`Toward One Wisconsin` focuses on Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers


`Toward One Wisconsin` focuses on Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WKBT) -- People from across the state came together for the `Toward One Wisconsin` conference in Eau Claire on Tuesday. The two-day event brought professionals and advocates together to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion in today`s landscape. This year`s theme `Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers` challenged attendees to look at DEI differently, going beyond gender, race and sexual orientation and encouraging conference goers to embrace the evolution of inclusion. Kelly Blackmon is the founder of Butterfly Consulting, an agency dedicated to DEI and culture change consulting for corporations nationwide. "There`s a new iteration of DEI that`s changing. Something that isn`t based on the things that polarize us but the things that connect us," said Blackmon. He says previous conversations about DEI have pushed people away by focusing primarily on race, gender and sexual orientation. He came to the `Toward One Wisconsin` conference to discuss the future of inclusion... ...more Ken Notes: Video at the link!
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WKBT) -- People from across the state came together for the `Toward One Wisconsin` conference in Eau Claire on Tuesday.

The two-day event brought professionals and advocates together to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion in today`s landscape.

This year`s theme `Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers` challenged attendees to look at DEI differently, going beyond gender, race and sexual orientation and encouraging conference goers to embrace the evolution of inclusion.

Kelly Blackmon is the founder of Butterfly Consulting, an agency dedicated to DEI and culture change consulting for corporations nationwide.

"There`s a new iteration of DEI that`s changing. Something that isn`t based on the things that polarize us but the things that connect us," said Blackmon.

He says previous conversations about DEI have pushed people away by focusing primarily on race, gender and sexual orientation. He came to the `Toward One Wisconsin` conference to discuss the future of inclusion...

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`Toward One Wisconsin` focuses on Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers

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