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Undoing Racism®
First Monday Executive Collective Gathering
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Join Us on Zoom: Monday, October 5, 2026, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. ET
October Topic:
Where Do We Go From Here?
The Past, Present & Future of Anti-Oppressive Work
Join us for a candid community conversation exploring the past, present, and future of anti-oppressive work. This conversation will create space to reflect on where the racial equity work has been, where it stands today, and what is needed to move it forward.
A multiracial and multigenerational panel of leaders and practitioners representing a range of roles, experiences, and perspectives will come together to discuss the complexities of creating meaningful change in people, organizations, and communities. Panelists will reflect on lessons learned, progress made, persistent challenges, and how anti-oppressive work may need to evolve in response to our changing social and political landscape.
This will be a conversation, not simply a panel. Participants will have ample opportunity to share their own perspectives, ask questions, engage with panelists, and consider what the next chapter of this work can look like.
Presenters: Dr. Lisa Martin, Rev. David Billings, Margery Freeman
Jamaal Lawrence King, Gene E. Cash Jr., LCSW, LISW-S and Tenecia
Waddell-Pyle
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Undoing Racism® Executive Collective Gathering
ZOOM REGISTRATION
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If you have any problems with the Zoom link, please contact: mpgconsultingnyc@gmail.com
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Undoing Racism® First Monday Executive Collective Overview:
This collective is designed for individuals in senior leadership roles within their organizations, particularly executive directors and their senior leadership teams, who hold decision-making authority and are dedicated to strengthening their values-driven organizations. It is especially suited for those committed to enhancing leadership practices that foster a welcoming culture of collaboration, wellness, and accountability.
The First Monday Executive Collective provides a space to learn from guest speakers, explore valuable resources, and build community to connect, support, and inspire each other during this season of instability. Our community engages in authentic conversations about the challenges of leading and bridge-building in a fractured world. Participants develop strategies and solutions to maximize the potential of their teams and improve services for the utmost benefits for their clients. All are welcome.
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Dr. Lisa Martin is a licensed clinical psychologist, consultant, speaker, and executive coach with over 15 years of experience partnering with organizations to strengthen leadership, improve workplace culture, and support sustainable systems change. She has worked across healthcare, behavioral health, education, nonprofit, and corporate settings, providing consultation, facilitation, executive coaching, and training on topics including trauma-informed practice, DEI, organizational resilience, leadership development, conflict resolution, workforce well-being, and change management.
Throughout her career, Dr. Martin has served in executive leadership, directed large-scale training and organizational development initiatives, and maintained a private practice. Dr. Martin is known for her engaging facilitation style, collaborative approach, and ability to translate psychological principles into actionable solutions that create meaningful and lasting impact.
As a consultant with MPG Consulting, Dr. Lisa Martin partners with organizations to navigate complexity, strengthen leadership, and cultivate healthy workplace cultures.
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Rev. David Billings is a historian, educator, ordained minister, Fulbright Scholar, and longtime community organizer whose work has focused on race, history, community organizing, and institutional change. A respected voice in this work for decades, he is one of the original core trainers with The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond and has worked with organizers, communities, and organizations across the country.
Billings began his racial justice work while at the University of Mississippi in the mid 1960s and has since dedicated much of his life to organizing, teaching, writing, and supporting community and institutional change.
He is the author of Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life, winner of the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Current Events/Social Change category. Through his speaking, writing, and organizing, Billings brings historical context and decades of experience to conversations about race, community, leadership, and institutional change.
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Margery Freeman has been an organizer and trainer with The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond for over 40 years. The People's Institute is a national, multiracial, antiracist organization that provides "Undoing Racism/Community Organizing" training and organizing with diverse organizations and groups across the country and internationally. She also works with educators, human service practitioners, and other social justice activists to support their efforts to bring antiracist principles, analysis, and practices to their work.
Margery is a lifelong educator whose work spans early childhood, public school, and adult literacy education. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she worked with the National Council of Churches Child Advocacy Office and directed the Ecumenical Child Care Network, a national church related child care network.
In 1995, Margery joined the adult literacy community and served for 10 years as executive director of YMCA Educational Services, the adult and family literacy branch of the YMCA of Greater New Orleans. From 2004 to 2007, she served as Regional Services Coordinator for ProLiteracy, an international adult literacy organization. Margery serves on the board of the Alliance for a Multiracial Society that will host a virtual Convening on Oct 29.
