Undoing Racism® Executive Collective Meeting | FIRST MONDAY- ZOOM GATHERING
This group is designed for people in senior leadership in their organizations, particularly executive directors and their senior leadership teams, who have substantial decision-making authority and are invested in nurturing the organizations they lead to become more equitable, just, and anti-racist institutions.
The First Monday Executive Meeting offers the opportunity to learn from speakers, obtain resources, and to gather with peers to grapple collectively and honestly with the challenges leaders encounter, as well as build strategies and support for overcoming those challenges in their personal and organizational anti-racist journey. Others are also welcome.
First Monday of each month from
EST after 11am
(No Cost)
Our work is guided by the principles of The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, who are recognized internationally for their Undoing Racism™ Workshop and Community Organizing Workshop.
We strongly encourage all participants to attend the Undoing Racism workshop. You can register for the workshop here.
If you would like to be added to our Executive Collective Meeting email list, please contact: [email protected]
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First Monday Co-anchor Leadership Team
Support Team
Lyrica Fils-Aime (she/her) is a racial justice strategist and identifies as a cis-hetero, Black, Haitian, non-disabled, mixed woman with significant class privilege. Lyrica is a therapist and non-profit leader turned writer who has authored a childhood Racial Justice Curriculum for Sesame Street, Where We Go Wrong in Equity Work for NYU’s VUE journal, Ancestral Trauma, Wisdom & Resilience for Psychotherapy.net and writes The Gift of [Anti-Racist] Therapy for Psychology Today. She wrote a chapter in Supervision Can Be Playful titled Multicultural Supervision: Building Culturally Responsive Play Therapists. Lyrica has also published a Haitian children’s book titled T se pou TapTap to help the Haitian children in her life access the Kreyòl language. Lyrica believes affinity groups are a powerful tool in anti-racist work. She began the Leadership and Middle Managers group in 2015 and provides mentorship and guidance to the Accountability Hub leaders.
Lynn Mercredi (She/Her) is the Executive Assistant to the President & CEO of MPGC, Mary Pender Greene. With 15+ years of experience as an administrator, Lynn manages MPGC’s coaches, trainers, consultants, and clients with compassion and connection. She ensures the efficient handling of client inquiries, trainings, and consultations. Lynn provides logistical support for the monthly Executive Undoing Racism Collective and is the anchor for the BIPOC SHIP (Support Healing Inspiration Planning) hub, a virtual accountability hub for all BIPOC. She earned her BA in English from SUNY Albany.
Kayla Cordero (She/Her/Ella) is the Project Coordinator at MPG Consulting. She has 13+ administrative and office management experience working with diverse populations. Kayla provides planning and logistical support for the monthly Executive Undoing Racism Collective. She earned her BA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Claire Julian (she/her/hers & Afro-Caribbean) is the Learning and Branding Coordinator at MPG Consulting, working on diverse tasks, including Accountability Hub support. Her professional background includes extensive corporate and vendor-side Human Resources, Recruiting, and project management at global, publicly traded organizations and small entrepreneurial environments. Claire is enthusiastic about using her diverse skill set to advocate for antiracism and equity. She is also a mother, writer, yoga teacher, traveler, and music lover.