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Workforce Diversity Network Welcomes Newest Member, Rochester General
 We are pleased to welcome Rochester General Health System to the Workforce Diversity Network. Rochester General has provided high quality healthcare services for more than 150 years. With its nationally recognized heart program and nationally accredited cancer center, RGHS offers patients leading edge treatment. >>>
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VA Medical Center Recognized as Diversity Leader
 The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC has been honored by the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, for its diversity management programs and initiatives.
A survey concluded that it was among the top 10 hospitals in the country. >>> |
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 Phylicia Rashad is Keynote at SUNY Brockport Diversity Conference
The actress will speak September 16, as the College at Brockport, State University of New York College celebrates its 10th Diversity Conference and 175th Anniversary. >>>
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Member Update on Training and Consulting Benefits
 Leadership and Premier Level members enjoy consulting and training that directly supports the organization’s diversity and inclusion initiatives such as strategic planning, coaching and leadership development. >>> |
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Advancing Structural Equality is August 26
 Action for a Better Community and the Rochester Initiative for Structural Equality Coalition will present
Advancing Structural Equality. Structural equality explores the causes of the enormous racial disparities in income, wealth, education, housing, judicial system, employment, and crime. >>> |
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Welcome to Expert Forum
We hope this will be your new central source for information and resources diversity and inclusion featuring leading experts in the field. Find out what they are saying on top topics and connect with them to learn more. See below for four new contributions this month. >>> |
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Creating Cultural Transformation through Small Acts of Inclusion By Bill Guillory
 During the first decade of the 21st century considerable efforts have been devoted to creating cultural inclusion...The concept of inclusion came about in the 1990s when it was apparent that the efforts in diversity were not affecting the culture or diversity-related objectives in any irreversible way. >>> |
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What Shall We Weave With These Two Strings?
By Joe Gerstandt
 Human relations. Human beings being with other human beings. Beautiful things can take root and bloom in the social space that we share. Families, neighborhoods, teams, organizations. We can love each other and give life, we can forgive and care for and bear witness. We can build and learn and imagine together. >>> |
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Bias Spotter Partnerships
By Sondra Thiederman
 Layoffs may be rampant and diversity budgets cut to the bone, but, fortunately, there are cost-effective tools we can employ to overcome the biases that block our ability to create truly inclusive workplaces. >>> |
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Strategic Diversity Recruiting
By Bill Shakelford
 There is no shortage of organizations (public or private sector) that have developed for themselves a compelling case for diversity recruiting ¼ a case that goes beyond it being “the right thing to do” to one that is anchored in the business case. >>> |
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Measuring Diversity
 By Mike Prokopeak
Determining the bottom-line impact of diversity and inclusion can be as easy as a few quick calculations.
Ed Hubbard, president and CEO of human performance consultancy Hubbard & Hubbard, quickly works through a series of math problems about a client study he conducted. >>> |
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