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Diversity Dialogues: Advancing Engagement, Empathy, & Empowerment

Diversity Dialogues: Advancing Engagement, Empathy, & Empowerment provides a 6-week interactive forum to encourage bravery in exploring the difficult conversations need related to diversity. Diversity Dialogues defines diversity as encompassing age, disability (acquired or developmental), race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, affectional preference, socioeconomic status, Indigenous heritage, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, size, and assigned sex at birth. There are many individual experiences of societal oppression related to any of these identities. Facing, understanding, empathizing, and acting against oppression requires a level of bravery that many people lack. Diversity Dialogues provides language, resources, education, and Legacy facilitator guided safety to help individuals engage in these difficult conversations and gain the courage to act. Within the virtual weekly process group (as well as between session activities) all participants, regardless of background will

  • Explore their own cultural, ethnic, and/or social group identities
  • Clarify the intersection of their multiple identities and the ways in which they interact with the world
  • Explore the ways in which personally held values and implicit bias can collide
  • Learn about historical context related to discrimination, past and present, and the influence on the current sociopolitical realities
  • Discover ways to talk about and explore difference without causing offense
  • Explore the development of cultural humility and its role in one’s ability to develop empathy and relationship
  • Clarify and move forward with a personal plan for ongoing personal learning and growth
  • Clarify the meaning of social justice advocacy and identify a plan for personal social justice engagement.

Legacy instructional staff will provide weekly synchronous (live) facilitation of the course, as well as provide guidance in using the between-session online platform.

What Leaders & Participants are Saying…

“This course deepened my understanding of how cultural identity, historical trauma, and systemic bias impact mental health. It has strengthened my ability to build trust with patients and lead our clinical team with greater empathy, awareness, and cultural responsiveness.”

Chief Medical Officer

Washington, D.C.

“This experience challenged me to align my values with action. I’ve come away with a renewed commitment to justice, a personal growth plan, and a deeper understanding of how to lead with empathy and accountability.”

Community Engagement Officer

Washington, DC

What Leaders & Participants are Saying…

“I gained a lot of knowledge from the book, and a lot of understanding about how other staff members experience racism here at work. Invaluable!”

Clinical Social Worker

Indiana

“This course helped me better understand how my own identities and biases show up in leadership. It gave me tools to lead with greater humility and foster a more inclusive environment within my organization.”

HR Director

Washington, D.C.

What Leaders & Participants are Saying…

“I enjoyed the intimate discussion when just 4-5 of us were present. 1 hour per week for 6 weeks is the minimum amount of time needed for this reading circle. I would have loved to have more time or more weeks.”

Mental Health Tech, Washington, D.C.

Mental Health Tech

Washington, D.C.

“This program was great! I feel more comfortable discussing race and have more empathy for my coworkers of color within our organization.”

Registered Nurse, Indiana

Registered Nurse

Indiana

What Leaders & Participants are Saying…

“As a leader, I now see how historical context and present-day inequities impact team dynamics and organizational culture. This course equipped me to lead more equitably and to support meaningful change.”

Clinical Supervisor

Washington, D.C.

“I have more empathy for staff members of color. I hope it makes me a better advocate for coworkers who are trying to stand up for themselves within this white-dominated non-profit.”

Anonymous

Indiana

What Leaders & Participants are Saying…

“Now that I have completed the training, I might have the will to answer back when I see discrimination.”

Addictions Counselor

Washington, D.C.

“This course gave me the space to explore who I am and how my identities shape the way I engage with the world. I walked away with a deeper understanding of cultural humility and a clear commitment to personal and social justice growth.”

Anonymous

Indiana

What Leaders & Participants are Saying…

“I didn’t expect this class to impact me so deeply. It challenged my assumptions, helped me recognize my biases, and inspired a real plan for advocacy in my community.”

Therapist

Indiana

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