VIRTUAL | DEIB Series with Dr. Rebecca Baumgartner | It Begins With Us Part 2: To Be or Not to Be - Authenticity in Practice

As far back as she can remember, Kharissa Forte has always had a love for writing and self-care. Her experience as a health writer dates back to 2009 when she wrote health articles for UMKC’s student newspaper, which is where she earned her journalism and mass communications degree in 2013. Six years later, Kharissa received a holistic health coaching certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Since then, her work has been featured in Mantra Wellness Magazine. She also writes a self-care column for Startland News called Holistic Hustle and is a Health News Writer for Health Digest.

In addition to writing, Kharissa is the co-founder of a health and wellness e-commerce brand called Grace & Grind. Several outlets including the Kansas City Business Journal and Startup Hustle Podcast have interviewed Kharissa to share her insight with their audience. Kharissa believes that true self-care isn’t just something you do, it’s part of who you are. Her mission is to empower people to make self-care a seamless, natural rhythm of their everyday lives sans any guilt, pressure, or resistance.

Learn more about Kharissa and the work she does at kforte.co.

 

Dr. Rebecca Baumgartner is the Vice President of Human Resources for the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. As a champion for personal and professional wellbeing, Rebecca brings her extensive background in human resources, organizational development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion to help others strengthen their personal awareness and build new skills to more powerfully navigate their journey. She draws from skill sets such as emotional intelligence, positive psychology, resilience, and courageous leadership to support others in their goals to become more inclusive and more impactful leaders to themselves and others.


 

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Series with Dr. Rebecca Baumgartner: It Begins with Us

When we feel "belongingness," we experience not only connection and acceptance, but we feel that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. This series is will explore concepts of belonging and othering, focusing on how we can foster more diverse and inclusive spaces for ourselves, our workplaces, and our communities.

Beginning March 11th, Dr. Rebecca Baumgartner presents a monthly series on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), alternating fireside chats with interactive workshops.

By the end of this series you will have: 

• Started the internal work of belonging and self-acceptance

• Learned and implemented inclusive leadership skills at home and at work

• Identified the impacts of socialization on stereotypes and bias and ways to mitigate these

For more information and to register for each session, click on the following dates or visit the series webpage.
 

• March 11 | Part 1: You Are Enough - Dealing with Imposter Syndrome with special guest, Rebeka Garcia Cook
• April 8 | Part 2: To Be or Not to Be - Authenticity in Practice ​​

Save the following dates for future parts of this series! More information coming soon.

• May 13
• June 10
• July 8
• August 12
• September 9
• October 14
• November 11