2050 Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
As detailed in a report by the Brookings Institute in March of 2018, by the year 2050, most of America will identify as a minority citizen for the first time in American history. Not surprisingly, by November of 2018 a New York Times article sounded the alarm about a “nervous” white majority, unprepared for this massive shift in both numbers and culture.
The 2050 Equity & Inclusion series offers interactive, reflective learning opportunities where participants are prepared for a new reality: a majority-minority America. Reserved for organizations committed to anti-racist policies and practices, these learning opportunities go beyond buzzwords to offer important context, strategies, and resources for workplace challenges faced every day. Using research-based strategies from colleges and universities all over the country, proven best practices and experienced educators, Heartwork facilitates respectful conversations that meet each participant at their current level before helping them push past comfort to real growth. We work with organizations to decide which modules out of each of our three learning series would be most impactful for your workforce now, while also working with leadership to establish policy changes that can give team members a process to express concerns, set up new norms for a more informed team, and give consequences for repeated violators. Each series includes a comprehensive sourcing guide to show the science behind the sessions.
Our Thanks for Your Service learning series teaches cultural competency for service-centered industries such as healthcare and education. Ideal for large groups of 25 or more, this lecture series reviews the cultural levers to pull and how to convey compassion and care to a community that may naturally (and justifiably) distrust external partners. Over four workshops participants work in small groups and as a collective, walking through common instances of cultural ignorance and how to avoid the transference of emotional labor to marginalized communities. Heartwork offers in-person and/or virtual opportunities and uses examples from today’s news to illuminate a minority perspective, explore majority resistance, educate on various cultural faux pas, and offer tools to use when cultures and misunderstandings collide.
Not All (BLANK) People focuses on addressing and dismantling commonly held prejudices and stereotypes with qualitative and quantitative evidence and down-to-earth examples and exercises for all people, of all backgrounds. Rooted in the belief that we all have a cultural blind spot (or five), this three-part online and in-person workshop series goes through all the most popular troupes while alerting participants to seemingly harmless, but dangerous beliefs. Suited best for small groups, these workshops offer {no-judgement zone} opportunities to learn how to respectfully engage underrepresented co-workers and neighbors and the negative impact of all stereotypes, even those considered “positive”. Participants ultimately leave more self-aware of their own blind spots and the type of organizational policies that reinforce these beliefs.
We’re all guilty of committing microaggressions towards an underrepresented group (even minorities!) at some point in our professional lives, so this series isn't one to miss. Don’t Touch My Hair addresses everyday microaggressions faced by minority groups in the workplace, strategies to help HR and leadership teams create safe spaces and tools for managers of all backgrounds on how to spot and avoid it.
While working with small groups, we take a deep five-session dive to begin the work of cultivating an anti-racist organization. Your facilitator will define microaggressions towards marginalized groups, show how microaggressions impact different groups and demonstrate how these incidents negatively impact business results. Participants from every demographic will confront how we all may be offending each other every day and how to respond when you are experiencing this insidious form of harassment.
