Eboné Bell

Fostering Belonging: Cultivating Supportive Environments

Presentation and Workshop

Let’s foster an environment where all feel supported and valued. As professionals, family members, and friends, it’s important to assess how we show up for all community members. Your conversations, your understanding, and your allyship are important now more than ever. But understanding why it’s important means understanding today’s diverse voices and issues. ​

In this training and workshop, Eboné facilitates a customized program, tailored specifically to your organization’s needs. Through collaborative discussion and engaging activities, participants will identify various forms of support, belonging, and allyship while discovering strategies that promote respectful and meaningful conversations.​ This workshop is an opportunity to gain more insight, feel empowered to share your perspectives and work together as an inclusive community.

ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT:

• Enhanced Understanding: Attendees will develop a clearer comprehension of how their actions, conversations, and attitudes impact the sense of support and value felt by all community members.
• Allyship Skills: Through interactive activities and discussions, participants will learn practical strategies for being effective allies.
• Increased Awareness: Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of fostering belonging within their community.
• Collaboration: Through collaborative discussion and activities, attendees will work together to develop strategies and initiatives aimed at fostering belonging within their organization.

Black History is American History

Many people—of all ages—don’t know or understand Black history. Most of America can count the number of Black changemakers and historical figures they learned about in school on one hand. But why are most of us limited to this knowledge of Black history? After all, Black history is American history. Black history continues to exist to expand American education and this keynote presentation was created to do just that.

By using the art of storytelling and relatability, Eboné creates a unique way of exploring Black historical figures, experiences, and important events that have shaped our past and present. It’s time to go beyond the Black history basics because knowing your past, helps open the doors to the future.

ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT:

• New stories about Black culture and historical figures
• How Black history has shaped our future
• We all have more in common than we think

How to be a Good Ally

We get it. You have Black and Brown friends and colleagues you adore. You exclaim, “Black Lives Matter!” For your LGBTQ friends, you believe “Love is Love”, and you post supportive images on your social media…but is that enough?

This program dives deeper into ways you can show up as an ally, not only during social justice movements but also in everyday life. Participants will take a hard look at how they currently show up in these spaces and how they can do better (with the right tools). Eboné will share ineffective vs. effective ways of ally activism. Participants will also look at breaking through uncomfortability and standing in their purpose. Now more than ever your voice is needed, no matter who you are!

ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT:

• An understanding of why allyship is important
• Identifying forms of ally activism
• How and when to speak up
• How to be empowered (and confident) around uncomfortable conversations

Pride 365: LGBTQ+ History and
Allyship

As we celebrate Pride month, this is a great time to assess how you show up for the LGBTQ+ community (and other groups who need your support). Your allyship is important now more than ever. But understanding why it’s important means understanding the history of the LGBTQ community. In this special Pride Talk, Eboné discusses the LGBTQ community past and present, and different ways you can be in action as an ally within your organization and amongst friends and family. No matter who you are or how you identify, we can all show up and be better allies Pride 365 and beyond.

ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT:

• Obtaining a better understanding of the LGBTQ movement
• Understanding LGBTQ terms and lingo
• Why the LGBTQ community needs your support
• Identifying forms of LGBTQ allyship

Level Up Leadership

Regardless of who we are or where we come from, each one of us possesses the potential to be a leader. Yes, you!

From starting as a young leader to spearheading her own business, Eboné Bell has directly witnessed that leadership doesn’t always demand the traditionally taught skills and qualifications. Her firsthand experience highlights the truth that every one of us holds the potential to be intentional leaders. Through conversation and real-world examples, Eboné will share the key traits of intentional leadership, while focusing on important aspects such as uncovering and overcoming fear and recognizing the value of belonging and authenticity in leadership.

This program is designed to empower participants to enhance their knowledge and skills needed to embrace intentional leadership and positively impact their community. But most importantly, it serves as a reminder that intentional leadership extends beyond individual efforts and encompasses the collective leadership of all. It acknowledges that while leadership begins from within, it is not solely about “me” but rather about the leadership of “we.” Because when WE level up, we all feel empowered.

ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT:

• Learn the key traits of an intentional leader,
• Learn how to recognize the fear that prevents growth and opportunity,
• Learn to create a culture committed to empowerment and belonging,
• Learn to leverage the power of your voice to advocate for yourself and the community around you, and
• Learn the importance of authenticity and empathy.