Real conversations about the workplace.

Year-End Review Season: Walking In Prepared

Thu, Nov 19, 2026 · 6:00 PM EST · 60 min

Year-end reviews shape raises, promotions, and sometimes who gets put on a plan in January. This session covers how to write an honest self-assessment, bring receipts for your work, respond to a rating you believe is unfair, and put disagreement in writing without escalating. It builds on our earlier performance management and documentation sessions.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

What We Heard in 2026: Caged Bird HR Year in Review

Wed, Dec 9, 2026 · 6:00 PM EST · 60 min

Caged Bird HR's year in review. We look back at what we saw from clients, the workplace trends that kept coming up, how employers responded, and the themes and viewer questions from this year's sessions. Then we look ahead to what employees should expect in 2027 and preview the 2027 webinar lineup.

Hosted by Cierra Gross · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

New Year, New Rules: What Professionals Need to Know About Work in 2027

Tue, Jan 19, 2027 · 6:00 PM EST · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Hostile Cultures

Tue, Feb 16, 2027 · 6:00 PM EST · 60 min

Hostile work environment has a specific legal definition that most workers don't know, which means they either underreport clear violations or overestimate their legal options. This session cuts through both problems with a clear framework for what legally constitutes a hostile work environment and what the realistic outcomes of a claim look like.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Layoffs, “Restructuring,” and Who Gets Cut First

Tue, Mar 16, 2027 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Reduction-in-force decisions aren’t always neutral. Building on the “Laid Off, Reorganized, or AI-Affected” session, this webinar looks specifically at disparate impact in layoffs and how to protect yourself before, during, and after a restructuring announcement.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Severance Is an Offer, Not a Fact

Tue, Apr 20, 2027 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Most workers sign severance agreements within days of being laid off, without understanding what they're giving up. This session covers what severance actually is, what standard agreements typically ask you to waive, and when and how it's negotiable, including in mass layoffs.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Understanding FMLA

Tue, May 18, 2027 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

FMLA is one of the most misunderstood workplace protections in existence. Workers assume it covers more than it does; employers sometimes enforce it in ways that violate it. This session covers who qualifies, what triggers coverage, what employers can legally require, and where state law sometimes does more.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

“Angry Black Woman” Is a Disciplinary Strategy

Tue, Jun 15, 2027 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

The angry Black woman stereotype functions in corporate environments as a mechanism for discrediting, silencing, and disciplining Black women who raise concerns or push back. This session names it as a structural dynamic and examines how it gets deployed (in performance reviews, in meetings, in the HR complaint process) and what workers can do about it.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Queer at Work: Identity Disclosure, Workplace Safety, and the Rights That Actually Exist

Tue, Jul 20, 2027 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

LGBTQ+ workers navigate a disclosure decision most colleagues never have to make, and that decision has real career consequences either way. This session examines legal protections post-Bostock, where they end, how anti-LGBTQ+ policy shifts are affecting workplace culture right now, and how to assess and document your environment.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Code-Switching in 2027: Do We Still Have To?

Tue, Aug 17, 2027 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

The cognitive and emotional labor of adjusting your language, affect, and presentation to fit a white corporate environment is documented, cumulative, and rarely compensated. This session examines what code-switching actually costs and what workers can do to make more deliberate choices about when and whether they spend that energy.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Black and Immigrant: When Race and Status Both Follow You into the Room

Tue, Sep 21, 2027 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Black immigrants in corporate America navigate an intersection that neither general immigration resources nor general racial equity conversations tend to address. This session examines how race, national origin, accent, and immigration status compound in the workplace and what protections apply specifically to this intersection.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Caregiving & Career Grief

Tue, Oct 19, 2027 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Black women in corporate America are disproportionately managing caregiving for aging parents, children, and extended family while being held to the same performance standards as colleagues with far fewer unpaid obligations. This session covers leave law, accommodation rights, and the unspoken career penalties that follow workers who use them.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Mentorship Won’t Promote You

Tue, Nov 16, 2027 · 6:00 PM EST · 60 min

Mentorship is broadly available to Black women in corporate America. Sponsorship is not. This session names the structural difference between the two, explains why visibility alone doesn't produce advancement, and gives workers a framework for identifying whether an organization's advancement culture can be navigated or not.

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

AI Is Making the Decision: But Who Is Watching the Algorithm?

Tue, Dec 21, 2027 · 6:00 PM EST · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Emotional Labor Is Still Labor: Naming What You Carry to Work Every Day

Tue, Oct 27, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Emotional labor, managing your own feelings and other people's, is a real, exhausting part of many jobs, yet it's rarely named, measured, or compensated. This session gives language to the invisible work of staying composed, absorbing others' stress, and smoothing over conflict, and explores how employees can name this labor and protect their capacity.

Hosted by Miya Leavy, Anim Aweh, LCSW, Melissa Webb, LPC · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Belonging Isn’t a Buzzword: Real Inclusion When Policy Support Disappears

Wed, Sep 30, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Empowerment: Your Worth, Your Terms: Reclaiming Voice After You’ve Been Made to Shrink

Wed, Sep 16, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Hostile But Hard To Prove

Wed, Aug 26, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Laid Off, Reorganized, or “AI-Affected”: What to Do Before You Sign Anything

Wed, Aug 5, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Pay Transparency Is Here. Equity Still Isn’t.

Tue, Jul 28, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

The Cost of Progress: Work, Politics, and Environmental Justice with Keshaun Pearson

Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · 7:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy, Keshaun Pearson · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Whose Harm Counts Now?

Tue, Jul 14, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Success Without Submission: Navigating Work, Resistance, and Liberation in the Face of Anti-Blackness

Tue, Jun 16, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Protecting Your Peace

Tue, May 19, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Navigating the Path from Entry-Level Roles to Executive Leadership

Wed, Apr 29, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

The Transition: From Employee to Entrepreneur

Wed, Apr 15, 2026 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

The Silent Transfer: How Generational Wealth Ends Up in Hospitals and Probate Court

Wed, Jan 14, 2026 · 6:00 PM EST · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

From Employee to Entrepreneur: Best Practices, Strategies, and the Basics of Building Your Own

Wed, Nov 5, 2025 · 6:00 PM EST · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.

Pivoting with Purpose: Navigating Career Change in the Age of AI

Wed, Aug 20, 2025 · 6:00 PM EDT · 60 min

Hosted by Miya Leavy · Sponsored by Worklution Inc.