2024 Public Events

Date: January 16th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm
Location: Zoom

This highly dynamic training teaches active bystander intervention skills for recognizing and responding to harmful behaviors that may occur in a range of workplace and community settings. Activities include analysis exercises, role plays and common scenarios using Human In Common’s communication templates. Topics include:

• Community Agreements for respectful engagement
• Bystander psychology and terminology
• Human In Common’s Ethical Upstander© Toolkit for Taking Action
• 8 D’s for interrupting harassment
• Calling-in Template for engaging in dialogue with those who have caused harm
• Engaging in allyship and partnership with those who’ve been targeted

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Date: January 17th & 24th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm
Location: Zoom

This advanced training is essential for those in leadership, human resources, and hiring positions who are interested in effective solutions for advancing health equity through workforce development. CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Standards require hiring and promoting a culturally and linguistically diverse workforce to develop policies and practices responsive to the populations in the service area. This training positions participants to complete the CLAS Self-Assessment, required of all DPH vendors, as well as a corresponding CLAS Workplan with specific goals and action steps.

Part I: CLAS Standard: Governance, Leadership, Workforce (Jan 17th, 9am-12:30pm, remote)

• Overview of CLAS Standards
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines
• CLASy Equal Employment statements
• Implicit bias in hiring: what the research says and strategies for preventing bias
• Creating CLASsy job descriptions
• Developing CLASsy interview questions
• Using a CLASsy interview rubric to prevent bias during the interview process
• Identifying CLASsy resources for posting jobs to reach culturally and linguistically diverse applicants

Part II: CLAS Standard: Engagement, Continuous Improvement, and Accountability (Jan 24th, 9am-12:30pm, remote)

• Overview of annual CLAS Self-Assessment
• Assessment strategies for identifying diversity strengths and gaps
• Developing a strategic workplan to meet CLAS Standards
• Developing SMARTIE goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timebound, Inclusive and Equitable)
• Developing partnerships with organizations serving marginalized communities

Participants will receive Human In Common’s Hiring for Diversity Toolkit, which includes:

• Sample job postings embedded with CLAS standards
• Sample interview questions to assess CLAS competencies
• Places to send job postings to reach diverse applicants
• Interview rating rubric template
• CLAS Self Assessment Tool
• CLAS Strategic Plan Template

For more information and to register CLICK HERE

Date: February 7th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm

Location: Zoom

This training lays the foundation for a common understanding of the breadth and depth of racism and its impact on all aspects of society. Experiencing the History of Racism in the US Timeline in community level-sets awareness and inspires commitment to racial equity. Topics include:

• Community Agreements for respectful engagement
• History of Racism in the US Timeline
• Unpacking our personal histories of race and racism
• Data on the material impact of racism today
• Language for talking about race, ethnicity and racism
• Stereotypes, prejudice & implicit bias
• Intersectionality and the complexity of racial experiences
• Cultural humility vs. white supremacy culture
• Looking through the lens of diversity, equity & inclusion
• Racial health equity
• Examining data through an equity lens
• White privilege: what it is and how to use it for good
• Strategies for checking and leveraging privilege
• Antiracism vs. non-racism

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Date: February 8th, 2023
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Location: Zoom

This training teaches skills for analyzing and responding to microaggressions and other common expressions of racial bias. Through exercises, role plays and using Human In Common’s communication templates, participants develop skills that support respectful and equitable interactions which can improve workplace culture. Topics include:

• Community Agreements for respectful engagement

• Reflective listening

• The Bystander Effect
• Microaggressions Analysis
• Following up Template to support those who’ve been harmed
• Calling-in Template to engage in dialogue with those who have caused harm
• Apology exercises
• Language to address racism
• Direct and indirect strategies for interrupting racism in the workplace
• Developing racial stamina to move beyond fragility
• Allyship dos and don’ts

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Date: February 13th, 20th & 27th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm
Location: Zoom

This advanced training provides response and reporting protocols and tools to respectfully respond to patients who express racism at staff, and strategies for effectively supporting staff who’ve been harmed. Through exercises, role plays and using Human In Common’s communication templates, participants develop skills to respond to racism from clients.

