The Commons in Conversation with La June Montgomery Tabron

La June Montgomery Tabron, CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, joins The Commons in Conversation to talk with Chronicle CEO Stacy Palmer about racial healing in America and her personal journey from encountering racism as a child in Detroit to leading one of the country’s largest grant makers.

Montgomery Tabron is the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's first female and first Black chief executive who has been with the foundation for 38 years. She is the author of two books to be released in January 2024: How We Heal, a personal reflection on how to move beyond call-out culture, and Our Differences Make Us Stronger, a children’s book about  community building.

Learn more about the organizations, books, and events they speak about at the links below:

W.K. Kellogg Foundation at: www.wkkf.org

How We Heal: A Journey Toward Truth, Racial Healing, and Community Transformation from the Inside Out: https://disruptionbooks.com/books/how...

Our Differences Make Us Stronger: How We Heal Together: https://disruptionbooks.com/books/our...

National Day of Racial Healing: https://dayofracialhealing.org/

The Commons: www.philanthropy.com/commons

About the series:
The Commons in Conversation is a series of exclusive, one-on-one conversations with national and local leaders working to strengthen a fractured America. Chronicle editors and writers will host individuals from across the country in casual lunchtime discussions about what it will take to bring Americans together. Guests will talk about ideas and promising solutions and how the philanthropic world — from major philanthropists to everyday nonprofit leaders — can contribute.

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