We create spaces for DEI practitioners and leaders to hone skills, share practices, and care for the self and others.
About Us
Dr. Robin L. Owens is an Associate Professor of Religion at Mount Saint Mary’s University. Dr. Owens teaches, mentors, and coaches high-achieving leaders to help them to discover and express their leadership purpose. She is the host of the popular podcast “Leadership Purpose with Dr. Robin.” Dr. Owens is the author of two forthcoming books—Purpose-Based Decisions: An Inspirational Guide to More Meaning, Purpose, and Passion in Your Leadership, Business or Career (Balboa Press, 2022) and “My Faith in the Constitution is Whole:” Barbara Jordan Signifies on Scriptures (Georgetown University Press, 2022).
Kimberly Nao is an Associate Professor of Education at Mount Saint Mary's University and the founder of Nao & Associates, a DEI and Antiracism consulting firm. She is a faculty fellow at MSMU's Center for the Advancement of Women and a MSMU Diversity Fellow. As consultant, she works extensively on DEI issues with a particular emphasis on the intersection of race and gender and helps organizations engage in antiracist structural change. She coaches executive leaders and has trained K-12 teachers, police officers, faculty and staff in higher education, health care organizations. As a certified yoga and mindfulness facilitator, Kimberly believes that self-awareness and compassion for others leads to social transformation.
Happenings
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The Connection Lounges
The Connection Lounges are facilitated conversations with experts in the field. Listen and share in a community of DEI stakeholders, and practitioners.
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The Connection Podcast
Can't make it to the Lounge? Listen to each Connection Lounge conversation and expert interview on your own time.
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The Connection Workshops
The Connection Workshops are interactive and engaging spaces to share practices, dialogue about DEI concepts and practice, and hone implementation skills.
Join us on a journey of community, conscious action, and care.
The DEI Connection experiences provide space to:
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dialogue about lessons learned, challenges, and successes
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share effective skills and practices
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hear from DEI experts about sustaining the work and the self