Honoring Our Common Differences: Creating Inclusive Organizations

In an inclusive organization, all people—including people of diverse social and cultural groups (gender, race, ethnicity, class, disability, sexual orientation)—experience uncompromising respect and dignity. Such organizations value and actively encourage multiple experiences and perspectives, creating a positive, collaborative environment where people can be themselves and contribute their best work.

Honoring Our Common Differences: Creating Inclusive Organizations

This workshop creates a safe forum for self-reflection and dialogue about inclusivity.

You will gain insights into:

• how your life experiences and assumptions affect your understanding of, and actions toward, inclusivity.
• how oppression operates on individual and institutional levels and how you may unintentionally exclude people.
• your privileges and how to use them with integrity to enhance inclusivity.
• differences between nondiscriminatory and inclusive behaviors at the personal and institutional level.

Your instructor

Kathy Germann has conducted workshops on a broad range of human relations issues since 1982. Her audiences have included educators, clergy, and professionals working in human services, health care, law enforcement and business. In addition to teaching on three college campuses she is a former director of a YWCA and manager of a training unit in a human services agency. As a member of a management team, she took a leadership role in an agency-wide multicultural organizational development process. Kathy currently operates her own consulting and training business specializing in diversity issues, conflict resolution, team-building and training design. Learn more about Kathy Germann in our Instructor Spotlight.

"I took Kathy’s diversity workshops to fine-tune myself as an instrument for this work. Because of the depth of her commitment and her mastery of how people change and grow, the workshops have helped me do exactly that. A lot of my work has been with Indian elders. Borrowing from their vocabulary, I would say that Kathy has ‘medicine’.” ~ Rodney Horikawa, student services coordinator, Campus Community Partnership, UW–Madison

“Kathy’s strategy in introducing diversity issues into the workplace is par excellence.” Rev. David Couper, retired Madison Chief of Police, 1972-1993

General information

Time: Check-in begins at 8 am; The workshop is from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (including breaks and lunch.)

Location: The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Madison, WI. Parking information will be sent with your enrollment confirmation. The building is wheelchair accessible.

Fees: $150 includes instruction, program materials, refreshment breaks, and a non-refundable administration fee of $20. Lunch is on your own.

Registration deadline: Enrollment is limited. In order to ensure your place in the program and to help us accommodate you, we ask that you register as early as possible.

Cancellation policy: If you are unable to attend or arrange for a substitute, you may obtain a refund minus the $20 administrative fee by contacting our registration department at least 3 business days prior to the program. If you cancel 3 business days or less before the program, or do not attend, you are responsible for the entire fee. To cancel or arrange for a substitute, please call 800-725-9692.

Accommodations: Please make your own travel and lodging arrangements. Information on accommodations and parking will be sent with your registration confirmation. Information about overnight accommodations can also be found on our general information page.

Parking: You receive parking information with your enrollment confirmation. Day-long parking permits are available for enrollees on a first-come, first-served basis. Parking ramps and surface lots are located within a few blocks of the Pyle Center.

Additional parking and transportation information (including parking maps) can be found on the Getting Around page from UW-Madison Visitor Information. Visit: http://www.visit.wisc.edu/gettingAround.php

Credit:
Approved Hours/Continuing Education Credits: 0.7 CEU = 7 hours of professional continuing education for the program.

Social Workers: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professional Development and Applied Studies, (PDAS), (provider number #1042) is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), (800-225-6880) through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. PDAS maintains responsibility for the program.
WI, IA, MI and MN Boards of Social Work recognize ACE programs.
IL Registered Social Worker Continuing Education Sponsor #159.000243.
Counselors: PDAS is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. PDAS adheres to NBCC continuing education guidelines (Provider #5990).
WI Psychologists, and Marriage and Family Therapists: Qualifies as an accredited university continuing education course relevant to professional practice.
WI Substance Abuse Counselors: Qualifies as a continuing education course consisting of relevant subject matter taught by qualified presenters.
Educators: This program may qualify towards your Professional Development Plans (PDPs).
Other professions: Completion of each program qualifies for continuing education hours. Contact your own board or organization for specific continuing education requirements.

Registration options

By phone: Call 608-262-7942 or 800-725-9692.

By mail: Print, complete and mail the Continuing Studies registration form.

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