”What did your WIFE say?”, Part 2

How can you protect the community and protect your own family? Can we fight harm and injustice beyond our walls without sacrificing the safety of our loved ones? That’s the balance Gynelle McBride fought to maintain as host Ben McBride became more exposed and at risk as an activist.

Gynelle talks about her role as a wife and mother as the Black Lives Matter protests in Ferguson ramped up, and tells us about the role restorative justice — not just DEI tools and training — has to play today in fostering belonging in organizations and the world around us.

[This is the second part of our two-part interview.]

Gynelle McBride is the co-founder and chief operating officer of Empower Initiative. She has been a pillar in the lives of Oakland’s underserved youth through her public-education leadership. She is married to Empower co-founder, CEO, and podcast host Ben McBride, and they have three young-adult daughters together.