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Jamaal Lawrence King is the Senior Manager of Special Initiatives for Partnerships for Parks, a joint program of NYC Parks and City Parks Foundation
Jamaal is a strategic planner, facilitator, and project management leader who helps nonprofit and government teams build inclusive, learning and productive organizations that empower marginalized communities.
After 15+ years of success in directing youth and community programs for New York City’s most vulnerable populations, Jamaal has spent the last 10 years as a capacity builder and employee culture change agent in both public and private workplaces.
Jamaal brings deep expertise in leadership coaching, operating systems design, and spearheading high-level initiatives that align people, processes and purpose.
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Gene E. Cash Jr., LCSW, LISW-S, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia and Ohio, and proud Alum of The Ohio State University, Gene has dedicated over 35 years to mental health, from acute care psychiatry and chemical dependency to residential community corrections and private practice. Passionate about supporting youth and families, Gene is raising the field’s integrity by training clinicians in Structural Family Therapy and deepening understanding of Racial Awareness and Cultural Sensitivity regarding Racially Based Trauma.
As Owner of Counseling Alliance of VA, LLC in Richmond and Charlottesville, Gene stands resolute in dismantling white supremacist culture and ideology and champions healing for all who have experienced racial suppression, repression, and oppression, while working toward lasting change in the field of social work, mental health and society.
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Tenecia Waddell-Pyle is a business, culture, and inclusion strategist, speaker, and facilitator whose work bridges people, systems, organizational transformation, and meaningful business and community impact. With more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning human services, public safety, crisis response, organizational culture, and community engagement, she is the Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at MyPath, a 100% employee-owned family of human services companies. Her perspective is shaped by a career that has taken her from corrections and policing to nonprofit and human services, including contributing to the development of Indiana’s 988 crisis-response infrastructure.
Tenecia serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Association of Children’s Residential & Community Services (ACRC) and chairs its Equity Committee. She is the founder of Hummingbird Interactive, through which she provides coaching, business and culture strategy, facilitation, and speaking services.
| | *Scroll down for NEW Resources, Community Partner Events and Accountability Hubs. | | RESOURCES FROM SEPTEMBER MEETING | | |
Accountability
October 22, 2026 | 1pm - 2:30pm ET
Deadline to register: October 16, 2026
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Facilitated by MPG Consultant, Johnell Lawrence
Learn more and register here.
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Trans 101: Creating Shared Foundations
October 29, 2026 | 1:30pm - 3pm ET
Deadline to register: October 23, 2026
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Facilitated by Dr. Eli Green
Learn more and register here.
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Invite you to our Sunday Dialogue Program
Holding Like a Father:
Rethinking the Clinical Imagination of Men and Children
Ezra Yurman-Whyde, LCSW
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00-3:30 pm EST, on Zoom
3 CE credit hours: Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Psychologists & Licensed Psychoanalysts holding licenses in New York State
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LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE
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Leadership, Power and Responsibility:
Exploring Authority in Uncertain Times
An Online Experiential Event
November 5-8, 2026
Learn more and register here.
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We encourage you to connect with ACCOUNTABILITY HUBS. All Hubs Are Free!
Our Virtual Accountability Hubs offer an additional place to grapple in meaningful ways with your anti-racist leadership, practice, and organizational culture.
See updates below.
All hubs are FREE.
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AANHPI Undoing Racism® Collective
The AANHPI Undoing Racism® Collective is an Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub for all AANHPI Leaders who are invested in nurturing their organizations to become more equitable, just, and anti-racist institutions. This group offers the opportunity to gather with other AANHPI peers to explore our AANHPI identities and discuss collectively and honestly the challenges leaders encounter and to build strategies and support for overcoming those challenges. We are a group of Asian Americans who meet via Zoom on the second Friday of every month at 11 am EST.
To learn more about the AANHPI Undoing Racism® Collective, email mpgconsultingnyc@gmail.com
BIPOC SHIP Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub
BIPOC SHIP is a Black, Indigenous, People of Color Accountability Hub that meets virtually every third Thursday at 2 pm EST to grapple with the challenges in their organizations. It is a brave space where anti-racist professionals and service providers Support, Heal, Inspire, and Plan to dismantle barriers to equity. Participants enjoy an opportunity to add to their knowledge, focus on solutions, be in community, and expand their network with other passionate professionals committed to anti-racism and anti-oppression.
This gathering is open to all BIPOC who seek connection and solutions on their
anti-racist journey.
