PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR: STATE OF WELL-BEING IN THE 2025 WORKPLACE RESEARCH PROJECT
Activated Allies Virtual Focus Group
​As a workplace ally in 2025, are you committed to supporting your colleagues of color and eager to deepen your impact? As an on-the-job ally, YOU are invited to participate in this exclusive research focus group. Register for the Activated Allies Focus Group!
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Virtual Focus Group for Allies
Friday, August 15 at 12:30 - 1:45pm CT
Why Participate:
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Contribute to groundbreaking research on allyship in the complex 2025 workplace
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Share your experiences and insights as an ally supporting POCs amidst new challenges
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Help shape personal strategies to drive inclusion forward—even as formal DEI structures recede
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Connect with like-minded peers striving to make a positive difference​
Activated Allies Focus Group Objectives
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To provide a safe space for courageous and constructive conversations that will help Allies better support/help POCs navigating current workplace challenges.
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To hear from workplace allies on their perspectives of the well-being of POCs in the 2025 work environments, particularly resulting from the anti-DEI climate escalating across society.
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To provide an overview of practical tips allies of POCs can use to better support POCs in the 2025 workplace.
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To continue qualitative data collection for this multi-phase research project.
Activated Allies: WHY NOW?​​​
SHIFTING LANDSCAPE
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The landscape of workplace allyship for professionals of color (POCs) has shifted dramatically in 2025, shaped by a rising anti-DEI sentiment. Many POCs experience heightened scrutiny and a renewed sense of isolation.
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Formal organizational structures and cultures once supported allyship. Today, however, allyship faces new challenges, as well as opportunities for adaptation and resilience.
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The work of allies, though often less visible, remains an important tool for POCs navigating the new realities of the workplace.
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​ALLIES ADAPT
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The decline of formal DEI support has activated many allies in the workplace. For them, allyship for professionals of color is reinventing itself—becoming more personal, strategic, and resilient.
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Allyship is becoming more grassroots and individualized. Informal peer-to-peer support has become more vital than ever. Allies are adapting by creating discreet, safe spaces for dialogue and mutual encouragement—often away from public organizational channels.
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For some allies who have been activated, they choose to now balance their advocacy with considerations for their own safety and job security, leading to more subtle and creative forms of support (source: “White Men as Full Diversity Partners—Allyship”)
Activated Allies, We want to hear from you!
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​As a workplace ally in 2025, are you committed to supporting your colleagues of color and eager to deepen your impact? Register for the Activated Allies Virtual Focus Group being held ​Friday, August 15 at 12:30 - 1:45pm CT! Download the event flyer here.​​​​​
POC Workplace Well-Being Research Study
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The Activated Allies Focus Group is a free focus group--facilitated by Dr. Cie Armstead--as part of a larger research study designed to explore the well-being of Professionals of Color in the workplace in 2025. Find more info about the research project in the link below.​​