Part I (Feb. 13, 9am-1pm, remote)

• Community agreements for respectful engagement
• Overview of institutional obligations to clients, staff and the agency
• Reflective Listening
• Inhibiting and encouraging factors for responding to client racism
• Tools and dialogue templates for responding to racism from clients
• Scenario practice
• Strategies to set up clients for success

Part II (Feb. 20, 9am-1pm, remote)

• Motivational Interviewing techniques to encourage shifts in client behavior

Part III (Feb. 27, 9am-1pm, remote)

• Title Vll and EEOC definitions of harassment
• Client rejection of providers: assessment and response strategies
• Scenario practice
• Protocols for reporting and responding to incidents of racism
• Practices to support staff who have been targeted
• Strategies to facilitate team debriefing sessions

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Date: February 15th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm

Location: Virtual via Zoom

This training provides participants with an overview of the History of the War on Drugs in the United States, as well as data on its disproportionate impact on communities of color. Participants will examine current pitfalls to avoid – including white supremacy culture, saviorism and the non-profit industrial complex – that prevent people of color from accessing or receiving substance addiction services that are culturally appropriate, relevant and useful. Participants will identify action steps to better meet the needs of people of color who have been impacted by the war on drugs.

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Date: February 15th, 2024
Time: 5:30pm-8:30pm

Location: Virtual via Zoom

This 3-hour presentation looks at the culture within boards of directors to troubleshoot barriers to recruitment, retainment, and engagement of people of color. We will begin by exploring internal factors, from white cloning to tokenism, that preclude board membership of people of color. We will develop outward facing policies and practices to attract and retain people of color and develop allyship with communities of color. Participants will be presented with tools to develop a strategic roadmap to make diversity, equity and inclusion central to the Board’s decision making process. This training will teach participants to:

• Identify the components domains of a racial equity strategic plan
• Establish specific racial equity goals and objectives
• Develop realistic timelines
• Utilize Human In Common’s Racial Equity Strategic Plan Tracker for delegation and accountability
• Identify strategies for maintaining transparency and accountability throughout the agency

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Date: February 29th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm

Location: Virtual via Zoom

This training provides participants with an overview of the History of Racism in Mental Health Services, as well as data on mental health disparities in communities of color. Participants will learn specific do’s and don’ts, as well as appropriate language to establish or enhance relationships with clients of color. Participants will examine cultural and social barriers to mental health access and learn trauma informed practices to create more inclusive and effective services.

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Date: February 29th & March 7th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm
Location: Zoom

This advanced training is essential for those in leadership, supervisory and frontline service roles who are interested in solutions for advancing equity and inclusion in client services. The national CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Standards provide a valuable framework for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in client services. CLAS Standards require effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This training will enhance agencies’ abilities to meet the needs of people of diverse cultural, religious, racial, and linguistic backgrounds, disability status, socioeconomic status, genders, and sexual orientations.

Part I (February 29, 9am-12:30pm, remote)

• Community Agreements for respectful engagement
• Defining health equity
• Data on health inequities
• Overview of CLAS Standards
• The History of Bias in Mental Health Services
• Practices to ensure communication access
• Accessibility basics and best practices
• Trauma informed practices
• Cultural humility and cultural competence

Part II (March 7, 9am-12:30pm, remote)

• Creating CLASy mission statements
• Data sources to identify CLAS strengths, gaps, needs and priorities
• Ethics of serving marginalized communities of which you are not a member
• Building coalitions and committees for CLASy decision making and accountability
• Pitfalls to avoid when advancing equity in client services
• CLAS Self Assessment Tool
• Developing SMARTIE goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timebound, Inclusive and Equitable)
• CLAS Strategic Workplan Template

For more information and to register CLICK HERE

Date: March 5th & 12th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm
Location: Zoom

This training provides an overview of the breadth and depth of sexual harassment and includes Human In Common’s Ethical Upstander© Toolkit for preventing and responding to harmful behavior. Through exercises, role plays and using Human In Common’s unique tools and communication templates, participants develop skills that support safe, respectful, harassment-free work environments.

Part I: March 5, 9am-12:30pm, remote

• Community Agreements for respectful engagement
• Sexual harassment, discrimination and bias: what every employee needs to know
• Case study analysis
• Data on sexual harassment in the workplace
• Bystander psychology and terminology
• 8 D’s for active bystander intervention
• Role play using scenarios that reflect today’s social climate

Part II: March 12, 9am-12:30pm, remote

• Reflective listening
• Microaggressions Analysis
• Calling-in Template to engage in dialogue with those who have caused harm
• Following up Template to support those who’ve been harmed
• Priming behaviors and risk factors for sexual harassment in the workplace
• Reporting policies and protocols
• Early prevention policies and practices to create a safe, respectful workplace culture

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Date: March 6th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: Zoom

