Celebrate Black Excellence


with Interactive, Collaborative Learning.




Join us to celebrate Black History Month at work


HELM Life's Black History Month programming is innovative, interesting and fun - whether you're hosting remote or hybrid teams - we've likely got some programming that your teams will love.





New for Black History Month 2027: The Power of Black Imagination

An Afrofuturism Interactive Learning Event, inspired by this year's theme: From Black Print Culture to Digital Blackness
The Power of Black Imagination - Afrofuturism Interactive Learning Event

Celebrate Black Futures


How will your teams celebrate this year?

The 2027 Black History Month theme, From Black Print Culture to Digital Blackness, follows Black storytelling from newspapers, books and magazines to today's digital world - and asks who gets to shape the futures we imagine. Afrofuturism lives right at that intersection. Join us for an hour of discovery and conversation as we explore how Afrofuturism blends history, creativity and visions of what's possible - from the novels of Octavia Butler to the music of Missy Elliott and Janelle Monáe, and the worldbuilding at the heart of the Black Panther films.

Fully hosted by our team, the event fits in a 1-hour calendar block, with a HELM Life emcee and a facilitator for every breakout room.

Celebrate Together with Interactive Team Events!


Foster learning, connection and belonging in a fun and engaging way!

How Interactive Events Work


Our events fit into a 1-hour calendar block and are fully hosted by our team.

1

Welcome & Intro

A HELM Life emcee and team of facilitators welcome participants to the Zoom call. After a brief intro to set the stage, we get everyone excited for the experience ahead.

2

Breakout Room Fun

Teams head to breakout rooms of 6-10 people to play through the interactive game. Each group is supported by their HELM Life Host as they research, solve puzzles, and discuss topics together.

3

Recap & Goodbyes

Towards the end of the hour, everyone heads back to the main room for a fun recap of what we learned, final thoughts, and goodbyes until next time!

Are Gameshow Events More your Style?


Bring your teams together for a Family-Feud-style Celebration with 3 Rounds of Play! A Buzzer Round, a Clear the Board Round and a Group Social Chat.

Celebrate Black History Month with a Professional Development Program

HELM Life professional development modules, including Learn AI, Leading in Times of Change and Making Better Decisions

ERG-led Professional Development


Black History Month is a great moment for ERGs to invest in their members' growth. Our interactive professional development sessions help teams build the skills that move careers forward - from leading in times of change and turning conflict into collaboration, to making better decisions and building innovative teams.

Our Learn AI sessions get everyone comfortable with tools like Copilot, Gemini and ChatGPT, with practical tips for augmenting everyday workflows. Let's work together on ERG-led professional development that helps your members grow.

Host a Buildathon

Everyone can build things now - no coding required.

Who Gets to Build the Future?


This year's theme, From Black Print Culture to Digital Blackness, celebrates the Black writers, publishers and creators who built their own platforms when the existing ones left them out. A buildathon carries that legacy forward. With AI tools, the skill that matters most is describing a problem clearly - so your ERG members, front-line staff and the colleague who's "not a tech person" can all turn their ideas into working apps and websites.

Over three weekly live sessions, a small group of 10-20 participants shares ideas, learns from one another and builds something real - then celebrates what everyone created at a final Demo Day. It's a space for growth, creativity and innovation, where new voices help shape the tools your teams use every day.

Apps built by beginners in a HELM Life buildathon

Play an Organization-wide MicroLearning Challenge


Launch the challenge by sharing a link - participants find the hidden words, learn new things and test their new knowledge against their teammates on the Leaderboard!


What's an Interactive Learning Event?


They're part research, part puzzle, part learning and part fun! In partnership with Turner Consulting Group in Canada and The Equity Equation in the United States, HELM Life is proud to be helping teams learn together.







HELM Life's MicroLearning Programming is easy to set up.


We've cracked the code to memorable, interesting and fun DEI Learning. Here's how to set it up:




Do the quick set up

Once you request an event, HELM Life Life provides a link to the game page and all of the content that you'll need to advertise the game. It even comes with a countdown clock until the event starts!


Sample Landing Page



Create some hype

Use HELM Life's pre-written share assets, images and blurbs to tell people about the event. These assets double as heritage month Internal Communications posts for Slack, Sharepoint and newsletters.


Sample Comms Assets



Play the Game!

MicroLearnings only take 10 minutes to play, include interesting and accessible content. The word search teaches new infomation and the quiz asks about what they just learned. There's also a Top Scores page!

Sample Top Scores




How do you run a MicroLearning Challenge? Good question!

Great question - here's what it looks like! Teams run MicroLearning Challenges for a day, a week or a month and often give prizes to the winners at the end!

Invite Colleagues to an Infosession!

Bring a few colleagues or friends and drop into an infosession! They're a great way to play through a demo game, learn a bit about how our events work, and to ask some questions for 20-30 minutes.



Thinking about booking a speaker? We work with some amazing people!


We work with amazing speakers! Academics, historians, entrepreneurs and people with amazing personal journeys! Our emcee hosts the call for a 30-minute talk + a 15 minute Q&A that you won't forget!

Genesis Rivera

We are excited to welcome Genesis Rivera in a session centered on practical strategies for creating inclusive, equitable workplaces. Drawing on her work with organizations of all sizes, Genesis focuses on how teams can examine everyday processes, navigate differences in experience and perspective, and turn awareness into meaningful action.

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Dr. Xach Williams

We are excited to welcome Dr. R. Xach Williams in a talk about Culture, Belonging, and the Conditions for High-Performing Teams. Drawing on history, culture, and workplace research, Dr. Williams explores how organizational environments shape trust, engagement, and performance.

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Masika Mahabir

We are excited to welcome Masika in a talk examining credibility, power, and whose voices are trusted at work. Drawing on lived experience and cultural insight, Masika explores how these dynamics shape decision-making, leadership, and belonging in organizations.

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Here's why teams choose HELM Life programming:


We work with Amazing Hosts!
Although HELM Life can host up to 200 participants per event - all of the fun learning is done in breakout rooms of 6-8. Each group is hosted by one of our talented facilitators, to support teams in their learning and to make sure that everyone has a great time!
Easy to Organize
All HELM Life Learning Events fit within a 1-hour calendar block. They're led by our event emcees and are easy to plan, well-researched and fun to do - organizers simply need to get teams to their link, and we'll take over from there! We'll also set you up with: share images, a blurb to share, a calendar invite and a registration page to share with your teams!
Donation Included
All HELM Life Learning Events include a donation to an organization working to address the systemic inequalities we'll be learning about and working towards change supporting the community.



Partners


We're proud to have partnered with experts in the diversity, equity and inclusion space - leaders with over 20 years experience in bringing about the change that we need to see in the world.
Tana Turner, B.A. (Psych), B.A. (Soc), M.A. (Soc)
Turner Consulting Group

As Principal of the Turner Consulting Group Inc., Tana has been working towards change in the DEI space for over 30 years, having worked on the first major analysis of the diversity of the City of Toronto in the 1990's. She has worked with school boards, municipalities, police services and has also developed and delivered human rights and unconscious bias training. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at York University.
Sacha Thompson, CEO & Founder
The Equity Equation

Sacha Thompson has been a DEI leader for over 20 years, working in both non-profit and in tech. A former Amazonian in the diversity and inclusion space, Sacha helps executives and leaders have that important dialogue, that begins the work towards long-term changes to institutional cultures.
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