolving business environment. He brings specialties in Organizational Change Management, Workplace Equity and Inclusion, and Entrepreneurship.
Jason R. Lambert, Ph.D., Professor, Researcher & DEI Consultant at Imagin Consulting, LLC
Cheryl is a professor and former civil rights attorney based in Dallas, Texas.
INVITED NOT YET CONFIRMED Cheryl Wattley, Professor at University of North Texas, Dallas College of Law
Charita is a Certified Diversity Professional (CDP) who leverages her 15+ years of progressive experience to align business objectives with DEI initiatives.
Currently, Charita is the Sr. Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Manager at Alteryx.
In her roles, Charita conceptualizes and executes DEI strategy through interfaces with key global stakeholders in EMEA, AMER, and APAC regions. She is passionate about creating a culture of belonging and inclusion where everyone can thrive and grow.
As part of her role, Charita formulates governance models and manage Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and guides leaders on DEI elements by establishing professional relations with Learning and Development (L&D).
Charita McClelland, Sr. Global DEI Manager at Alteryx
agenda
6:00 PM CST | Wine & Cheese Reception | Museum Lobby
The Program will pair small groups of Participants with Mentors who will hold forums on real-world problems that people face in the workplace, such as dealing with bias, improving negotiation skills, and feeling left out.
6:45 PM | Welcome, Orientation & Framing
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Special Guest Presentation
National Poll Results
Take the 4-question poll about DEI activities here after 121 before February 17, 2025.
Panel Introductions and Open Conversation
8:00 PM | Audience Participation with Digital Collaboration
8:30 PM | In-Person Collaboration
9:00 PM | Event Close
presenting sponsor
Lawyer's Committee for civil rights under law
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to mobilize the nation’s leading lawyers as agents for change in the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the Lawyers’ Committee uses legal advocacy to achieve racial justice, fighting inside and outside the courts to ensure that Black people and other people of color have the voice, opportunity, and power to make the promises of our democracy real. The Lawyers’ Committee implements its mission and objectives by marshaling the pro bono resources of the bar for litigation, public policy, advocacy and other forms of service by lawyers to the cause of civil rights.
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Our fight for justice is more urgent than ever.
presenting sponsor
Blacks United in Leading Technlogy
Blacks United in Leading Technology International, with its allies, increases the representation and participation of their members in the technology industry by fostering connections, development, and employment.
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Membership is open to everyone.
advocating sponsors
let's all make a difference
Here after 121, we remain steadfast after the goals and benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
