When Charleen Parkes approached me to facilitate a workshop at #Learnlight on ##Allyship, my immediate thoughts were: but ,of course! We all need an ally from time to time and we can all be allies to one another. But what is an ally? An ally is a friend, an advocate, a champion, a supporter, a sponsor, a mentor. An ally is an individual who speaks out and stands up for a person or group that is targeted and discriminated against. An ally works to end oppression by supporting