The University of Alabama Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in partnership with The University of Alabama at Birmingham Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and The University of Alabama in Huntsville Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will host Tina Tchen, an attorney, activist, and lifelong advocate for women and girls. She served in the Obama White House through both terms, and was an assistant to President Barack Obama, chief of staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, and executive director of the White House Council on Women and Girls.

In honor of this year’s theme of “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” Tchen, now executive vice president and chief strategy and impact officer for the Obama Foundation, will share her personal stories and experiences. In 2017, she helped design and launch the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, which is now housed at the National Women’s Law Center and has connected thousands of people with legal or PR support for sexual harassment across dozens of industries. From 2019-2021, Tchen also served as president and CEO of TIME’S UP Now and the TIME’S UP Foundation, as the organization worked to build safe, fair and dignified workplaces, and launched the TIME’S UP Care Economy Business Council. Participants also will have an opportunity to gain resources concerning allyship.

Register to attend this virtual keynote. For more information, contact the Intercultural Diversity Center at ua_idc@ua.edu.