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WHAT IS AllySHIFT™
AllySHIFT™ is a faith based social leadership model.
AllySHIFT™ is a powerful framework for individuals and organizations to build and reinforce inclusive, collaborative and SUSTAINABLE cultures of inclusion.
AllySHIFT™ is a format that shifts challenging conversations and situations into opportunities for discussions, team building, and problem solving for implicit bias mitigation and self-awareness.
AllySHIFT™ is a process for developing immediate plans and long term goals for focus and empowerment of people, places and things that have been marginalized and "valued less".
AllySHIFT™ is a tool that makes equity matter more. Including, "PULSE CHECKS", confidence building for inclusive leadership, ally sustainability and accountability.
AllySHIFT™ is a model for engaged allyship that meets people where they are while supporting their advancement to be bigger, better and bolder allies for others as well as themselves.
THE AllySHIFT™ MODEL
A transformative framework for the advancement of freedom.
THE AllySHIFT™ VISION
AllySHIFT™ is the superpower for those who pursue, promote, and provide for life, liberty, & sustained equity for all.
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THE FOUNDER & CEO
Wendy Lewis is the creator of AllySHIFT™, a progressive and seismic platform for
advocacy and sustainable equity. Additionally, she is the Executive Producer of the
award-winning documentary, “Beyond Their Years, The Incredible Legacies of Herb
Carnegie and Buck O’Neil.” Wendy is known for shifting the transactional to the
transformative and considers herself an evangelist for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of
Equity. Her company, Wendy Lewis, LLC is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion practice
firm whose focus is empathetic leadership and "allyship sustainability".
She is the former Global Chief Diversity Officer and VP of Community Engagement for
McDonald’s. While there she launched the first-ever Global Gender Balance and
Diversity Strategy, as well as the “Diversity IS Inclusion” framework and “Food for
Thought: Moving Beyond Bias"; a progressive approach to the mitigation of negative
effects of bias. Her initiatives brought immediate value to McDonald’s and were adopted
globally. She was also at the forefront of some of McDonald's most visible programs
including flipping the arches for International Women’s Day.
Prior to McDonald’s, Wendy established a trailblazing 30-year career with Major League
Baseball, in which she became first-in-sports to lead HR and DEI roles and centralize
both disciplines at the Club level with the Chicago Cubs and later as a league-wide
practice. During her years with the Chicago Cubs, Wendy identified and developed
groundbreaking opportunities to integrate D&I throughout the organization’s workforce,
supply chain and community partnerships.
Her executive promotion to MLB’s Commissioner’s Office expanded the scope and
scale of her achievements. As SVP of D&I she developed and implemented MLB’s
Diversity Economic Impact Engagement, the Diversity Business Summit, the Executive
Development Program, and MLB’s Diverse Business Partners Program, the premier
supplier diversity program in sports!
Wendy earned her B.S in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and
her M.B.A from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern
University.
She is sought out as a coveted business leader, keynote speaker, panelist, trusted
advisor and educator. Wendy serves on the Board of Trustees for Clark Atlanta
University and the Chicago Sinfonietta.
OUR WORK
NEWS YOU CAN USE
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS....
In our current times of cruelty and apathy it easy to think our voices don't matter or can't bring change. This is the lie perpetuated by fear and disinformation. Our voices joined together in our communities can be a light in the darkness; with acts big and small.
One such example happened recently on the South Side of Chicago. Skyway Lanes Bowling Alley stands as a proud symbol of community spirit and perseverance. With its rich history this beloved venue has brought people together for years. Recently, the community rallied to ensure its survival, demonstrating the strength that defines this neighborhood; preserving a cherished gathering place that continues to create lasting memories for all.
Owner Brunetta Hill-Corley shared her story with Block Club Chicago. As Chicago's last Black-owned bowling center, Skyway Lanes has been a neighborhood fixture since the 1950s and was at risk of closing. Hill-Corley started a GoFundMe to rally the community in an effort to stay open. Currently she has raised more than $20,000.
You can read the full inspiring story here.
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