Differences are normal. But how do we overcome division?

We're living in a polarizing time where debates over politics and policies related to hot-button topics such as DEI initiatives, banned books, gender identity and sexuality, women's reproductive health, gun laws, and transgender rights stay at the top of our news coverage. 

But what if it didn't have to be so polarizing? What if we could change the narrative to provide a deeper understanding and help bring us back together? 

Need someone to help make your team more resilient and connected?

Paula Stone Williams can help. Here’s how:

 

  • As a pastoral counselor and national speaker on gender equity, with over nine million TED Talk views and a best-selling memoir about her transgender experience, Paula Stone Williams is the perfect person to help your company, conference, university, or agency understand why tough topics, like transgender issues, have become such a tipping point in American culture. Paula will increase your understanding, answer your questions, and help you navigate the dangerous cultural waters of sex and gender politics.

  • This talk focuses on the obstacles and opportunities to achieving true gender equity. How can men be more attuned to the work environment of women, and make the workplace more equitable? How can women work collaboratively to achieve their goals? Throughout this session, Paula uses humorous stories, personal anecdotes, and empirical information to motivate and empower men and women to bring about change.

  • Based on her TED talk (over 4.5 million views), Dr. Paula Stone Williams speaks about her experience living as a male and as a female. Are men privileged in ways they do not understand? Do women have to work harder to be seen as leaders? Do men empower each other more than women empower each other? With humor and the insight from her experience, Paula answers these questions and more, using both empirical data and her experience in both genders to explore the difference between equality and equity. Attendees will hear Paula's narrative of her journey, as well as be invited to examine their own lives for subtle and not so subtle ways in which we take in the messages of our culture and live them out in every area of our lives.

 

Paula’s viral TEDtalk, with over 4.6 million views, helped supercharge tough, yet necessary conversations about today’s ever-changing workplace. And it’s difficult for even the best of leaders to keep up.

Paula is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy and human understanding with the experience and expertise it takes to bridge the gaps between us. She is a pastor, after all.

Paula is a model of resilience and compassion, helping audiences around the world connect on a more personal level. Paula's unique perspective humbly and effectively advocates for a better appreciation of the differences among us, showing how they may empower us, and narrow the divide in our society. As a leader connected to events and educational programming, are you ready to be part of the change?

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IDEAL FOR:

  • Inspirational and motivational programming

  • Pride Month

  • LGBTQ+ and women-centered programming

  • ERGs

  • Marketing and strategy groups dealing with difficult messaging in the public discourse

  • Leadership training and development focused on building more equitable and allied spaces.