Welcome New Member! We are pleased to welcome AIDS Community Health Center (ACHC) to the WDN. ACHC is a community of medical and social service professionals who meet patients in a beautiful, healing environment where they can feel supported, cared for, and cared about. >>>

Aetna and Magic Johnson Enterprises 'Team up for a Healthy Tomorrow' Aetna and Magic Johnson Enterprises have forged a new, multiyear relationship. Working together, the two companies will strive to empower businesses and ethnically diverse communities to make informed choices about their health care options by improving health care literacy, showing them the benefits of wellness, exercise and healthy eating, and other initiatives. >>>

2008 Council Meeting Dates Posted >>>

Community Leadership Programs Announced for Winter 2008 Eliminating racism and all forms of oppression wherever they occur Claim pride in individual and group identities. Recognize misinformation learned about other groups. Identify and heal from internalized oppression. Understand the personal impact of discrimination through telling stories. Learn hands-on skills for dealing effectively with oppressive comments and behaviors. >>>

So You Want to Set Up a Diversity Council By Gregg Ward, CMC Melanie had been the head of HR for a midsized but fast growing financial services company for only six months when the CEO called her into his office and asked her to set up the company’s diversity council.  “Diversity is an HR issue,” he said, “make it happen by the end of the quarter.” >>>

Bridging Age Gaps in the Workplace: Beyond Stereotypes to Strategies By Simma Lieberman and Kate Berardo For the first time, four generations of employees are simultaneously playing a prominent role in the workplace. Today we have more and more people who are working beyond their 60s into their 70s, 80s and even some into their 90s, which means you may find two people working together who could potentially have a 50 year age difference. >>>

Improving Relationships among Culturally-Diverse Staff By Sondra Thiederman According to a recent survey conducted by the Families and Work Institute, 52 percent of Americans prefer to work with people like themselves while only 34 percent would rather be with colleagues who are ethnically or culturally different. Clearly those in the 52 percent would be very uncomfortable in America's health care industry where cultural diversity has come to be the norm. >>>

June 2007 - Feb 2008 “Across Borders Rochester” Showcases Latin American and Latino Art & Culture March 26, 27, and 28th, 2008 NCBI Three-Day Train-The-Trainer Seminar

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