ERG Champs
The community for ERG leaders who are tired of doing this alone. Tour stops, in-person summits, a private home base, and yes — a dance ritual at the end of every session. This is who shows up when the work gets real.
Built for the leaders doing the work.
The ERG Movement kept hearing the same thing from ERG leaders across the country: "I have no one to talk to about this." Their HR contact didn't get it. Their exec sponsor didn't have time. Their fellow leads were in the same boat — burned out, under-resourced, doing twelve different jobs at once.
ERG Champs is the answer. A community of ERG leaders who've decided they're not doing this alone anymore — the ones running the programs, fighting for the budget, training the next leads, and trying to make it all feel like something.
Champs meet online inside ERGs.io. They meet in person at tour stops and summits. They share what's working, what's broken, and what they're trying next. And at the end of every live session — they dance.
A community with a practice.
Most ERG communities are a Slack channel and a hope. ERG Champs is built around three things — a place to land, people to land with, and rituals that turn coworkers into a crew.
A real home base
Champs gather online inside ERGs.io — the private community built by ERG leaders, for ERG leaders. Discussions, resources, templates, and the people who get it. Not a Slack channel that died after launch week.
In-person moments
Tour stops in real cities, summits where Champs actually meet each other, and live workshops that turn into reunions. The relationships built in the room are why people come back.
Rituals that land
The opening icebreaker that actually breaks the ice. The closing dance. The post-session group photo. Practices that signal you belong here — and that this isn't another work meeting in disguise.
There's a reason there's 100+ photos of ERG leaders dancing.
Every Movement session ends the same way. Chairs get pushed back. The music gets turned up. And whoever's in the room — execs, brand-new leads, ten-year veterans, the quiet ones in the back — gets up and dances together. It's the closing ritual. It's the part no one expects. It's the part everyone remembers.
Pulled from over 100 photos of ERG leaders dancing together after live sessions. Most of them came in not knowing each other.
Champs meet in real life.
The ERG Movement tour has hit cities across the country — and every stop is a Champs reunion, a first meeting, and a workshop in one. Here's what live looks like.
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Tour recap — moments from the road.
Want the next tour stop in your city? Champs vote on where The Movement goes next. Inside ERGs.io.
There's one way in.
ERG Champs lives inside ERGs.io. Joining the platform is how you join the community — the discussions, the resources, the tour invites, the dance.
The platform and the community.
ERGs.io is the pipeline platform built by ERG leaders for ERG leaders — vendor discovery, planning tools, templates, and the private Champs community all in one place. Joining is how you get in the room.
- Private Champs community — discussions, intros, and the people who get it.
- Tour & summit invites — first access to live events and meetups.
- Resource library — templates, SOPs, and playbooks from The Movement.
- Vendor discovery — find the right people to staff your programming.
- Member voting — Champs help decide the next tour stop, next topic, next guest.
Leaders doing the work.
- Current ERG leads, co-chairs, and committee members
- ERG Program Managers and DEI practitioners running programs
- Aspiring leads who want to learn before they take the seat
- Execs and sponsors who want to actually show up for their leaders
- Anyone tired of doing this alone
Lurkers and collectors.
- People hunting for free templates with no intent to engage
- Vendors looking to pitch — there's a separate path for that
- Anyone who thinks DEI is performance, not practice
- Folks who want to gatekeep instead of build
What Champs are saying.
The ERG Recipe Tour exceeded my expectations in so many ways. Maceo created such a welcoming environment, making it easy to engage and learn — tons of practical takeaways I can apply right away in my role.
Just wrapped an incredible experience at the ERG Recipe Tour and I'm still energized by the conversations, connections, and community. This is how we build better cultures — together.
I am beyond grateful to have had a seat at the table alongside so many wonderful minds on the ERG Recipe Tour. An inspirational and informational afternoon.
Words can't express how incredible the Chicago stop was. The energy was contagious, and I left with valuable strategies and ideas to implement in our initiatives.
Such a fun day and way to connect with this community, great work you are leading Maceo!
I absolutely loved the chance to connect with other ERG leaders. Maceo brought energy, passion, and expertise — and strategic suggestions I'm taking straight back to our program.
Amazing event! Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm and knowledge. Excited to bring it back to HOLA.
Thrilled to have attended such an inspiring event. Learned so much and connected with some amazing people in the ERG space.
What an amazing experience it was to connect with other changemakers in Denver — I'm excited to implement these lessons into our strategy.
This was definitely a RECIPE for success for ERG leads, chairs, and program managers. An engaging, interactive workshop with resources shared so freely.
HUGE congratulations on such a fun and informative event. I've been following The ERG Movement since 2022 — as a DEI leader program managing ERGs for the first time, this is exactly the support I was looking for.
ERGs are the soul of any organization. I loved the energy and intent of this group and look forward to more such catch-ups!
We had many good takeaways — we were abuzz in the car after with new ideas and what to do next!
This was such an amazing experience, keep spreading your lovely knowledge. So much gained information during this day. Thank you.
Learned so much and our dance break turned out great. Thank you for the meaningful work you do Maceo Owens.
Feeling pumped! Thanks Maceo Owens for the incredible session!
So happy to have spent my Thursday learning alongside some amazing ERG Program Managers and ERG Leaders. Thank you Maceo Owens for creating a much needed space.
Her information and practical ideas shared are invaluable for addressing challenges ERGs face today. Grateful for her donated time dedicated to spreading knowledge.
This was such a wonderful event! It was very informative, and I made some wonderful connections as well. I look forward to coming back to the next ERG Movement sponsored event.
I feel nothing but grateful for how much I learned. ERGs aim to make workplaces more inclusive, and I'm more proud than ever to be a part of this work.
Related
The Movement is bigger than one room.
50+ tested programming formats — the playbook Champs reach for.
Purpose, Process, Programming — the foundation under everything we teach.
Answers to the questions ERG leaders ask us most.
Long-form conversations and tactical posts for ERG leaders.
The real first step to increasing ERG engagement (and it isn't more events).
What it really means when ERG leaders say they're too busy.
How ERGs can improve member engagement outside of events.
You're not doing this alone.
The Champs are already here. Already meeting, already building, already dancing. Join ERGs.io and walk into a room full of leaders who've been looking for you too.