Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workshop Series: Understanding Systemic Racism & Poverty

January DEI Workshop: Understanding Systemic Racism and Poverty 
Starting (s) Track 

The concept of systemic racism and poverty is made tangible to participants through an interactive workshop focused on the ways housing discrimination and residential segregation shape opportunities and disadvantages. Using interactive maps and tools, participants examine the neighborhoods they grew up in to understand the connection between race, segregation, and access to inter-generational wealth-building (or the lack thereof). After examining the long-term effects of housing segregation and discrimination on wealth-building, participants make connections between residential segregation and education, transportation, policing, environmental hazards, health, and employment. Participants walk away with a personalized understanding of the links between systemic racism and poverty that can be used to launch discussions about integrating equity into organizational practices, social responsibilities and remedies.

Presented by: Dr. Paula Ioanide, Rise to Equity

With gratitude to sponsors Cayuga Health System, Community Foundation of Tompkins County, BorgWarner, and Chemung Canal Trust Company for their support.

Learn about our entire DEI Series below!

The goal of this educational workshop series is to help empower employees, leaders and stakeholders to be more inclusive to create impact and change. 
 
We’ve invited an array of excellent, experienced facilitators to host the workshops throughout this series. The series will feature activities, workshops and learning opportunities on the topics outlined on our website. To aid Chamber Members' desire to build greater diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in their respective workplaces, a group of experienced facilitators and consultants will be conducting six webinars each month from January to June. 
 
There are six workshops in total. Where you’re at in your journey of DEI exploration will be helpful in determining which workshops to attend.

• Workshops geared towards those who are just starting (labeled s) their journey of learning and understanding how to begin cultivating diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) workplaces
• Workshops geared toward those are consider themselves advanced (labeled a) in understanding DEI and want an opportunity to continue learning and take a dive deeper into specific topics.