WorkPride 2023: WorkPride - Community-in-Focus Panels for Ethnicity: Black

Part of our Community-In-Focus talks, this panel will explore the experiences of LGBTQ+ people in the Black community. Join us as our panellists discuss their lives, growing up, challenges within their communities and intersectionality whilst also sharing with us lessons on how we can be better allies, and have a better appreciation of cultures and backgrounds other than our own.

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Sponsored by: EY and Clyde & Co

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Speakers:

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Dillon Thompson

Consultant - Workforce Advisory
EY

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Josh Rivers

Creator and host
Busy Being Black

Josh Rivers is the creator and host of Busy Being Black, the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. The show centres conversations with those who have learned - and are learning - to thrive at the intersection of their identities, and is a regular feature on LGBTQ and Black History Month lists on both Apple and Spotify. Josh volunteers his time as the head of communications for UK Black Pride, and was a founding member of Series Q, a network of mentorship, learning and support for LGBTQ entrepreneurs.

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Kaneesha Nadal

Cell Therapy Specialist 1+
Kite Pharma EU B.V.

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Justin Shepherd

Operations Director
The Embodiment Institute

Justin Shepherd is the Operations Director for The Embodiment Institute, bringing a decade of experience in global leadership and accounting to the work of embodied transformation. An ethos of compassionate action and awareness, and a belief in our interdependence, animate his approach to individual and organizational growth. Justin is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Burkina Faso 07-09) and the recipient of the 2017 Erling Person Award recognizing his value-based leadership at H&M, where he most recently headed up the Global Incident Coordinator Group from Edinburgh, Scotland. Justin joins The Embodiment Institute as a departure from previous corporate roles, intent to explore institutional practices that are decolonized & emergent and that center healing and justice for marginalized bodies. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting & Finance from Loyola University Chicago and a CPA certification.

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Shiloh Coke

Multi-disciplinary Artist/Producer
Blacktress UK

Shiloh Coke is an actor, composer, producer and writer. Whilst running grassroots organisation Blacktress UK (a support network for Black Actresses) alongside her Partner, Shiloh’s credits are extensive in theatre as an actor, composer and musician; The National Theatre (London), Bush Theatre (London), Donmar Warehouse (London), Shakespeare's Globe (London), Trafalgar Studios (London) and St Anns Warehouse (New York) as well as credits on screen in film and TV. Credits include; Pirates (2021) and Cheaters (2022). She currently has several writing projects in development.

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	Organisation	myGwork
	Date & Time	Jun 19, 2023 07:00 EDT
	Location	Zoom