As professionals, we engage on a daily basis with donors, board members, colleagues, and volunteers from various backgrounds. Sometimes, without meaning to, we judge people. These judgments affect our interactions and our day-to-day work. Join Birgit Burton as she shares information and observations gathered through research and her experiences. She will help us on our journeys to recognizing our own unconscious biases as we interact with the world around us. This opportunity for self-reflection can be helpful as we each strive to become more effective professionals and, ultimately, more open and sensitive human beings.
Birgit Smith Burton has served on the global board of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) for nearly a decade and has the distinction of being the first African American woman in AFP's 62-year history to be voted chair of the AFP Global Board. Birgit received the Opportunity and Inclusion Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education which recognized her leadership in fostering inclusion and diversity within the fundraising profession. In 2020 the R.I.S.E. Fund was established in Birgit's honor with a mission to advance women of color in fundraising by providing Resources, Inspiration, Support, and Education.REGISTER NOW