To join us for our next meeting, email Lynn at: lynn@mpgconsultingnyc.com, Kayla at Kayla@mpgconsultingnyc.com and Claire at CjulianMPGC@gmail.com
LEADERSHIP AND MIDDLE MANAGERS Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub
The Leadership and Middle Managers Accountability Hub is a brave space
for Middle Managers, Directors and Leadership teams of all races and cultural
backgrounds who are passionate about dismantling structural racism within
their institutions. This is a gathering for leaders with substantial decision-making authority who are invested in helping their organizations in becoming more equitable and anti-racist environments where everyone feels that they belong and that they can succeed. Participants virtually meet with peers at 9:30 am EST on the second Tuesday of the month to grapple collectively and honestly with the challenges anti-racist leaders encounter in their organizations.
To learn more about The Leadership and Middle Managers Accountability Hub, email Shane at shane.king98@yahoo.com
MOCA (Men Of Color Assemble) Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub
MOCA (Men of Color Assemble) is an Undoing Racism® Executive Collective Accountability Hub and a place for all men of color (Black, Indigenous, AANHPI, Latino) to shed some of the masks that we are forced to wear daily and grapple with the challenges in our professional and personal lives. It's an opportunity to be part of a community, experience joy, share pains, get answers from the collective, and expand your network with other passionate professionals committed to anti-racism and anti-oppression. Come laugh, vent, and try your hand at 90s Hip-Hop trivia. Hell, we might even frolic. We meet virtually every FIRST Thursday of the month from 2-3:30 PM EST.
Email Christian Smith, LICSW at christians.mpgc@gmail.com if you are interested or have any questions.
REST Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub
REST - An Accountability Hub for Black people and people of the Diaspora centering Black joy and healing. A space to lay down our masks and armor and breathe in liberatory practices that will aid in our collective healing.This space is open to anyone that identifies themselves as Black. The space opens at 3:30PM ET and lasts until 5:00PM ET. Meetings will be held on the last Wednesday of the month unless notified.
Email Michelle Lawrence, she/her creator and co-anchor, Michelle.Lawrence@safehorizon.org and Levon Williams, he/him co-anchor Levon.Williams@RootedinEquity.com
WHITE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub
The Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub for White Executive Directors is a brave space for White Executive Directors to come together and grapple with what it means to be a white executive director doing ant-racist work. Meetings are on the first Thursday of the month at 12pm EST. Gather with your peers to discuss challenges, opportunities and the state of affairs. There are occasional guest speakers as well. Email Brigid with your questions: brigid.lang@gmail.com
WHITE LEADERS Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub
The White Leaders Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub is a brave space for White folks who are looking for a community to learn about and practice Undoing Racism® in our work and personal lives. In collaboration with the multiracial First Monday gatherings, we meet as a collective to:
- Help each other while we are at different places on our anti-racist journey.
- Learn and do the work together.
- Lean on other white people which takes the burden off people of color who shouldn’t always have to teach us, hold emotional space for us, or tell us what to do.
- Allow a space for more honesty; not “performing anti-racism,” but to work through problems.
- Our group emphasizes accountability as well as putting theory into practice.
Meetings are every second Thursday of the month from 3-4:30pm EST.
For more information, email Jenn at jenniferrosepatel@gmail.com or Hillary
at hkolos@gmail.com
WHITE MEN'S Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub
The White Men's Undoing Racism® Accountability Hub holds space where white men committed to undoing racism can support, inspire and plan together. There is an opportunity for white men to share their stories and ideas, get and give feedback on personal and professional challenges, and be in community with other white men in the antiracist movement. The group values the freedom to share vulnerably, reflection on how our race and gender have been socialized, compassionate mutual aid, and antiracist organizing. Meetings are every second Tuesday of the month from 2-3pm EST.
For more information, email Dr. Ben Kohl at benkohljr@gmail.com
Please click the link below for updated information:
Accountability Hubs Flip Book
Please reach out directly to the Hub anchors to RSVP and with any specific questions you may have. We welcome additional Hub ideas.
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Undoing Racism® First Monday Executive Collective Co-anchors:
Lisa Martin, Bonnie Cushing, Robin Schlenger,
Benjamin Kohl and Mary Pender Greene
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Dr. Lisa Martin is a licensed clinical psychologist, consultant, speaker, and executive coach with over 15 years of experience partnering with organizations to strengthen leadership, improve workplace culture, and support sustainable systems change. She has worked across healthcare, behavioral health, education, nonprofit, and corporate settings, providing consultation, facilitation, executive coaching, and training on topics including trauma-informed practice, DEI, organizational resilience, leadership development, conflict resolution, workforce well-being, and change management.
