LGBT & Sports: The Coming Out Process
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a former NFL player and one of the few openly gay former professional athletes, Wade shares his own coming out process and the work he does as an LGBT consultant for the NFL and as Executive Director of the You Can Play Project, an organization with partnership with including the NHL, MLS, CFL and others.<\/p>\n

\nAt Risk vs. At Promise: Defining Inner City Youth
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

When working in marginalized communities, the words and the language that we use matters, and how we talk about the young people we are trying to impact can determine how we show up \u2013 as social justice advocates or as saviors. Do we see their promise? Do we see them as we look at ourselves in the mirror? While working with marginalized youth at the Hetrick-Martin Institute, teaching at the Harvey Milk High School, and creating the country\u2019s only inner city LGBT sports camp, Wade explains how to embody this idea of fictive kinship and see the promise in young people.<\/p>\n

\nMasculinity: An Imaginary Friend
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

How do you define masculinity? Wade defines masculinity as an imaginary friend, and if left unchecked, masculinity can be highly toxic. Through his teachings and training, he\u2019s learned we must do the work to unlearn the seductive nature of sexism and toxic masculinity, and move to create space for all without stigma and shame being attached. Wade talks about the work he\u2019s done to undo the constraints of perceived masculinity, and move forward in a positive way.<\/p>\n

\nIntentional Diversity & Inclusion
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have we emptied the true meaning of intersectionality by only changing the optics of organizations, without understanding the structural and institutional challenges that go unnoticed? Through practical and tangible examples, see how Wade can help your business evolve into a space where diversity and inclusion become part of your organizational DNA.<\/p>\n

\nSexism: How Ending Sexist Oppression Will Free Men
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Far too often we imagine that ending sexism impacts only women. Yet if we re-imagine the gender roles and expand our understanding of masculinity and femininity, men benefit from the expansion: how they can show up in the world without the pressures of performing toxic forms of hyper masculinity. Wade explores his own dialog with feminism, tools to be pro-active about ending the sexist dialog, and leads conversation around the topic.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n