by Ray Arata | May 26, 2022 | Allyship, Anti-racism, Heart-Based Leadership
By Ray Arata | Founder of Better Man Conference | May 26, 2022 Racially motivated violence has become far too commonplace in this country. As a white male, I am angered, deeply saddened, and feeling immense shame for the actions of other white men who have bought into...
by Ray Arata | May 16, 2022 | Allyship, Anti-racism, Better Man Conference, Healthy Masculinity, Heart-Based Leadership, Inclusion
My journey as an ally and inclusionary leader is an ongoing one. I find myself on the precipice of a landmark court case, Roe vs. Wade, being overturned and what that means to me as a man. Wait a minute!!! It’s not my body; it’s not my choice. However, I can make a...
by Ray Arata | Mar 24, 2022 | Allyship, Anti-racism, Healthy Masculinity
As a CIS-gendered, heterosexual, white male, my relationship to Black History Month might not immediately seem personal – and perhaps it wasn’t for many years. But over the past two decades, my work as an inclusionary leader and ally-in-training has made this...
by Ray Arata | Mar 23, 2022 | Allyship, Healthy Masculinity
When Jimmy Carter signed Women’s History Month into law, he noted that too often women’s contributions go unnoticed and unsung. Unfortunately, that still holds true in many cases, and until I began my own journey toward allyship, I, too, often neglected to acknowledge...
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