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In this powerful cross-sector dialogue, publisher Lisa Lucas and public health equity strategist Dr. Gabriela Alcalde examine what it means to lead as women of color in spaces shaped by whiteness. From literature to healthcare, they unpack the personal and professional tolls of challenging dominant culture and how institutions must evolve to support equity beyond optics. A rare conversation at the intersection of visibility, power, and justice.
Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM), approximately 90 minutes including Q&A.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Born in Lima, Peru,
Dr. Alcalde
is a creative, anti-supremacist leader with experience in the philanthropic, academic, governmental, nonprofit, and grassroots sectors. She writes and speaks locally, nationally, and internationally about shifting the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors, culture change, racial justice, and leadership of women of color. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Louisville, a master’s in public health from Boston University, and a doctorate in global public health from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. What Your Comfort Costs Us is her first book.
Lisa Lucas was most recently the senior vice president & publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books at Penguin Random House. Previously, Lucas was the executive director of the National Book Foundation, the publisher of Guernica Magazine, director of education at the Tribeca Film Institute, and on the development team at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.She was
recently featured
in the New York Times.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Presented by Mechanics' Hall,
Beyond Comfort: Conversations to Transform Culture
is a three-part speaker series that brings together nationally recognized authors and changemakers who challenge the status quo and invite us into deeper reflection, courageous leadership, and transformative justice.
