Boulder, CO
BCAA is proud to announce the second in a series of Diversity/Inclusion Trainings for Boulder County Arts Alliance Partners led by Johanna B. Maes, Ph.D. Attend any or all three trainings. Next workshop date: November 1. Space is limited. Please register in advance to reserve your spot.
Audience: Executive Directors, Board Members
Goals of Training:
- Discuss effective methods in attracting and retaining diverse populations on your board and staff while avoiding the common phrase of “there’s not enough people out there to fill these positions;”
- Discuss how to value those diverse contributors within your organizations without tokenizing, vilifying, demoralizing or dismissing them while recognizing that boards and staffs today should be representatives of our world at large;
- 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.
