Why Diversity Initiatives Fail
Tuesday Plenary

After 15 years of direct Diversity Trainings, Jess Pettitt, CSP, has uncovered why change doesn’t stick. In this session, we’ll spend a day in the life of a change crusher. We’ll look at a dozen or so contradictory characters that make up your office staff under the magnifying glass and solve the mystery of what you can do with what you already have to make your diversity initiatives stick.

Learning Outcomes:

• To understand the difference between Diversity and Social Justice
• To remove excuses that stand in one’s way from doing social justice work
• To utilize three basic tools of self-reflection: tracking, triggers, and listening
• To motivate and inspire audiences to become participants in their own change