EVERYONE’S “WHY” MATTERS
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Our founder’s WHY is to make the word “ally” actually mean something. In the wake of Ahmaud Arbury and George Floyd’s murders; A2A founder, Courtney Carter didn’t like how the word “ally” was being overused and underutilized. She had a hard time understanding how a word which is meant to be additive, somehow become divisive.
In her discussions with other like spirited individuals of all cultural backgrounds and experiences, she discovered that this reason could be attributed to the fact that many well intentioned people believed “not being racist” was equivalent to being an ally. It became apparent that while everyone fell somewhere on the “anti-racism scale”, their progress to learning was stunted by the paralyzation in “saying the wrong thing.” There was a lot of finger pointing, but no destination where those who considered themselves allies and/or wanted to learn about allyship from diverse backgrounds could have uncomfortable conversations to learn, unlearn and relearn around these charged subjects.
It was then, that Courtney called on an amazing group of like hearted friends, colleagues and peers from various industries to create an excuse free experience and community aimed to “jumpstart” people’s respective anti-racism journeys. Four weeks later, the first Ally2Action 21-Day Program launched and reached over 7,500 people in 15 countries.
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JENNA ARNOLD: AUTHOR, ‘RAISING OUR HANDS’: HOW WHITE WOMEN CAN STOP AVOIDING HARD CONVERSATIONS, START ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY, AND FIND OUR PLACE ON THE NEW FRONTLINES
QUENCY PHILLIPS: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUILDING BACK BETTER, JOINT VENTURES
LIZ PLANK:AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR OF ‘FOR THE LOVE OF MEN: A NEW VISION FOR MINDFUL MASCULINITY’
KEVIN POWELL: WRITER, CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, JUST RELEASED HIS 14TH BOOK ‘WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD’
AMY RICHARDS:PRESIDENT OF SOAPBOX, INC., THE FOREMOST FEMINIST LECTURE AGENCY & AUTHOR OF MANY BOOKS INCLUDING ‘WE ARE MAKERS: REAL WOMEN AND GIRLS SHAPING OUR WORLD‘
CARRI TWIGG: PRODUCER/CO-FOUNDER CULTURE.HOUSE, FORMER OBAMA/BIDEN WHITE HOUSE ADVISER
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ELSA MARIE COLLINS: SOCIAL IMPACT & DIGITAL STRATEGIST, THIS IS ABOUT HUMANITY
CHANTAL DUBE: BRAND STRATEGY AND CONTENT PROGRAMMING
LISA FILIPELLI: PARTNER/MANAGER, SELECT MANAGEMENT COMPANY
NICKI FIORAVANTE: PUBLICIST, VIEWPOINT PR
RAND GETLIN: FOUNDER/PRODUCER, PARK STORIES
ASSIA GRAZIOLI VENIER: FOUNDER MUSE CAPITAL
CALEB JENSEN: CREATIVE DIRECTOR & COPYWRITER
EMILIE LEWIS: MARKETING, STRATEGY & BRAND DEVELOPMENT
FRANCINE LI: MARKETING AND BRANDING EXPERT
AMBRIELLE MOORE: SOCIAL & DIGITAL MARKETING
BRANDON RIEGG: VICE PRESIDENT, NONFICTION SERIES & COMEDY SPECIALS, NETFLIX
FRANCIS ROBERTS: HEAD OF TALENT PARTNERSHIPS – SNAPCHAT
DAVID SCHIFF: CEO, MGMT ENTERTAINMENT
NADINE STEKLENSKI: CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER, BRAND LOVE LAB
SARAH WEICHEL: CONSULTANT & DIGITAL STRATEGIST
ASIA WRIGHT: BRANDING STRATEGIST
OUR PARTNERS
THE PASSIONATE DEDICATION OF OUR CHARITABLE PARTNERS ENHANCE THE MISSION AT HAND.
THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, RESOURCES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT ENABLES UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALLY2ACTION.
WITHOUT THIS ASSISTANCE, THE GOOD WORK TO BE DONE IS DELAYED, WE TRULY ARE BETTER TOGETHER.