Defining Diversity and Inclusivity in your Nonprofit Setting

AUDIENCE: Funders and grant applicants

GOALS OF TRAINING:

• Define marginalized groups, the “isms” that face them and how these “isms” appear in nonprofit settings;
• Recognize the concept of intersectionality and how it affects marginalized populations;
• Understand issues of white privilege, cultural appropriation, bias, etc. and how they appear in nonprofit settings;
• Discuss how one can be an ally in our rapidly diverse world;
• Define and discuss microaggressions, white privilege, and cultural appropriation and how they appear in everyday life;
• Recognize the power of culture as it is beyond race/ethnicity.

Dr. Johanna B. Maes is a professor of Multicultural Leadership at the University of Colorado Boulder and also an independent education consultant. She has over 20 years of experience working with diverse audiences (school groups, nonprofit organizations, government entities, etc.) where she teaches about inclusion, diversity, and multiculturalism in a rapidly changing society. As a cultural competency trainer and professor, Dr. Maes prides herself in including her audience as active participants within her pedagogy where she values their personal narratives and experiences and how they contribute to creating a cultural competent world.