Sara Alvarado: Keynote Speaker | Teacher | Writer for Racial Justice

Keynotes and Workshops based on the following areas:

Book Talk – Dreaming In Spanish. I can speak about one or more topics from my debut memoir, Dreaming In Spanish: An Unexpected Love Story in Puerto Vallarta. Potential subtopics: white privilege in multicultural, interracial marriages, healing journeys from sexual trauma and substance abuse, the challenges of sharing hard truths, uncomfortable conversations, and writing a book with adhd.
The Movement of Love in Leadership. Working through life’s challenges is a lot easier when we learn to trust ourselves and the possibility of our own power. This talk brings us back to the basics of learning to love ourselves first so we can wholly engage in collective care and the kind of leadership that disrupts toxic power dynamics, honors boundaries, and is rooted in humanity and love.
Breaking out of Perfection. Finally! Without blame, shame, or guilt, we can confront our privileges, build resilience, learn to handle racial conflict, gender/race dynamics & celebrate mistakes. This talk/workshop can be specific to improving the workplace, raising multicultural families, parenting, going after our dreams, and leadership.

Sara offers tangible examples, tools, and resources for people who are ready to start implementing change immediately. She also has a massive amount of cheerleading skills that motivate and inspires action-based change.

“Sara Alvarado is engaging and inspiring! Her ease of flowing through difficult subjects with warmth and humor is phenomenal.”

– Dana Pellebon, Executive Director, Rape Crisis Center of Dane County

Your audience will leave inspired and more knowledgeable in an effort to cultivate radical hope for a more equitable world.

Sara Alvarado, Keynote Speaker in Madison, Wisconsin

Sara Alvarado speaking about racial justice in Madison, Wisconsin

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Past Speaking Engagements:

Speaker at Dane County Regional Housing Meeting, 3/22/23
Speaker for Memoir Series, University of Wisconsin Madison, 10/22/22
Keynote at Greenlining Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha, October 2022
Life Imitates Art: Redlining, Homeownership, and the Racial Wealth Gap, 9/26/22
Realtors Supporting Black Homeownership, Madison area Realtors, 7/27/22
Embody Confidence Women United, United Way of Dane County, 6/16/2022
Unlocking Homeownership through Business and School-based Partnerships at EdLOC Annual Convening in Houston, TX, 4/7/22
RealTalk: Diversity & Inclusion in Real Estate and Lending for Park Bank lending and leadership team, 9/29/21
Presented for the OWN IT launch for Madison area Realtors, 3/23/21
Talking About ‘Good’ Schools and Neighborhoods, Iowa City Public Library, 12/9/20
Messy Conversations Talk for the Justified Anger Alumni Group, 11/19/20
Talking About Race: Messy Conversations for employees at Alliant Energy Center, 10/14/2020
Messy conversation workshop for white parents, Waunakee Public Library, 10/13/20
Courage, Privilege, and Evolution, a workshop for Jill Keuth’s coaching group, 9/16/20
A Messy Conversation for White Women: Making Mistakes, Repair & Recovery with Niketa Rae and Sara, 8/11/20
Realtor’s Talking about Race, Guest Speaker on Neil Mathweg’s podcast, 7/16/2020
Race in the Classroom – Navigating Challenging Conversations Presentation for PBS Wisconsin, 7/14/2020

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What They Say:

“Sara brings her entire self to her speaking engagements. Her openness, vulnerability, and willingness to hold ‘a messy space’ helps the audience connect with the fact that we are all on a journey and none of us have crossed a finish line. Add in her humor and high energy to the mix and somehow we are magically having fun while we explore our own experiences, even if the topic is one that might normally send us running for the hills. I highly recommend Sara as a Speaker and Workshop Facilitator.”

~ Jessie Lerner, Executive Director of Sustain Dane

“The Spartan Peace Project began in 2018 to build empathy and understanding among the staff and students in the McFarland School District, to deepen our thinking and delve into courageous conversations. Sara Alvarado facilitated two discussions with our Teacher Study Groups. She asked the tough questions and challenged us to look deep into ourselves and our practices to break the cycle of inequity, implicit bias, and white privilege. She did so with humor, realness, and a desire to learn more about us as we work to change current equity practices in our community, workplace, and schools. I admire her courage and zeal to discuss tough topics, challenge our thinking, and go straight to the heart of matters involving race, culture, and equity. Our time with Sara left us inspired and determined to continue this desperately important work for ourselves and for our leaders of the future.”

~ Anne, Associate Principal

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