The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio is an diversity training organization located in Beachwood, Ohio. The center trains local professionals in the benefits of diversity in the workplace over the course of one year, serving nine counties, including Cuyahoga, Summit, Lorain, Portage, Lake, Erie, Geauga, Trumbull, Ashtubula. [1]
Professional development
editThe Diversity Center provides numerous programs to provide diversity management to local businesses and organizations. These programs include "Cultural Competency" training, "Healthcare Disparities" training and a "Micro Messages" workshop, among other training.[2]
Philanthropy
editThe Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio has been involved in local charities and causes in the Northeast Ohio area. In the past, the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio has funded a walk-a-thon at the Rock of Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, [3] and partnered with the GG9 Gay Games in 2014.[4] The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio has also honored local businesses with humanitarian awards, such as the Sisters of Charity Health System, to bring attention to local outreach.[5] The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio holds a dinner each year to honor Humanitarian award winners, which also doubles as a fundraiser for the center.[6]
Diversity in the Workplace
editDifferent kinds of diversity training is often used in training exercises by may businesses such as "colorblindness" and "multiculturalism." A third option that best explains the Diversity Center's approach to training is through "all inclusive multiculturalism." This approach embraces all types of diversity and uses diversity to help the organization of a business.[7] Embracing diversity in the workplace has been cited as a reason for the economic improvement in the Cleveland area. Diversity management programs have targeted Cleveland's urban areas where the economies have been struggling and used communty outreach to promote health, education and cultural competency. [8]
Notes
edit- ^ Zone Fisher, Peggy (October 2015). "Guidestar Premium Report". Guidestar. Guidestar USA. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ^ "Workplace Initiatives". www.diversitycenterneo.org. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ^ "The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio". www.hermescleveland.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ^ "Games Supports New Program through The Diversity Center". Gay Games 9: Cleveland + Akron. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPQmFowp7WA, retrieved 2015-10-20
{{citation}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio honoring local humanitarians". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ^ Stevens, Flannery G. (2008). "The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (2008) 44:1". "Unlocking the Benefits of Diversity". NTL Institute. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ "Cleveland's Economic Development: Investment in Diversity & Inclusion Management Pays Dividends". DiversityInc. Retrieved 2015-12-03.