Education
Diversity and Inclusion
You want your employees and co-workers to be included, but you are unsure how to start the conversation. That's where we come in! Our Founder, Matthew French's presentation and facilitation style has been refined over 10 years. His experiences in fostering inclusive conversations in college classrooms, boardrooms and virtual rooms makes his style one of kind. Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessible centered conversations can be difficult "heavy" topics. With Matthew helping to lead the conversation, he turns the experience into an engaging conversation with interweaved education, queer theory, history, work place ally ship and light hearted humor. This approach allows for more open dialogue, questions and understanding. While many topics focus on LGBTQ+ identities, the intersectionality of many identities are integrated to offer a larger picture of diversity and inclusion.
Why it matters
by the Numbers
46%
...of LGBTQ+ Professionals are closeted at work (HRC Foundation)
53%
....of LGBTQ+ Professionals report hearing jokes about LGBTQ+ people (HRC Foundation)
19.3%
....is the unemployement rate of people with disabilities (U.S. Department of Labor)
26%
...of workplace discrimination claims come from Black Professionals (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC))
Workshops and Trainings
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Awesome Clients
Tommy H. (He.Him)
Discovery Education
"Matthew conducted a very educational and emotional training on LGBTQ+ 101 that every employee that attended, within are organization loved! Highly recommend him to present to any organization to help create a safe and inclusive environment within the organization for all employees!"
Marian S. (She/Her)
Teikametrics, Inc.
"Matthew provided an incredibly valuable workshop for us! His expertise and engaging facilitation style was really well received by our team and we know the ongoing support and partnership from Awesomely Authentic will continue to help support employees, teams and our growing culture of inclusivity. Thank you to Matthew and the team for all you do!"
John P. (He/Him)
Expel
"Our crew at Expel loved Matthews presentation on LGBTQ history and allyship. We can't wait to work with him again."