| Building
Inclusive Communities
The Trading Places Strategy for adults includes
these elements or components:
Trading
Places
Diversity Consulting
Corporate
Diversity Alliance
The
ALPACT Coalition (Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community
Trust)
At the local and national levels, Michigan Roundtable
for Diversity & Inclusion draws on an extensive network of resources
and experts to provide programs that address both the challenges
and opportunities of living in a pluralistic society. Michigan Roundtable
for Diversity & Inclusion works with schools, organizations,
and businesses to provide training on a broad range of human relations
issues including racism, religious discrimination and other cultural
biases. Monthly breakfast dialogues allow business, educational
institutions, labor and community-based organizations to learn about
and discuss issues of workplace diversity.
Organizational
Development and Diversity Consulting/Training
Our society changes every day and so does the
American workforce. Employees differ from one another in matters
of race, gender, religion, age, physical ability and culture. Issues
of diversity, topics once absent from workplace considerations,
are of prime importance with a direct correlation to the success
of an organization.
Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity Consulting offers the programs and tools to help you achieve
an "asset mind set" about diversity. A growing list of
clients, corporations, local and regional municipalities, school
districts, civic organizations and small businesses receive training
on a broad range of human relations issues including racism, religious
discrimination and other cultural biases.
Today's workplace demands teamwork, an understanding
of culturally diverse markets an a work environment that promotes
fairness and loyalty. Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion
stands out as a "not for profit" provider of diversity
services that achieves these outcomes.
"One of Michigan Roundtable for Diversity
& Inclusion's greatest skills is their ability to facilitate
groups. They teach how to listen, think and respond. Michigan Roundtable
for Diversity & Inclusion is an extremely valuable resource
to us. Their team was well organized and coordinated every aspect
of the training. The end result? We are able to analyze our own
beliefs, understand others' beliefs and are able to apply what we
know when working with each other, our students and our parents"
said Dr. George Fornero, principal, West Bloomfield High School.
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Michigan Roundtable
for Diversity & Inclusion Diversity
Training: A Customized Approach
Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion's
approach to diversity is different than "for profit" organizations.
Our dialogue-based training sets up a "no fault" environment
that promotes understanding and communication among your employees.
Our team of experts will work with your organization
to create a customized diversity program. Planning for training
often is developed with a select group of employees to help define
your diversity needs and customize the training.
Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion's
diversity consulting expertise in combination with our customized
approach can produce the following:
A strong diversity leadership team that develops
the actions needed for your organization to become inclusive
Diversity training that builds inclusiveness
among employees and increases the use of diversity as an organizational
asset
An improved internal capacity to build, sustain
and monitor diversity initiatives in the organization
"Michigan Roundtable for Diversity &
Inclusion gave us a customized program for the tough issues we identified
as an organization. Their highly experienced professionals spent
hour after hour with our team. They helped us plan before sessions
with our employees, allowing us to bond with one another and work
effectively to strategize in our initiatives for the 34 school districts
we oversee in Wayne County."
—George Waters, Director, Special Projects,
Wayne County Region Educational Services Agency.
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Trading
Places
This is the simple premise on which we've
based Trading Places, an initiative intended to improve intergroup
relations throughout the metropolitan Detroit tri-county area.
Trading Places is a series of small group
dialogues about the human relations barriers that sometimes confound
our best efforts to understand one another and live and work better
together. Each series consists of three 3-hour sessions led by a
trained facilitator who guides a diverse group of participants in
a non-confrontational discussion of religious, ethnic and racial
issues.
Why dialogue? The purpose of dialogue is
to establish understanding and respect. Dialogue participants have
the opportunity to reassess positions so that new approaches to
problems can be explored. The dialogue thus helps build more respectful
and inclusive communities that are sensitive to issues of prejudice
and discrimination.
It also might be helpful to know what dialogue
is not. Dialogue is not lecture, debate, argument, or informal conversation.
Dialogue addresses the interpersonal dynamics that perpetuate misunderstanding
and fear of others. A productive dialogue requires honesty, an openness
to new perceptions, and a willingness to disagree agreeably.
Above all else, the Trading Places dialogues
give people from different backgrounds the opportunity to see and
understand that pieces of the human experience are common to us
all. The results of this awareness can be a first step in the process
of building a more inclusive and respectful community.
For more information about Trading Places,
please contact jpalmer@miroundtable.org.
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Corporate
Diversity Alliance
Through this program, MRDI recognizes companies
and organizations whose policies and practices embrace inclusion
and acknowledge the contributions of people from diverse backgrounds.
The Alliance provides diversity services to assist in improving
and initiating effective diversity programs.
Companies that participate in the Corporate Diversity
Alliance program receives:
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Assessment - MRDI will
review diversity practices and provide written evaluation along
with recommendations, if appropriate.
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Information on diversity
programs and practices including a calendar of ethnic and religious
observances, a quarterly newsletter and a diversity resource
guide.
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Attendance at meetings and seminars
on diversity, affirmative action and equal opportunity employment.
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Quarterly networking meetings
for diversity professionals.
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Two FREE tickets to
the annual Leveraging Diversity for Business Success Conference.
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Two FREE tickets to
the Health Care Disparities Conference.
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Two FREE Tickets to
the Religious Diversity Conference.
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Recognition - Participating
companies receive a plaque and are listed on Diversity Honor
Roll on the MRDI website: www.miroundtable.org
For more information about
Corporate Diversity Alliance, please contact Mike
Maslyn.
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ALPACT:
Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust
This Police Community Relations Coalition on Bias,
Bigotry and Racism, is dedicated to engagement. Composed of the
leadership from a diverse group of federal, state and local law
enforcement agencies and key community stakeholder groups address
issues that detrimentally impact police community relations.
ALPACT partnered with state legislators and the
Attorney General in drafting Michigan’s anti-profiling legislation,
provided vital input used to enlist community cooperation using
the “Letter of Invitation” undertaken by the US Attorney
and other Federal agencies for post 911 Homeland Security Interviews,
established a state and federal agency leadership speaker’s
bureau to address agency roles and procedures in relationship to
community concerns, and supports implementation of ‘best practices’
in the areas of police training, data collection, complaint procedures,
and proactive police community relations initiatives.
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