America's Advantage

The intention of the America's Advantage: Diversity and Inclusion at Work program is to target the leadership within corporate or civic work environments to empower them to create institutional change that fosters inclusion for all people within their own organization. Leadership here has been defined as any employee who has a direct impact upon the human relations climate of a workplace. The program involves participants from across the organization (senior and mid-level management and "front line" staff) participating in small group activities (experiential and dialogic exercises) in order to raise their level of awareness and to develop the skills necessary to address current and future issues relevant to promoting inclusion in their workplace.

Core Objectives of this Training:

Social identity
Dynamics of power and privilege relative to bias, bigotry, prejudice, and discrimination
Responsible leadership
Assessment and strategic planning for inclusion in the workplace
Cultural diversity competency skills

By the completion of the program, participants will have increased knowledge of commonly used human relations terms (e.g. social identity, discrimination, oppression, etc.) as measured by pre-post surveys.
By the completion of the program, participants will have increased knowledge of social identity concepts as measured by pre-post surveys.
By the completion of the program, participants will have an increased understanding of the dynamics of power and privilege as they relate to bias, bigotry, and discrimination as measured by an exit survey.
By the completion of the program, participants will recognize their abilities and responsibilities to advocate for inclusion in their workplace as measured by a structured exit survey.
By the completion of the program, participants will have skills to conduct organizational assessments to better meet the needs of a culturally diverse workplace as measured by the participant's ability to develop a strategic plan his or her workplace.

For more information about the America's Advantage Training Process contact Martin Rafanan (314-241-5103 x11) or Charisse Jackson (314-241-5103 x12).