In partnership with BOLD at Marshall University, award winning-author, speaker and visual artist Melanie Ho is presenting a workshop, Comics for Real Talk About What Women Face at Work, at Marshall University’s Brad D. Smith School of Business on Sunday, October 19 at 6 p.m.

Key themes of the workshop include:

• Understanding the "Goldilocks Dilemma" and other persistent double standards women face in leadership

• The unique challenges of "the steep climb" as women advance in seniority

• Exploring the concept of intent vs. impact and how to make difficult conversations more accessible

• Challenging internalized bias: Recognizing and interrupting patterns that affect how women view themselves

• Allyship and intersectionality: Concrete actions for supporting both women and allies across genders

• Interactive doodling exercises for participants to imagine new ways forward together (no artistic experience required—we'll be using stick figures!)