Diversity Focus Programs
For new workforce members:
- Ambassador program - Matches new employees (and family if requested) with community members who volunteer to help and individual and or family get acclimated and oriented to the area, access services and resources, share the history and culture of the region along with other information and interaction identified by the candidate.
- FINDIT! - An online resource where new employees can find everything from local personal grooming providers, to houses or worship, to lifestyle groups with everything in between. Findit! is also a repository of ethnic services, diversity resources and opportunities. Current information includes 300 services, organizations and institutions with new entities added daily.
For all workforce members:
- Cultural Climate Study - First-of-its-kind study to establish community baseline data to access current attitudes about diversity and inclusion.
- Cultural Competency Program - Sixteen diversity champions from major companies and institutions who promulgate best practices for fostering cultural diversity and competence in the work place and the community. Certified as facilitators through a custom designed, comprehensive training process and available to assist others understand cultural competency and its value in the work place.
- Crash Dialogues - Transformative workshop based on the multiple Oscar winning movie "Crash" which brings awareness to personal attitudes and beliefs about diversity and creates a safe environment to have honest conversations about race and diversity.
For workforce, community members
- Spanish Conversation Circle - Informal gatherings to converse in Spanish, build community and network. No need to be Spanish speaking to have a valuable experience in this group.
- Brown Bag Speaking Series - Beginning Thursday, October 1, 2009. Brown Bag Speaking Series will no longer be monthly occurrences. The program will transition to a Quarterly Speaker Series featuring best-in-class speakers or trainers on diversity and inclusion issues and topics. Our goal will be to identify and secure speakers or trainers who address Corridor diversity and inclusion challenges.
- Student Diversity Leadership Conference - develops leadership skills in students by offering opportunities for students to understand diversity and its impact on the community and the global marketplace. A keynote motivational speaker will offer insight to the path of successful leadership. The students will participate in interactive workshops that will provide a safe environment to engage in facilitated dialogue about diverse relationships and inclusion. Proficient facilitators will guide the student’s experience. The conference allows each participant skills to enhance interpersonal skills and communication among their peers, faculty, within their community and beyond.
