Black and Brown Leaders Cohort

These sessions will be offered in a blended format and will include in person and virtual sessions. The dates for the full series are below. When you register, you are registering for the full series. Being present is an important aspect to growth, therefore it is imperative that participants attend in the manner assigned below. We ask that you attend all the scheduled times below. It is also foreseeable that events occur that prevent folks from being present, for this reason three absences are accepted. 

This cohort is an opportunity for individuals outside of the formal leaders’ group to engage in introductory leadership self-analysis. It is designed for Black and Brown folks wishing to explore opportunities for leadership and provides space for reflection, activities, and experiences. This is not a space to discuss strategy, methodology and/or analysis of any leadership practice.  The aim of this group is to fortify the foundation of one’s leadership practice to clarify personal gifts and gaps to leadership. No leadership experience is required for participation.

 Overall Series Objectives:

• Articulate your leadership journey and begin to construct a path for evolution and growth as a leader. 
• Identify the values you already or would like to embody as a leader.
• Define and articulate your relationship to and with power.
• Move with confidence in their decision-making capacity.
• Articulate your relationship with conflict and increase your ability to proactively engage in conflict.
• Engage with and learn from other Black and brown leaders internal and external to Home Forward.
• Construct a plan for ongoing connection, learning, growth, and development as a leader.

Target Audience: Black and brown staff with shorter tenure at Home Forward; someone who applied for a leadership position and did not get it; someone apprehensive of leadership and/or taking more responsibility; someone that shows leadership ability.

Your Facilitators: Kitty Miller, Chief Administrative Officer and Afrita Davis, Founder- Model Integrity LLC  

Format: Monthly in-person content sessions and monthly virtual application and reflection sessions.

Time Commitment:  2 hours per month participating in an in-person session and 1 hour per month participating in a virtual session. Additional time may be needed to reflect, read and complete assignments, approximately 2 hours a month.

Logistical Information: Because this is a full series with multiple sessions, TaOD will put these sessions on your calendar. Your registration confirmation will reflect the first day of the series only. You will receive a confirmation and calendar invitations from TaOD, this is a manual process and may not occur until a week after you register.

Schedule:

Your Facilitators

Kitty Miller, Chief Administrative Officer, LCSW and Professional Coach (she/her/hers)

I am recognized as an inspirational executive coach, thought-leader, collaborator, and facilitator especially skilled in building authentic relationships and trust with a wide variety of stakeholders and mobilizing those connections toward transformational change.

I began my Home Forward career in 2010 as the Talent and Organizational Development Program Manager. I then moved into operations as the Assist Director of Resident Services and then Director of Community Services, before becoming the Chief Administrative Officer in July of 2017.

During my time as the CAO, I have been a champion of organizational culture and transformation. As a big picture thinker, strategic connector, collaborator, and advocate I provide the vision and roadmap for growth and development of organizational talent, leadership, and strategic priorities. Examples include dismantling and re-imaging the HR function, including Talent and Organizational Learning, Black, brown, and non-black women’s leadership development, anti-racist learning for supervisors, managers and senior leaders and the co-creation of remote work with employees at all levels of the organization.

I can show you a better way to thrive through transition. My background and earned expertise provide you with the infrastructure and accountability you need for sustained growth and development.

Afrita Davis, Founder- Model Integrity LLC

Afrita Davis, MA, CPCC (she/her/hers) is a Personal Development and DEIB Practitioner Coach serving DEIB practitioners, supervisors, and educators. As a former program director with 10+ years of experience in the non-profit sector focusing on supporting youth in the public education system and foster care system, I aim to support those who have committed themselves to staff and youth. As a veteran of a foreign war with a Masters in Executive and Civic Leadership Development and a certified Co-Active Coach, I utilized multiple frameworks and a culturally relevant style to help others craft, clarify and follow their vision.