This training is essential for employees of all levels who are interested in creating effective and efficient diversity committees. This training is also ideal for current members of diversity committees who have been stuck at the starting gate and are looking for solutions to increase their committee’s capacity for driving forward change within their organization. Creating an effective diversity committee is one of the most important steps to enhance equity in your agency. The diversity committee can recommend policies and practices to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in both employment and client services. A well-formed committee can harness the wisdom and lived experience of your members to create a workplace culture that celebrates the diversity of its workforce. It can provide on-going education, create forums for communication, help resolve conflict and be a resource for staff and leadership. Even when agencies have a diversity director, there is too much work for one person to manage on their own. A diversity committee allows for not only more hands to complete tasks, but more minds that can offer wider perspectives. Participants of this training will learn tools and strategies to form collaborative, effective diversity committees. Topics include:

• Common challenges and pitfalls of diversity committees
• Identifying the committee’s purview
• Creating a committee charter
• Creating clear decision-making protocols
• Developing a Committee Mission statement
• Creating membership guidelines
• Identifying roles and responsibilities
• Recruitment strategies
• Tips for effective meetings
• Accountability and transparency

Participants will receive Human In Common’s Hiring for Diversity Toolkit, which includes:

• Sample committee charter
• Sample committee application
• Sample posting for committee openings
• Sample decision making tracker

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Date: March 19th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: Zoom

This interactive training is ideal for human resources, supervisors, diversity committee members and anyone who leads teams and facilitates conflict resolution. Often when bias or an uncomfortable situation arises, people just don’t know what to say or how to say it. Mindful Dialogue is a method of engaging in cooperative rather than competitive dialogue; it invites staff to examine their own position and beliefs, and be open to the perspective of the other person. Participants will learn to use Human In Common’s unique Mindful Dialogue template to facilitate dialogue between people who are experiencing diversity-related conflict and a breakdown in communication. Participants will learn strategies to uphold the dignity of each person and support working together to peacefully resolve conflict and increase trust and rapport. Topics include:

• An overview of Mindful Dialogue
• When to use and avoid Mindful Dialogue
• Reflective listening
• Steps for facilitating Mindful Dialogue
• Scenarios for practice

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Date: March 19th & 26th, 2024
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm

Location: Zoom

This training teaches skills for analyzing and responding to microaggressions and other common expressions of bias. Through exercises, role plays and using Human In Common’s communication templates, participants develop skills that support respectful and equitable interactions which can improve workplace and service culture.

Part I: March 19, 1pm-4pm, remote

• Community Agreements for respectful engagement
• Reflective listening
• The Bystander Effect
• Microaggressions Analysis
• Indirect strategies for interrupting bias in the workplace

Part II: March 26, 1pm-4pm, remote

• Following up Template to support those who’ve been harmed
• Calling-in Template to engage in dialogue with those who have caused harm
• Apology exercises
• Developing stamina to move beyond fragility
• Allyship dos and don’ts

For more information and to register CLICK HERE

Date: April 4th & 11th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm
Location: Zoom

This advanced training is essential for those in leadership, supervisory and frontline service roles who are interested in solutions for advancing racial equity and inclusion in client services. The national CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Standards provide a valuable framework for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in client services. CLAS Standards require effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Part I: April 10, 9am-12:30pm, remote

• Community Agreements for respectful engagement
• Defining health equity
• Data on health inequities
• Overview of CLAS Standards
• The History of Racism in the War on Drugs
• Trauma informed practices
• Cultural humility and cultural competence

Part II: April 17, 9am-12:30pm, remote

• Creating CLASy mission statements
• The History of Racism in Mental Health Services
• Data sources to identify CLAS strengths, gaps, needs and priorities
• Ethics of serving communities of color of which you are not a member
• Building coalitions and committees for CLASy decision making and accountability
• Pitfalls to avoid when advancing racial equity in client services

For more information and to register CLICK HERE

Date: April 9th & 16th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm

Location: Zoom

This advanced training is essential for those in leadership, human resources, and hiring positions who are interested in effective solutions for advancing racial health equity through workforce development. CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Standards require hiring and promoting a culturally and linguistically diverse workforce to develop policies and practices responsive to the populations in the service area. This training positions participants to complete the CLAS Self-Assessment, required of all DPH vendors, as well as a corresponding CLAS Workplan with specific goals and action steps related to increasing recruitment, promotion, retention and leadership of staff of color.

