Diversity Certificate Program 2.0

In this workshop, you will be provided with a context, framework, and language for understanding the realities of racism and how individuals can work to dismantle racism in their personal and professional lives and in their organizations. The workshop employs concepts around working with participants on an individualized plan of action to increase racial equity in their organization.

This workshop is facilitated by ERASE Racism. ERASE Racism is a regional organization that leads public policy advocacy campaigns and related initiatives to promote racial equity in areas such as housing, public school education, and community development.

Herstory will present their “using memoir as a tool for action.” Herstory and participants will share their goals for using personal stories to create a climate of equity and inclusion on campus, and to work together to counter discrimination, harassment, bullying, segregation, isolation, and isolation into separate silos on campus.

Herstory Writer’s Network brings unheard voices, both near and far, into the public arena; to transform lived experiences into written memoirs powerful enough to change hearts, minds, and policy.

In this workshop, the facilitator will present a shared and agreed-upon baseline of knowledge regarding LGBTQIA+ communities, including understanding the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity and defining important LGBTQIA+ terms.  The facilitator will discuss developing cultural humility to understand our own privileges and building empathy for what it is like to be LGBTQIA+. This will include self-assessments to identify our internal biases and microaggressions in order to move from good intentions to effective allyship.

This workshop is facilitated by the LGBT Network, an association of non-profit organizations working to serve the LGBTQIA+ community of Long Island and Queens.

Explore questions you may have regarding what is and is not appropriate when communicating and interacting with individuals who have disabilities. This training will cover best practices for quality interactions with individuals who have disabilities along with:

• Common Disability-Related Terms
• Myths and Facts about Disability
• Strategies for Effective Communication
• Disability Dos and Don’ts

This workshop is facilitated by the Viscardi Center. The Viscardi Center provides a lifespan of services that educate, employ, and empower people with disabilities.

Our increasingly diverse society is reflected in the growing workforce and customer diversity. Our ability to function effectively across various cultural contexts (national, ethnic, organizational, generational, etc.), known as cultural intelligence, is critical to our career and organizational success. During this workshop, participants will::

• Complete and receive feedback on the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS): CQS is aimed to measure the individual ability to understand, act and manage effectively in culturally diverse settings.
• Map cultural differences you may encounter as you travel across today’s multicultural environment.
• Learn how to develop cultural intelligence further, helping you to more effectively relate and work across cultures.