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<v ->I was a principal and Bay was a summer intern,</v>

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and he comes into my office and he says,

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"I want to talk about all these things, like how I make

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"my slides and my analysis." And then he said,

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"I also want to talk to you about racism."

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And I said, "Oh, that's interesting."

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And Bay proceeded to open up

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a conversation with me that

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was analytical and thoughtful and

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personal about his life

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and his thoughts and what he's committed to.

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And it struck me as different for

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a white person to raise the topic and to

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have such fluidity and clarity and

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confidence in that conversation.

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<v ->Ellen was one of the people that</v>

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when I sort of said, "Hey, would you be

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"up for talking about this?"

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She said, "Yes."

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And then over the years,

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I kept picking up the phone, checking in,

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"How are you doing?"

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"Can we keep talking?"

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And she just kept saying "Yes."

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And so it would just go, year after year.

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And she would introduce me to

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other people, and we would stay connected.

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And then when that

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opportunity to work came up,

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I was the one that said yes, because it was a no-brainer.

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So it's been a great journey, great coming together.

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And there's no doubt BCG was a huge part of it.

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What we do at the Groundwater Institute is something that I

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have wanted to do for a long time professionally.

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And that is,

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what I call leveraging or harnessing the power of business,

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and the wisdom and the staying power of social movements,

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racial justice movements in particular,

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and bringing those things together so that we could really

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move the ball forward in the country and in the world in

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terms of moving towards racial equity.

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<v ->What I think distinguishes us in this work</v>

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is that we bring a framing and a lens

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for structural racism that helps

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leaders develop a more sophisticated

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analysis to respond to a problem that has a depth and a

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complexity to it that I think is easy for us to ignore.

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<v ->Our work is based on the idea that</v>

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diagnosis determines treatment.

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And so we do spend time talking with people about what

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causes racial inequity, what causes gender inequity,

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what causes any kind of inequity that's not desired,

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because our view is if we're not aligned

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about what the underlying causes are,

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then even people who agree that inequity is a problem can

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end up working across purposes.

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<v ->We have had the tremendous opportunity to work with BCG</v>

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recently on building leadership

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and DEI racial equity work amongst BCG's senior leadership.

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And we continue to be inspired by the caliber of leadership,

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by the brainpower in BCG, and by the commitment of the folks

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that we've worked with. And it gives me hope in this work.

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<v ->I'm donating my prize to</v>

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the Indigenous Resurgence Institute: Honor the Old Ways.

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The organization is just coming together,

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but building on a history of work

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that's going to include working with indigenous ceremonial

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elders and doing work that is important to them.

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But key projects are going to include

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the work of international repatriation,

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which is actually repatriating remains and sacred objects

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of people, things,

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and human remains that were literally stolen and

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exported all over the globe.

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And the work of international repatriation

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is actually about repatriating those things home.

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<v ->I'm donating my gift to</v>

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the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative.

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The Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative

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is a group of committed community people,

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academic leaders,

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and medical professionals who have worked together for

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decades to study how racism operates in the health system

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and to work to eliminate disparities in outcomes

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in cancer care rates and in outcomes for

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breast and lung cancer in Greensboro, North Carolina.