Part I: CLAS Standard: Governance, Leadership, Workforce (April 9th, 9am-12:30pm, remote)

• Overview of CLAS Standards
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines
• CLASy Equal Employment statements
• Implicit bias in hiring: what the research says and strategies for preventing bias
• Creating CLASsy job descriptions
• Developing CLASsy interview questions
• Using a CLASsy interview rubric to prevent bias during the interview process
• Identifying CLASsy resources for posting jobs to reach applicants of color

Part II: CLAS Standard: Engagement, Continuous Improvement, and Accountability (April 16th, 9am-12:30pm, remote)

• Overview of CLAS Self-Assessment
• Assessment strategies for identifying racial equity strengths and gaps
• Developing a racial equity strategic workplan to meet CLAS Standards
• Developing SMARTIE goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timebound, Inclusive and Equitable)
• Developing partnerships with organizations serving people of color

Participants will receive Human In Common’s Hiring for Diversity Toolkit, which includes:

• Sample job postings embedded with CLAS standards
• Sample interview questions to assess CLAS competencies
• Places to send job postings to reach applicants of color
• Interview rating rubric template to prevent bias
• CLAS Self Assessment Tool
• CLAS Strategic Workplan Template

For more information and to register CLICK HERE

Date: May 9th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Location: In person (exact location TBA)

When staff of diverse identities, different levels of institutional power, and varying levels of diversity training engage in the workplace – especially in high pressure health and human services contexts – different perceptions may lead to conflict, causing a breakdown in communication and trust. Through exercises, role plays and using Human In Common’s communication templates, participants will develop skills to communicate through conflict and across difference and increase awareness and empathy. This training will also provide participants with tools to develop action steps, protocols and strategies to repair and heal. Topics include:

• Creating community agreements for respectful engagement
• Reflective listening exercises
• Mindful Dialogue template for self-advocacy and facilitating communication
• 12 steps to debriefing after an incident
• Pitfalls to avoid when debriefing conflict
• Developing protocols for moving forward
• Identifying action steps for repairing and healing

For more information and to register CLICK HERE

Date: May 15th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm
Location: Zoom

This advanced training is essential for those in leadership, supervisory, and decision-making positions who are interested in effective solutions for advancing health equity in their organization. CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Standards require effective, equitable, understandable, and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This training positions participants to complete the CLAS Self-Assessment, required of all DPH vendors, as well as a corresponding CLAS Workplan with specific goals and action steps. Topics include:

• Overview of CLAS Self-Assessment
• Assessment strategies for identifying diversity strengths, gaps, needs and priorities
• Developing SMARTIE goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timebound, Inclusive and Equitable)
• Developing a strategic workplan to meet CLAS Standards
• Creating partnerships with organizations serving communities of color
• Creating committees and coalitions for inclusive, accountable decision making

For more information and to register CLICK HERE

Date: June 4th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Location: Zoom

Many professionals working in health and human services experience racial bias from clients and, too often, agencies don’t know how to respond. Because of mental illness, substance use disorder and other factors, many administrators and practitioners believe there is nothing that can be done to prevent or respond to biased behavior from clients. This can create a stressful and demoralizing workplace culture for staff who are on the receiving end of harmful behavior. This training will introduce the use of Motivational Interviewing to respectfully and effectively respond to racism from clients in an effort to create a more respectful workplace and services culture. Topics include:

• An overview of institutional responsibilities
• Inhibiting and encouraging factors of responding to racism from clients
• The impact of not responding
• The cost/benefit analysis of responding vs not responding
• Overview and benefits of Motivational Interviewing with people experiencing substance use disorders
• Application of Motivational Interviewing to clients who express racism
• Pitfalls to avoid when using Motivational Interviewing to respond to racism
• Sample dialogue templates, scenarios for practice

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Date: June 6th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm

Location: Zoom

This advanced training is designed for executive and director level positions interested in advancing CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Standards and increasing equity in their organization. The national CLAS Standards provide a valuable framework for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. This training explores ethical considerations for those charged with taking the helm of diversity initiatives. Leadership often mistakenly perceives diversity as external to the mission of the agency, rather than precisely the mission of the agency. When deadlines pile up and understaffing pushes agency capacity to the breaking point, diversity initiatives are too often the first on the chopping block. This training provides tools and strategies to ensure that the voices, perspectives and priorities of culturally and linguistically diverse employees, clients and community members are included in decision-making. Using the CLAS Standards framework, this training teaches participants to create ethical protocols to ensure accountability, inclusion and transparency in planning, programming, decision making, and needs assessment. Topics include:

• Dos and don’ts of ethical diversity leadership
• CLASy leadership and governance structures
• Checking your position to interrupt patterns of bias
• Leveraging your position to increase inclusion and accountability
• Ethical use of data to inform planning, programming and decision making
• Building coalitions and committees for CLASy decision making and accountability

For more information and to register CLICK HERE