Please join NEW Atlanta and New England for a special joint event. Allyship is a verb you have commit to practicing, learning, and growing to continue to be an effective ally. Leverage your identity and privilege to create space for others and advocate change. It is your role as a leader, peer, manager, or coach to create psychological safety of those that you work with in order to be an effective ally, this starts with personal vulnerability and transparency.

In this session, attendees will learn:

-How to shift from developing a DE+I business case to developing a DE+I actionable roadmap where your organizational vision, goals, and tactics are all in alignment.
-How you can leverage data across your enterprise to identify potential organizational blind spots and DE+I opportunities that you can take action against.
-How to take DE+I beyond HR and develop a culture of ownership across all departments.

AWESOME is partnering with 2021 Host Partner McDonald’s to plan an extraordinary in-person event for women in senior leadership roles throughout the supply chain – with outstanding speakers, discussions, and time to socialize. AWESOME’s signature event – a Symposium that brings together women in diverse supply chain roles throughout the supply chain – has been held every year from 2013 through 2019.

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, AWESOME pivoted from the in-person Symposium to a line-up of Virtual Events. AWESOME virtual events will continue throughout 2021, reaching a broad audience with a variety of important topics.

The Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk rallies thousands every October for a fun-filled celebration at the beach, where families and friends gather to walk from Manhattan Beach Pier to Hermosa Beach Pier and back in support of our children. Since 2009, the event has raised more than $13 million to support the Friendship Foundation and public education.

The Friendship Foundation assists children with special needs and their families through one-on-one peer mentoring and social recreational activities such as summer camps, outings, sporting events and a variety of classes that include music, yoga, cooking, art and drama.

Through donations, public education foundations retain vital academic programs, maintain smaller classrooms, improve libraries and upgrade school technology. The Walk also funds the Skechers Foundation’s annual scholarship program, which will donate $100,000 to deserving students across the country in 2020.

Co-produced by the Skechers Foundation and the Friendship Foundation, the Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk is supported by presenting sponsor Nickelodeon, media sponsor NBC4 Southern California, dozens of dedicated corporations and passionate citizens throughout our community.