Ally Action Plan

As an ally, the questions of when and how to take action can be tremendously challenging. The abundance and scale of inequities can feel overwhelming. And the fear of making mistakes can be paralyzing.

No matter where you are on your allyship journey, this workshop will help you create a personal action plan based on your strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities. It will help you become a more proactive, dependable, and effective ally.

The Ally Action Plan workshop offers a step beyond typical DEI trainings that are designed to encourage conversations. Using a unique combination of Human-Centered Design techniques and a research-backed DEI framework, this workshop will help you develop an allyship action plan tailored to your unique needs and circumstances.

Participants will:

• Identify and map their personal sources of power and privilege

• Learn a framework for assessing and improving allyship skills

• Assess their strengths and weaknesses as allies

• Develop and discuss ideas for building their allyship effectiveness

• Set personal allyship goals

• Create a personal allyship action plan

If you want to move beyond conversations about issues of equity, diversity, and social justice, and into effective action, this workshop is for you.

Ghadeer M. Garcia is a longtime advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. The former Executive Director of The BrandLab in Kansas City, she worked to change the face and voice of the marketing and advertising industry. Ghadeer, or Gigi as she’s affectionately referred to by her loved ones, believes in deliberate and purposeful action to create necessary change which is why she is so passionate about her work. Ghadeer’s strengths lie in making connections across communities and networks to create solutions. Not only is she a serious networker, she’s also a fun-loving theme party thrower and mom to 16 year old Joshua and 14 year old Gabriella.

Mark Logan is the founder of idealect, a social innovation consultancy. Idealect uses Equity-Centered Design to help organizations tackle systemic challenges and inequities. A seasoned entrepreneur, Mark has enjoyed a 30-year career in technology, communications, and innovation. He is active in several community organizations. He graduated from Duke University and has earned certifications in data science from UC Berkeley and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the University of Wisconsin. His kids are grown and mostly self-reliant, so he now spoils his two rescue dogs with treats and affection instead, affection they return with abundance and slobber.

Host or Publisher idealect