Join us for this month's SHRM Luncheon
"7 Steps to a Diversity & Inclusion Culture Change"
Date/Time: Thursday April 10th | 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location: Holiday Inn & Suites (Airport) | 4260 Mitchell Way
Tickets on Sale Until February 6th
What We'll Cover:
In the 21st Century it is increasingly important that organizations recognize the changing demographics of the United States and create an inclusive environment to recognize and accept diverse cultural norms in order to leverage the benefits to business. Join Kim Harris of Distinctive Voice Consulting to explore a framework to change your workplace culture from one that is dominant culture centered to one that recognizes, acknowledges, and includes the perspectives to include the perspectives of our increasingly pluralistic society.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the chronological steps to an DEI culture change model
- Gain insights for culture change momentum
- Comprehend a strategic process that promotes buy-in
- Understand one next step after an organization has initiated a DEI program
About Our Presenter: Kim Harris
Kim started Distinctive Voice Consulting in 2014 with a purpose of training educational employees, communities, businesses and social service agencies about bias, diversity, equity and inclusion. Kim does so by facilitating conversations about race, class and gender using adult teaching theories in a non-judgmental, non-polarizing, gracious and affirming environment. Her training ranges from beginning to advanced and are customized to suit the organization’s needs.
Kim has a master’s degree in education from Western Washington University where she completed graduate courses in cultural pluralism and group dynamics. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Humanities. Kim is a multicultural person of color who was raised in the multicultural area of Los Angeles California where she lived in racially and economically diverse communities. She has a social justice background and is one of the founders of the Bellingham Racial Justice Coalition in 2015.
Kim has lived overseas and flew for an international airline. Living outside of the United States, working for the airlines and traveling the world gave her the training ground to observe, respect and appreciate diverse cultures, communities and societies. She also has several years of volunteer group training and facilitation from local businesses, community colleges and community groups. Kim's multi-racial background, experience living overseas combined with graduate training in cultural pluralism and volunteer group facilitation enable her to use her gift of conversation facilitation to help people from various backgrounds learn from, understand, appreciate and respect each other's differences.
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General admission tickets may be purchased at the door (lunch not included).
This program is approved for 1 PDC for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP and 1 Business HRCI credit.
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