Session Title: (171) Equity in Practice (EiP): Fighting Defensiveness in Equity Conversations

Session Type: Education Session Clinic
Topic(s): Equity and Inclusion


Day/Time: Thursday - Block 6
10/12/2023 09:00 AM (Central Time (US & Canada)) - 10/12/2023 10:00 AM (Central Time (US & Canada))

Room: D Ballroom Section 4 (Clinics)

Audience Experience Level: Any level
Audience Familiarity with DEI: Any Level
CEU: 0.1

Description:
Over the last decade, there’s been a noticeable rise in organizations prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Many times, these initiatives include internal staff training on topics such as implicit bias, healthy communication and building relationships across diverse experiences. However, these workshops and conversations require a high degree of emotional engagement, which inevitably can produce resistance and opposition amongst staff. The ability to anticipate, recognize and respond effectively to the opposition is critical to long-term success. This workshop will help you understand the real reasons why diversity initiatives provoke opposition, and help you create effective responses in service to equity and inclusion.

Learning Objectives:
1. Reviewed why equity conversations evoke defensiveness.
2. Considered the various ways opposition can present during workshops and conversations
3. Develop formulated responses to proactively respond to defensiveness in order to build sustainable equity initiatives.

Speaker(s):

Autumn Saxton-Ross