Description

How does a Black female CEO create the learning environment for Black children to thrive? Anne Williams-Isom, the past CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, talks about how she showed up and carried out HCZ’s mission to break the cycle of generational poverty in Central Harlem. We explore Anne’s role as CEO of an organization tasked with educating young people of color and how she, as a professional woman, raises her Black daughters to show up and break concrete.

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Topics Covered: 

• How Anne carried out HCZ’s mission to break cycles of generational poverty
• How Anne helped Black girls break concrete as a Black female educator
• How Anne equipped her staff with the cultural competence to work with Black girls
• The value of representation as a Black female CEO
• Anne’s leadership as a Black woman CEO
• Showing up authentically in the workplace
• Dealing with racism and sexism when leading a mission-driven organization
• How Anne talks with her children about race and their difference
• Anne’s next chapter following HCZ

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