Cultural Humility for Nonprofit Professionals:

Training and Panel Discussion of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Phoenixville-Area Community Leaders

Friday, October 1st

10:00 - 11:30am

This program will explore what it means to be culturally humble, explain types of bias, and provide strategies for being mindful of our own biases in our interactions and decision making. We’ll discuss cultural humility and cultural competency and why is it important to understand and practice in the social service profession.

Following the presentation, there will be a panel discussion including a diverse group of social service professionals from the Phoenixville Community. Panelists will engage in conversation about diversity, equity, and inclusion and the impact of these issues on the community, the families we work with, and in our own lives. Audience members will have the opportunity to engage using polling and the chat box to ask questions of our panelists and presenter.

Learning Objectives:

• To increase your awareness and knowledge of key terms and concepts necessary for promoting and integrating cultural competence and humility as social service professionals.
• To increase your knowledge of attitudes, beliefs, skills, techniques, and interventions for promoting and integrating cultural competence and humility within the social service profession.

Training Facilitator:

• Tamara Wilson, JD., Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at CASA Youth Advocates

Panelists (in alphabetical order):

• Alma Vidal, Program Coordinator, Healthy Start, Maternal and Child Health Consortium
• Peter Urscheler, Phoenixville Mayor
• Marjorie Arias, Immigration Program Manager, Phoenixville Health Care Access
• Jennifer Anderson, Executive Director, Trellis for Tomorrow