Diversity Matters Events
Diversity Matters events include our three-part Diversity for Environmental & Social Change Leadership Series, Diversity Learning Communities, and our People of Color Network. Please review our upcoming events below and register using our online event registration or via email at info(at)diversity-matters.org.
To register for any session, you may complete our online registration form and we will send you complete event details. We encourage you to register early as our formats are designed for hands-on learning and community building, limiting the number of participants.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Due to the participatory nature of our workshops and the challenge presented by last minute cancellation, Diversity Matters has instituted a cancellation policy for all Leadership Series sessions. If you are registered for a session but find that you are unable to attend, please notify us as soon as possible. Cancellations more than two weeks in advance of the event may be credited to a future session, but will incur a $100 transfer fee. Cancellations less than two weeks in advance of the event are non-refundable and non-transferable. If you are unable to attend due to extenuating circumstances, please contact us to discuss alternative options.
In the event that Diversity Matters cancels or postpones a session of our own accord, your registration fee will be 100% credited towards participation in a future session.
Washington, DC
Leadership Series for Social & Environmental Change
Session 1: Foundational Concepts
Session 1 is a two-day workshop that provides foundational concepts
and experiential learning to:
- Demystify diversity, inclusion, and cultural competence and clarify their relevance to organizational effectiveness and movement building
- Understand the dynamics of power that impact organizational productivity, performance, and the ability to sustain diverse partnerships.
- Develop and practice skills for observing and diagnosing diversity issues in work teams, organizations, and coalitions.
- Create a supportive community of change agents who share values and a vision for a making diversity and inclusion foundational to environmental and social change.
For more information, contact us at info@diversity-matters.org.
To register online, please visit our registration page.
Boston, MA
Leadership Series for Social & Environmental Change
Session 3: Changing Organizations: Insight and skills necessary to develop an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization
*Registration limited to those who have already participated in Session 2 of the Leadership Series
Session 3 is a two-day workshop that applies foundational concepts to organizations in the environmental and social change arenas. It provides experiential learning and knowledge necessary to:
- Understand organizational culture and how it impacts individuals and groups.
- Begin to identify the “current state” of an organization’s level of equity, diversity, and inclusion and build skills and learn key steps necessary for leading change to develop more inclusive organizational norms, policies, and practices.
- Understand dynamics of organizational change and resistance.
- Examine issues of gender and sexual orientation and how they impact organizational culture.
For more information, contact us at info@diversity-matters.org.
To register online, please visit our registration page.
Boston, MA
Leadership Series for Social & Environmental Change
Session 2: Deepening Awareness & Skill Development
Session 2 is a two-day workshop that builds on the foundational concepts presented in Session 1. It provides a deeper dive into:
- Experiential practice and learning about foundational skills for cultural competence and inclusive behaviors, tied to organizational effectiveness and personal and professional development.
- Effective, culturally competent leadership and skills to engage across difference.
- Examination of issues and dynamics of race and how they impact individuals, organizations, coalitions, and movements. This is the first of four major diversity areas that will be explored in depth during the Series.
- Deepening a supportive community of change agents who share values and a vision for a making diversity and inclusion foundational to environmental and social change.
For more information, contact us at info@diversity-matters.org.
To register online, please visit our registration page.
Boston, MA
Leadership Series for Social & Environmental Change
Session 3: Changing Organizations: Insight and skills necessary to develop an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization
*Registration limited to those who have already participated in Session 2 of the Leadership Series
Session 3 is a two-day workshop that applies foundational concepts to organizations in the environmental and social change arenas. It provides experiential learning and knowledge necessary to:
- Understand organizational culture and how it impacts individuals and groups.
- Begin to identify the “current state” of an organization’s level of equity, diversity, and inclusion and build skills and learn key steps necessary for leading change to develop more inclusive organizational norms, policies, and practices.
- Understand dynamics of organizational change and resistance.
- Examine issues of gender and sexual orientation and how they impact organizational culture.
For more information, contact us at info@diversity-matters.org.
To register online, please visit our registration page.
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