
Radical diversity inclusion strategies upending higher education pedagogy
KEVIN FRANCO
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Strategist
SIGNATURE TRAININGS
The presenter was full of energy and engaging. The presentation was thought provoking and informative!
--NSPA Conference Participant, 10/18
Strategic Healing: Understanding your Social Justice Journey
This training engages participants to learn more about social justice as it relates to their lived realities and provokes participants to critically think about their own relationship with social justice moving forward.
Anchor Story: Building your Social Justice Narrative
The personal is political and for this reason, the process of one's social justice journey is tied to one's multiple stories. This training assists participants to begin to develop their anchor story (re: social justice narrative) in order to use as a tool to rejuvenate and serve as one's guiding during the fight for social justice.
Looking Inward: Implicit Bias & Micro-Aggressions
Through our interpersonal interactions, we can still cause harm to others unintentionally. In this training, participants will look inward to explore their own biases and how their circle of influence could contribute to their biases. A toolkit is provided to participants to help them work towards consistently changing their biases.
Practicing Purposeful Allyship
Being an ally is to be action-oriented. This training focuses on a social justice approach- awareness, navigation, commitment- towards purposeful allyship, teaching participants to be conscious in creating an action-oriented allyship pathway to support their peers and loved ones.
*Tailored Trainings/Workshops Upon Request*

PRESENTATIONS & TRAININGS
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"Addressing Biases & Barriers to College Success: Purposeful Mitigation Strategies & Programming Solutions," training for the National Scholarship Providers Association Regional Meeting, May 2019
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"Breaking Glass Ceilings & Eliminating Sticky Floors: Gender Equity in the Workplace," staff training at CollegeSpring, March 2019
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"The Gender Galaxy," staff training at CollegeSpring, November 2018
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"College Access and Success through Culturally Responsive Scholarship Programs," presentation at the National Scholarship Provider Association Conference, October 2018
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"Measuring Inclusion Towards Creating an Intersectional Movement,” presentation at NYU SSLD’s Leadership Summit, “Intersectional Activism,” April 2018
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“Creating Institutional Change through Thoughtful Assessment & Meaningful Evaluation,” training at Fordham University’s Staff Divisional Conference April 2018
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“Creating Institutional Change through Thoughtful Assessment & Meaningful Evaluation,” presentation at NYU’s Student Affairs Conference February 2018
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“The Coming Out Continuum & Creating Change,” training at Juilliard’s Diversity Symposium November 2017
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“The Gender Continuum,” training for Julliard School Residential Staff Training January 2017