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What is Diversity Works? |
Goals
of Diversity Works |
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Diversity
Works 2008 Agenda |
Contact
Information |
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Diversity
Defined |
Order
your posters online |
Diversity Works
is a celebration each fall during which every workplace in the valley is invited
to develop at least one activity that recognizes, promotes, or celebrates how
diversity helps the organization achieve its mission. It is an outgrowth of the Partners for Workplace
Diversity, an alliance of area organizations dedicated to developing successful diversity
initiatives for their own needs and for the community at large. The Partners sponsor
many programs, two of which provide an annual opportunity for community participation.
Each fall, the Partners coordinate Diversity Works, and each spring
they co-sponsor a conference with the YSU Williamson College of Business Administration
and the Western Reserve Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.
Periodic workplace diversity training for specific occupations and the general public is
also provided.
" In a society of plurality and change, there may be no detailed moral consensus... but there can and must be a continuing conversation, joined by as many voices as possible, on what makes our society a collective enterprise, a community that embraces many communities."
J. Sacks, 1994
| Date | Time | Venue | Event Description |
| 10/12 |
12:00 PM
6:00 PM |
Kilcawley
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown |
“Freeheld:”
Film Viewing in Honor of National Coming Out Day. Film chronicling a
woman’s struggle to transfer her earned pension to her domestic partner,
presented in
conjunction with Equality Ohio |
| 10/14 | TBA | TBA | Diversity
Works Day, WYSU fm 88.5 |
| 10/16 | 9:00AM |
The First Presbyterian Church, |
“Helping
Children and Teens Deal With Grief." Family Service Agency hosts
Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt, reservations required (330.743.3067) |
| 10/17 | 7:30AM | GM Lordstown Complex | General
Motors Annual Diversity Works Kick-off Breakfast: 10th
Anniversary Celebration. By invitation, reservations required.
(330.824.5316) |
| 10/19- 10/24 | TBA | TBA | Role
Diversity at Humility of Mary Health Partners. System-wide
departmental open houses with a focus on the various roles (jobs) with
HMHP; cultural displays and foods |
| 10/21 | 5:30PM | DeBartolo Stadium Club |
Lessons in Leadership
Dinner – A Celebration of National Business Women's Week. Iris Torres Guglucello,
Director of the Law Department, City of |
| 10/28 | 11:!5AM | Weymouth Country Club, Medina |
Diversity
in the Workplace” Luncheon and Workshop |
| 10/28 | 7:00PM |
Ford Recital Hall, |
An
Evening with Minnijean Brown Tricky (Little Rock Nine). As part of
the Sojourn to the Past program, Minnijiean will also speak with students
from three |
| 11/11 | 4:00PM | Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County |
Partners for Workplace
Diversity Meeting. Reports from the community, planning for spring
programming, refreshments (330.239.0202). |
| 11/18 | 6:30PM |
The |
Family
Service Agency’s 100th Anniversary and National Family Week
Celebration (330.782.5664). |
Ongoing Events
Spotlight on Diversity, The Partners for Workplace Diversity seek suggestions for, and
information about programs, policies, or structures that foster workplace diversity
and diversity competence in Valley workplaces (330.941.2350).
The Partners define and understand diversity in its broadest context, including diversity among employees, customers and suppliers etc. You are invited to participate in the opportunities this Partnership has to offer. Every individual brings multiple roles and identities to every interaction and each identity involves distinct values, talents and perspectives. Recognizing this range of perspectives and talents as assets and not problems is central to building an organization that enjoys the full range of market opportunities, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Recognize the competitive advantages of our diverse Valley for building teams, cooperation, and quality of work life.
Celebrate the unity and community of diverse talents, identities, values, and perspectives represented in Valley workplaces, markets, and communities.
Promote the contributions of employees and stakeholders to economic success and community growth.
For more information on the Partners
for Workplace Diversity, please contact:
Dr. Anne McMahon
Williamson College of Business Administration
Youngstown State University
One University Plaza
Youngstown, Ohio 44555
(330) 941-2350
ammcmahon@ysu.edu
If your organization is interested in posters for the October Celebration please contact Dr. Anne McMahon. If interested, please hurry; Diversity Works is quickly approaching us!
You are invited to develop at least one activity in your workplace that addresses the goals for this event by demonstrating how diversity helps achieve mission effectiveness.
The Partners believe that recognizing the full variety of perspectives and talents as assets and not problems is central to building an organization that enjoys the full range of market opportunities, regionally, nationally, and globally.
Increase Awareness: Provide occasions to discuss how diversity among your
customers, employees and partners in business is relevant to mission
effectiveness by having
company officers wear our logo and display our posters and/or your own materials
Provide Educational Opportunities: Join in existing educational programming
at our workshops or provide internal training. Use October as kick-off
opportunity for new policy, orientation, or customer service program.
Promote Diversity Activities of Others: Display our promotional materials
and those of a group or organization whose diversity activities you are
supporting by funds, volunteer activities or business functions. Choose from
those groups you already support or contact us for suggestions.
Some Specific Examples :
Promote the success of your multi-functional teams in a series in your newsletter using the puzzle visuals
Create displays that show heritage of customers and employees.
Create a new mosaic featuring employees, customers and others, acknowledging their individual values, talents etc. as assets.
Salute your employees, customers and/or partners in business via newspaper or newsletter promotions.
Develop a shadowing program in which employees or possible future employees learn work activities of others in the workplace.
Create meals and other opportunities to celebrate heritage traditions, including information about values.