In this episode of 'The Shift,' host Mark Travis Rivera shares a heartfelt conversation with Gabrielle Claiborne, co-founder and CEO of Transformation Journeys Worldwide. They discuss the importance of storytelling in fostering understanding and connection, the challenges faced by the transgender community, and the power of authenticity and joy in the face of adversity. Gabrielle shares her insights on resistance, resilience, and the need for deeper connections in a divisive world, emphasizing that true allyship comes from a place of understanding and compassion.

Guest Bio:

Gabrielle Claiborne is Co-founder and CEO of Transformation Journeys Worldwide, an inclusion training and consulting firm with a transgender and gender expansive focus. Her award-winning and certified LGBT business enterprise consultancy helps cutting-edge organizations create fully trans-inclusive workplace cultures. Some of her clients include Home Depot, UPS, Mercedes-Benz, Bank of America, Royal Bank of Canada, Comcast, The Grammys, Microsoft, HubSpot, Delta Air Lines, Papa John’s, the Centers for Disease Control, and more. She has served or currently serves as Co-Chair of the National LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce’s TGX Initiative, as Co-Chair of the Trans Affairs Committee on the City of Atlanta’s LGBTQ Mayoral Advisory Council, as Secretary of the Out Georgia Business Alliance and as Chair of their TGX360 Workplace and Entrepreneurship Initiative and as Chair of the International LGBTQ+ Travel (IGLTA) Foundation’s Gender Diverse travel Advisory Group. In 2020, she published her memoir-meets-self-help book Embrace Your Truth: A Journey of Authenticity. In 2019, the Atlanta Business Chronicle acknowledged her as their Diversity & Inclusion “Outstanding Voice” Award recipient, and she delivered a TEDx talk for Centennial Park Women TEDx. In 2018, Gabrielle received the Georgia Small Business Administration’s LGBT Small Business Champion Award in recognition of her efforts in advancing LGBT business ownership. In 2015, Gabrielle was chosen as Atlanta’s Best Trans Activist, and her work has been featured in Forbes and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

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