A Safe Place to Talk About Race: How to Address Race and Culture in the Workplace

Speaker Sharon Davis

A Safe Place to Talk About Race: How to Address Race and Culture at Work

This webinar offers practical and real approaches to discuss and navigate the issues of race and culture in the workplace. You will discover steps and tools for more effective outcomes that help you lead with greater confidence.

You will learn:

  • Current Social Justice Issues – How to handle these at work.
  • It’s not our fault – Now, what basic definitions do we need to know?
  • Is Everything about race and culture? What’s the difference
  • Opportunities! 5 ways to respond when someone else makes mistakes.
  • Opportunities! 5+ ways to respond if you make mistakes.
  • What race and culture skills the best leaders demonstrate.

About the Speaker: Sharon Davis

Sharon Davis is a founding member of the Institute for Healing of Racism in 1987.

She has conducted International Dialogue Racism sessions in Mmabato, South Africa, and facilitated a Public Seminar on Cultural and Tribal Unity in Gabaronne, Botswana, and conflict resolution in China. She was interviewed by McNeil/Lehrer Newshour for the “Healing Racism in America” segment.

Sharon served as an International Institute and U.S Immigration Services speaker and MC at Swearing-in Ceremonies for new Americans, a regular TV panelist on “Interfaith Odyssey”, and Advisor and former Executive Director at the National Resource Center for Racial Healing which included being a Project Advisor – Diversity for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Saturn Titan Mission.

Diversity: Discover Your Potential

Speaker Cecilia Stanton Adams and Malissa Adams

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Cultural competence is defined as a set of behaviors and attitudes that enable you to work effectively in multicultural situations. Cultural competency is achieved by developing skills and practices important in cross-cultural interactions and using knowledge about individuals and groups to create practices and policies to create an inclusive environment. Attendees will learn how to establish positive relationships, engage clients, and improve the quality of services you provide.

Learning Objectives

  • The definition of diversity, culture, equity and inclusion.
  • How to identify personal gaps in cultural competence.
  • How to recognize unconscious bias in yourself and others.
  • How to develop an action plan that can be immediately applied.

About the Presenters:

Cecilia Stanton Adams

Cecilia Stanton Adams is the CEO of Stanton Adams Consulting, LLC and is most known for her track record as an accomplished educator and Diversity thought leader. She is committed to a holistic approach to transforming organizations, teams and individuals with the principles of equity and inclusion. Her education and over 15 years of experience in Strategic Diversity positions, she has contributed to the development of programs and services that increase representation of diversity from education, front line workers through to the highest levels of leadership. Her visionary approach inspires others to recognize the diversity their organizations may be overlooking in: Recruitment, Retention, Training, Supplier Diversity and Community Relations.

Cecilia earned a Master’s Degree in Psychology & Sociology from Lehigh University in 2003. She also earned a Master’s Degree in Industrial Psychology from Capella University in 2009. She is currently working on earning a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and coaching from Sedona University.

Malissa Stanton Adams

Malissa is a diversity, inclusion and social equity expert. With over 15 years of experience in operations management and organizational development in the public and private sectors, Malissa understands how to motivate others and act as an effective liaison between organizations and members of under-served communities.

For the past 8 years Malissa has served as the COO of Stanton Adams Consulting, LLC. She also serves as the Housing Outreach Representative for Catholic Charities USA. In 2016 Malissa earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Rasmussen College. She is currently earning a Master’s Degree in Public & Nonprofit Administration from Metropolitan State University.