Creating an Inclusive Work Environment

About this event

Nancy Ramirez Arriaga
Nonprofit Consultant

Continental Breakfast & Networking at 8:00
Presentation at 8:30

A welcoming and inclusive organization supports an organization’s overall success. This does not come automatically; it must be designed with great intentionality. The desired outcome is to create a wider pool of strategies, thinking, experience, contacts, and resources. Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment is central to tapping into these resources. In addition, it benefits the entire organization. This session of the Diversity Leaders Network will not only provide an overview of organizational welcoming and inclusion, but also suggest specific steps and strategies for building an open and inclusive culture where greater diversity can take root.

Learn to:

• Utilize your personal experience to promote inclusion
• Connect greater client diversity to greater organizational diversity
• Identify what cultural practices among your staff may be exclusive
• Strengthen staff skills in creating and functioning in an inclusive manner
• Envision celebrating staff and organizational diversity
• Understand steps that can be taken right away to be more welcoming

About the Presenter

Nancy Ramirez Arriaga serves as an independent consultant providing coaching, facilitation, and training to support the work of people and organizations creating social change. Her 11 years of experience in the nonprofit community includes advocacy, stakeholder involvement, effective program management, and capacity building. As an experienced intercultural and bilingual leader, she brings to the table an ability to relate to all groups and levels within organizations to promote culturally fluent workplaces.

Nancy holds an MA in Leadership and Organizational Development from Saybrook University, and a BA in Administration of Justice from Portland State University. She also received political training at Harvard University and completed program coursework in International Affairs at Universidad Latina de América.

About the Network

Diversity Leaders Network is a proactive, comprehensive approach to institutionalizing cultural competence at your organization. This Network is designed to help leaders better understand the cause and effect of varying viewpoints and to inspire open-mindedness and a willingness to learn from those with diverse backgrounds.

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