Become a Member of the Corporate Coalition
As a corporate member, you can help disrupt the status quo and create undeniable impact for people of color. ToR provides the opportunity for corporations to take seriously their responsibility in the existing state of play on race in America. This initiative unites the vast experiences and resources of corporate diversity and inclusion leaders and others invested in this space. By coming together, we can agree on how to declare and proclaim the role of Corporate America in the space of racial equality, and then begin to demonstrate practical examples of how Corporate America is addressing the barriers.
ToR aims to make a difference in six primary disruptor domains: Access to Accurate Media Portrayals, Access to Wealth, Access to Education, Access to Employment, Access to Health Care, and Access to Social Justice. Each Disruptor Domain will serve as the foundation to a Big Idea Initiative, led and resourced by a coalition of corporate leaders. The goal of the ToR Team is to bring together non-compete corporate partners that can create the national scale and reach to change the socioeconomic environment and life experiences for people of color.
What Our Members Say
Expectations of Becoming a Member of the Coalition
The Coalition is a working group of corporate executives where members share best practices and develop Big Ideas that scale to advance the mission of Take On Race.
Our Collective Voice
The opportunity to declare and proclaim Corporate America's collective role in the space of racial equality.
Strength of Leadership
Direct access and networking during monthly coalition team meetings to share knowledge, experiences, and collective resources around developing, implementing, and scaling Big Idea initiatives across the six disruptor domains.
Voice and Reach Amplified
A forum to engage and expand one's personal and corporate peer network amongst like minded leaders, committed towards the mission and business model advantages to racial equality across the workforce and consumer base.
Requirements of Coalition Membership
As Take on Race expands, the goal is to have national Big Idea initiatives emerge across all disruptor domains. Each Big Idea initiative will be led by a group of thought leading cross corporate teams, inviting participation and sponsorship from other companies via financial support and/or invested capabilities and resources. Objectively, individual members should have positional authority to directly engage with high-level/c-suite management to empower swift decision making and formal participation.
Stand Up and Be Noticed
Public Commitments
- Have your corporate logo/name added to the growing list of Coalition Partners on the website and relevant content.
- Alignment for corporate ER to publicly speak to your companies involvement/support
Commitment of Resources
- Internal path finder to identify and unlock resources, e.g. dollars and/or human capacity within your company/organization.
- Facilitate the process of accessing internal resources within your organization.
- Active participation in monthly Coalition Team Meetings/Conference Calls
- Working directly on at least one Big Idea Initiative (i.e. One Million Connected Devices)
- Active participation in magnifying the communication messages of the coalition within your company/organization and across relevant professional social media channels.
Current Big Idea Initiatives
Access to Education
Take on Race Coalition Companies
Dell Technologies
Walmart
- Candice Jones
- Kevin Frazier
Intel
Microsoft
AT&T
- Corey Anthony
NFL
Entergy
Alignment Strategies
BMO Harris Bank
PNC
- Richard Bynum
PWC
- Shannon Schuyler
- Kimberlee Washington Barr
JP Morgan Chase
- Sekou Kaalund
Harlem Children's Zone
Strive Together
PolicyLink
The New York Times
- Courtney Davis
- Kevin Frazier
Spotify
- Isa Notermans
Bank of America
- Camille John
United Way Worldwide
- Marveen Hart
Raytheon Technologies
- Andre Powell
Eskenazi Health
- Gloria King
Dow Jones
- Keysha McNeil
- Bria Hardin-Boyer
Zendesk
- I. Johnson
Ernst & Young
- Jackie Lillie
Manpower Group
- Chris Rowland
MetLife
- Cindy Pace
- Deborah Hyman
Edward Jones
- Samantha Muncy
Asurion
- Yanika Smith-Bartley
Associated Bank
- LaDonna Reed
Eli Lilly
- Charlotte Hawthorne
- Karen Merk Otolski
- Joy Fitgerald
- Karen Merk Otolski
Ally
- Reggie Willis
Merck
- Celeste Warren
E.W. Scripps Company
- Larissa England
Procter & Gamble
- Maurice Coffey
- Martha Burke
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Rick Wade
Inroads
- Forest Harper
Executive Leadership Council
- Crystal Ashby
PMM Agency
- Kimberly Blackwell
Interested in more information about becoming part of the Coalition?