Monique Salhab is a Post-911 veteran who became a community organiser upon returning from war. She served as the Interim Co-director of the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice and previously as the Interim Community and Membership Director for the local cooperative. She also is a Lifetime Member of Veterans *For Peace (VFP) and served on the National Board of Directors from 2015-2018. Monique is co-founder of RACED – a social justice equity team - actively engaging individuals and organisations to deconstruct white supremacist behaviours/culture and patriarchal constructs.
Kendra Toth engages clients interested in exploring the impact of racial identity and how systems of oppression and privilege impact their lives--both personally and professionally--through a personalized, problem solving approach. She has over 10 years of experience in classroom teaching and school leadership and holds certification in Mindful Facilitation: Theory and Practice from Stirfry Seminars. Kendra has strong skills around collaborative problem solving, innovative program design and implementation
♦ Creating a Safe & Inclusive Space for POC Identified FundraisersPresenter: Annie Sanchez 
Annie Sanchez is a productivity-obsessed goal strategist and clarity coach on a mission to decrease overwhelm in the lives of women and people of color.
She has a diverse professional background in nonprofit management, hospitality, event production, project and volunteer management. She is also a certified fundraiser, virtual coach and small business adviser.
Annie founded
Mariposa Strategies in 2018, a strategic planning and coaching firm that helps people take big ideas to the next level. She is also the creator of
Clarity Pages.
♦ Disability Inclusion & Accessibility in Fundraising & Volunteer ProgramsPresenter: Jessie Calero
Nineteen percent of Americans currently have a disability, and even those who don't currently identify as disabled may develop a disabling condition at any point in their lives.
Topics of discussion will include accessibility in direct services, volunteer programs and fundraising, as well as best practices for organizations that wish to identify and remove barriers to disabled community members.
Jessie Calero is a young nonprofit professional who has ten years experience working with individuals with disabilities; seven of which are in the nonprofit sector. Now serving as Development Director at Mandy's Farm and as a disabled individual herself, Jessie actively works in the community to improve programming, accessibility and resources for individuals with disabilities.
♦ Creating Culturally Inclusive Communications Strategies & Messaging
Presenter: Brandale Mills Cox
Historically, organization’s outreach and communications plans have neglected to incorporate members outside of the dominant culture, oftentimes leaving communities of color without any sense of personal connection with many of the organizations within their communities. In this session, participants will learn how to implement culturally responsive communications strategies and audience engagement to include diverse perspectives and experiences.
We will discuss strategies that illustrate a sincere understanding of various perspectives, experiences and ideologies and ways to connect that with your organization’s vision and mission and potential audience members. Whether it be proposal verbiage, newsletter content or website images, this training will help ensure all discourse used - visual, written or spoken - is culturally sensitive and inclusive.
Dr. Brandale Mills Cox is a Communications Faculty member at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) in Albuquerque, NM where she teaches Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communications and Gender and Communications. She is also Founder and Principal of Inclusive Market Research Group, a full-service research firm that specializes in inclusive and culturally sensitive market research, helping brands create communications strategies. Additionally, Dr. Mills Cox is the Marketing & Communications Manager at the Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNPE) and she serves as the Media Specialist for the state of New Mexico on behalf of the U.S. Census Bureau.
♦ LGBTQ+ Workplace Safe ZoneP
Presenters: Adrian Carver, Executive Director of Equality New Mexico, & Gabrielle D. Baca, Program Coordinator at Equality New Mexico
The LGBTQ+ Workplace Safe Zone training will demonstrate to employees and employers how they can be more inclusive to gender and sexual diverse communities in their workplace by engaging in a conversation about LGBTQ+ identities and issues.
