Erika and Alexander will each share examples of how their teams are doing this work to advance incremental change: re-framing critical questions; shifting long-held default procedures and assumptions; normalizing the development and use of a racial equity lexicon; engaging a variety of stakeholders in characterizing racial inequities that exist in each system; developing and prototyping solutions to those challenges; and more. During the conversation, our moderator will also guide both practitioners through an examination of their work through the lens of behavioral economics, an evolving and important field of practice that supports the advancement of change by 1) gaining insights about human behavior; 2) using those insights to develop a change strategy; and 3) implementing those strategies to change behaviors among actors in a system.

Over the past year, these and other change initiatives were studied as part of the Meeting of the Minds’ Behavior Change Project. The project was designed to glean important lessons and insights for practitioners working across a variety of disciplines to advance social change. Tune in to hear these bold and courageous practitioners give voice to the day-to-day work and challenges of driving systems-level change, and come away with tangible steps you can take to advance racial equity in your own sector.