Webinars & Events
Whether you’re organizing in community, showing up as an investor, or supporting as a funder, we hold space to strengthen our collective power and connect people across movements. Explore our latest webinars and events below.
Upcoming Webinars
We don’t have any upcoming events planned right now—but more is on the way! Check back soon or sign up for updates here.
Past Webinars
Katrina @ 20 Webinar: Capital, Climate, and Justice in the Wake of Disaster
August 2025
Host: Majority Action, Manley Consulting Group, Hip Hop Caucus, and The Horizon Project.
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, this webinar explores how disaster capitalism, systemic racism, and disinvestment still shape markets—and why investors must act now to break the cycle and prioritize justice before the next crisis becomes the next business model.
Beyond Diversity: Capital Strategies to Address Structural Inequality Webinar
May 2025
Host: Majority Action, Hip Hop Caucus, United for Respect Education Fund, and The Amalgamated Foundation Capital Markets Hub
This webinar explores how investors can move beyond DEI pledges to confront structural inequality through capital strategies—urging Walmart shareholders to support Proposal 8 and call for a racial equity audit.
Equity in the Boardroom: 2024 Proxy Season Webinar
March 2025
Host: Majority Action
This webinar features Majority Action’s Director of Research, Divya Sundar, breaking down key findings from the Equity in the Boardroom: 2024 Proxy Season Report for asset managers and asset owners.
Climate in the Boardroom: 2024 Proxy Season Webinar
February 2025
Host: Majority Action
This webinar features Divya Sundar, Majority Action’s Director of Research, unpacking key insights from the Climate in the Boardroom: 2024 Proxy Season Report, with recommendations for asset managers and asset owners.
The Next Chapter - Celebration & Fundraiser 2025
December 2024
Host: Majority Action board members Renaye Manley and Nadira Narine
This special event celebrates outgoing Executive Director Eli Kasargod-Staub, welcomes new co-executive directors Whitney Shepard and Bryant Sewell, and reflects on Majority Action’s journey—and future—in advancing racial equity and climate justice through shareholder action.
Speakers:
Brad Lander, New York City Comptroller, Josh Zinner, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) Executive Director, Laura Campos, The Nathan Cummings Foundation Senior Director of Economic Justice, Stephone Coward II, Hip-Hop Caucus Economic Justice Director, and Chris Jurgens, Elena Botella, and Leo Peyronnin, Omidyar Network.
Whitney Shepard, MA Co-Executive Director, Bryant Sewell, MA Co-Executive Director, Eli Kasargod-Staub, MA Founding Executive Director, and James Rucker, Majority Action Co-Founder.
2024 Proxy Season Debrief:
Analysis, Key Takeaways, and the Path Forward for Active Owners and Active Clients
June 2024
Host: Majority Action
This webinar reviews key racial equity and climate-related outcomes from the 2024 proxy season, celebrates leadership from active owners and fiduciaries, and explores how the investment community can push asset managers and proxy advisors toward stronger accountability in the year ahead.
May Day Workers, Advocates and Investors Roundtable: Racial Equity and Workplace Safety at Walmart
Remarks from Honorable Rep. Joyce Beatty
May Day Workers, Advocates and Investors Roundtable
May 2024
Host: Majority Action
The May Day Roundtable features Walmart workers, electeds, advocates and investors in conversation about the critical issues that impact the health, safety and the belonging of workers. Participants speak directly about the underlying causes, the investment risks posed by these issues, and the shareholder proposals seeking to address them.
Speakers:
Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), Representative, Ohio’s 3rd District, and former Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, Daniel Coles, 31+ year Walmart Associate (CA), TaNeka Hightower, 6+ year Walmart Associate (TN), Yumi Narita, Executive Director of Corporate Governance, Office of the New York City Comptroller (NYC), and Brittney Jenkins, Worker and Network Organizer/Southern Region at National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH).
Moderator: Whitney Shepard, Manager of Stakeholder Engagement at Majority Action
2024 Proxy Season Webinar on Climate Director Accountability
March 2024
Host: Majority Action
This webinar walks through Majority Action’s 2024 climate proxy voting guide and offers investors a deep dive into Majority Action’s methodology behind its vote recommendations to hold directors accountable at climate-critical S&P 500 companies across oil, gas, power, finance, and insurance sectors.
Equity in the Boardroom: Proxy Voting to Advance Racial Equity, Democracy, and a Thriving Economy for All
February 2024
Host: Majority Action
This webinar outlines the fiduciary case for racial equity audits, highlights declining support from the four largest asset managers in the 2023 proxy season, and offers a roadmap for investors to strengthen stewardship and address systemic racism through proxy voting in 2024.
Briefing on Antitrust Law and Shareholder Activities with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR)
February 2024
Host: Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Majority Action
This webinar features legal experts from WSGR discussing their investor-informed memo on antitrust law and ESG shareholder engagement, offering clarity for long-term investors navigating a hostile anti-ESG climate while managing systemic risks like racial injustice and climate change.
Climate Director Voting by Asset Managers and Proxy Advisors in 2023 – and What Their Clients Can Do About It
November 2023
Host: Majority Action
This webinar explores key findings from Majority Action’s 2023 Climate in the Boardroom report, analyzing how the world’s largest asset managers—and, for the first time, proxy advisors ISS and Glass Lewis—voted on holding directors accountable at major, high-risk companies failing to align with climate goals.
Becoming an Active Client: New Tools for Asset Owners on Systemic Risk, and Analyzing State Street’s Major Step Backwards on Climate
May 2023
Host: Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Majority Action
This 30-minute webinar spotlights how asset owners can take bold action by engaging asset managers on proxy voting—featuring new tools from ICCR and an analysis of State Street’s backsliding climate policy that underscores the urgent need for active owner-client leadership.
Moving the Needle: How Investors Can Utilize Escalation Pathways to Mitigate Systemic Climate Risk
March 2023
Host: Majority Action, ShareAction, Follow This, Reclaim Finance, Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), and Sunrise Project
This webinar breaks down escalation pathways, how to adopt and implement them, and who is leading among investors in this field.
Building a Prosperous Economy for All:
How Investors Can Address Racial Injustice and Unleash Economic Growth
February 2023
Host: SEIU and Majority Action
This webinar unpacks findings from a joint report by SEIU and Majority Action, Equity in the Boardroom: How Asset Manager Voting Shaped Corporate Action on Racial Justice in 2022, on how major asset managers lagged on racial equity audits in 2022—and lays out the fiduciary case and roadmap for investor action on racial justice ahead of the 2023 proxy season.