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Patrice Funderburg is the founder of Educate to Engage, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in leading transformative change through education, exposure and engagement.\\xa0The firm offers strategic planning, organizational development, training and facilitation around diversity, equity and inclusion.\\xa0 Previously, Patrice had a 20-year career in corporate human resource operations, vendor diversity, corporate philanthropy and corporate recruiting, including for Belk, Inc. and Lowe\'s Companies. She is a member of the Leading on Opportunity council addressing economic mobility, the Center for Community Transitions and the Women\'s Impact Fund.\\xa0 Patrice attended North Carolina Central University before earning a bachelor\'s degree in Human Resource Management from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a master\'s degree in Organizational Communication and Development from Canisius College in Buffalo.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0

This episode is perfect for anyone interested in transitioning from corporate work to social activism, race consciousness, and a journey of self-care and liberation.\\xa0

IN THIS EPISODE

• Patrice describes her\\xa0transition to social activism.
• She explains why issues of\\xa0incarceration and social justice\\xa0are personal to her.
• She shares\\xa0the moment that catapulted her into social action\\xa0and the launch of her consultancy.
• She describes a\\xa0petition and campaign that she is leading against a popular institution.
• Patrice explains\\xa0what activism means\\xa0to her.
• She answers how\\xa0the transition from corporate life\\xa0into activism has been for her.
• She talks about\\xa0the importance of race consciousness\\xa0in the struggle for equity and justice, and the connection between race consciousness and the world she wants.
• She considers her role on the\\xa0Leading on Opportunity\\xa0council.
• Patrice reflects on\\xa0growing up in Buffalo\\xa0and the conversation she heard around the dinner table.
• She talks about how private school shaped her and\\xa0what she realizes now\\xa0about her time then.
• Patrice reacts to\\xa0the word privilege.
• She shares\\xa0who she wanted to be\\xa0when she was young.
• She recalls her days at\\xa0North Carolina Central University.
• She explains\\xa0what she enjoyed\\xa0about diversity and inclusion work in human resources.
• Patrice answers\\xa0what self care means to her\\xa0and where she is on her journey.

Mark Peres adds a personal word that begins this way, "I am so moved by Patrice.\\xa0 Moved by the honesty of her feelings, by her strength and vulnerability..."

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