Throughout her career, Dr. Martin has served in executive leadership, directed large-scale training and organizational development initiatives, and maintained a private practice. Dr. Martin is known for her engaging facilitation style, collaborative approach, and ability to translate psychological principles into actionable solutions that create meaningful and lasting impact.
As a consultant with MPG Consulting, Dr. Lisa Martin partners with organizations to navigate complexity, strengthen leadership, and cultivate healthy workplace cultures.
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Bonnie Cushing, LCSW
Bonnie Cushing, LCSW (she/her), is a family therapist and an anti-racist organizer and educator. She is a trainer with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, the Center for the Study of White American Culture, the Soul Focused Group and the Center for Racial Justice in Education. Bonnie speaks widely on the impact of racism on the practice of social work, as well as its impact on white people and the specific role white people can play in the movement for racial justice.
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Robin Schlenger, LCSW
Robin Schlenger, LCSW (she/her) has many years of clinical and supervisory experience working in the nonprofit and public sectors. She is a practicing Anti-Racist Consultant, Coach, Organizer and Trainer, As a consultant, Robin specializes in facilitating presentations and trainings that are rooted in restorative and anti-racist principles. Robin is a current member of The People’s Institute of Survival and Beyond’s (PISAB) North East Leadership team and a member of The European Dissent (ED) leadership team, a group of people of European descent who “dissent” from the ideology of white supremacy. She speaks extensively on white privilege from an individual and organizational perspective and what it means to partner with people of color in antiracist work. She is also a regular contributor to the digital magazine, Three-Fifths and has co-written a chapter in Dr. Kenneth Hardy’s book The Enduring, Invisible and Ubiquitous Centrality of Whiteness.
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Benjamin Kohl, PhD, LCSW
Benjamin Kohl, PhD, LCSW (He/Him) is a social work clinician, educator and administrator whose career has focused on behavioral health services for children, youth and families in urban and rural settings. Ben is an antiracist organizer, trainer and consultant committed to the principles of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond. Dr. Kohl has published articles and chapters on cross-racial clinical best practice, race-based caucusing, and antiracist organizational development. Currently Ben is an executive coach for MPG Consulting and convenes a monthly accountability hub for white men. He provides leadership on several non-profit boards and maintains a small psychotherapy practice on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
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Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP
Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP is a career and executive coach, organizational consultant, keynote speaker, and psychotherapist with a distinguished private practice. Recognized as an industry icon and an architect of cultural change, she is celebrated for her wisdom, innovative strategies, and lasting contributions to leadership, professional development, and organizational well-being.
As President & CEO of MPG Consulting, Mary helps organizations design cultures that prioritize health, wellness, and resilience. She equips leaders across industries with strategies to address burnout and the hidden costs of high-pressure careers, guiding them toward recovery, balance, and sustainable success. The MPGC multiracial team of 90+ consultants specializes in providing innovative and customized team building, leadership, and professional development tools for leaders at every level of an organization.
Mary’s career includes senior leadership roles such as Assistant Executive Director and Chief of Social Work Services at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, and President of the National Association of Social Workers, NYC. She is the author of Creative Mentorship and Career-Building Strategies: How to Build Your Virtual Personal Board of Directors. Her extensive writings on leadership, team building, and organizational culture continue to shape healthier, more resilient workplaces that honor both professional excellence and personal well-being.
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Lynn Mercredi
Lynn Mercredi (She/Her) is the Director of Operations at 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 a co-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.
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Kayla M. Cordero
Kayla M. Cordero (she/her/ella) is the Executive Associate at MPG Consulting, bringing a wealth of experience in administrative and office management with a focus on serving multicultural communities. She plays a key role in coordinating the monthly Executive Undoing Racism Collective and is a co-anchor for the BIPOC SHIP accountability hub. A graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a BA in Forensic Psychology, Kayla is deeply committed to community empowerment and driving meaningful change through her work.
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Claire Julian
Claire Julian (she/her/hers & Afro-Caribbean) is the Programs and Talent Coordinator at MPG Consulting, working on diverse tasks, including Accountability Hub support. She is also a co-anchor of the BIPOC SHIP accountability hub. 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.
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