Description
Gain a fundamental orientation to social justice and its importance in creating a more equitable and inclusive workplace.The lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace has been a persistent problem for many companies. HR professionals, people managers, supervisors, and organization leaders often struggle to find effective solutions to address these issues, resulting in a lack of progress and stagnant workplace cultures. By attending this presentation, you will gain a fundamental orientation to social justice and its importance in creating a more equitable and inclusive workplace. Explore social impact initiatives and frameworks that can be used to strengthen a company’s social justice commitment, as well as management and culturebuilding tactics that improve operational effectiveness over time and create more equitable outcomes for employees, the organization, and the communities and groups that it may partner with. This presentation will provide you with strategies for building the skills and competencies necessary to ensure success in your DEI work. These skills include emotional intelligence, communication skills, and building a workplace culture that supports social justice for better outcomes for all.
Date: 2023-06-29 Start Time: End Time:
Learning Objectives
Welcome and Overview
• Approach and Speakers Orientation to the Topic
• Why Our Orientation to the Topic Matters
• Overview of the Material We Will Be Covering and Opportunity to Have Participants Pause and Consider Their Orientation to Social Justice and What Messages and Ideas Shaped Their Understanding
Definition of Social Justice: What Do We Mean by It?
• Definition of the Term
• Brief Orientation to the Field and Its Origins
• Why Social Justice Includes Racial Justice: Rationale and Strategic Imperative for Centering Race
DEI as an Internal Organizational Management Tool for Social Justice
• DEI and Social Justice: Whats the Relationship and Why Does It Matter?
• Organizational Assessments as Critical Tools for Prioritization of DEI Initiatives and Planning
• Common DEI Strategies and Approaches: Representation, Mitigation of Implicit Bias, Accountability Design
Social Justice and Impact Strategy as Tools for External Strategy: Improving Your Workplaces Impact in the World
• Common Social Impact Initiatives: Pro Bono Work, Volunteering, Employee Giving Programs
• Deeper Opportunities to Strengthen Your Social Justice Commitment: Advocacy and Activism, Ethical Representation
• Frameworks and Ideas to Prepare Your Teams for Pursuing Any of the Above: Power and Privilege Analysis, CRT, Intersectionality, Targeted Universalism, Liberation Theory, Somatics, Neuroplasticity
Building the Skills and Competencies Necessary to Ensure Success
• The Necessity of Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills
• Building Workplace Culture That Will Support Social Justice and Give It a Chance to Thrive
• Leveraging Peer Coaching, Motivation Theory, and Employee Engagement as Assets in Your Culture
ASA ,HR Certification Institute ,SHRM ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.
Ellie Tumbuan-The Justice Collective
