PASS THE MIC
Looking to make your next business event more diverse, inclusive, and welcoming? There’s no better place to start than with your speakers. We’ve hand-picked a few who may fly under the radar in the speaker circuit but raise the bar in making events more diverse — and way more interesting.
Paulette Brown
First African-American woman president of American Bar Association, senior partner and chief diversity and inclusion officer at Locke Lorde LLP
What is Ascent?
- Ascent is an initiative by PCMA-Convene to promote inclusion and diversity across the business events industry.
- Ascent seeks to empower those challenged by gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, or disabilities to find success in our industry.
- Ascent strives to motivate and to educate decision-makers on the business case and best practices for inclusive workplaces and events.
- We believe that greater inclusion across the industry will foster new voices to strengthen our leadership, our businesses, and our world.
- By working together toward inclusion and diversity within our workplaces and at the events we produce, we will enact meaningful social change.
Do you know someone who would make a great Ascent Luminary?
Please nominate them below. We’re counting on your input to help us build the most effective and engaging inclusion and diversity program possible.