14 Sep Introduction to Socioeconomic Diversity Introduction to Socioeconomic Diversity Wednesday, September 14, 2022 (9:30 AM to 10:30 AM) 1.0 CE Hours Live Online Zoom Details You're Registered! DescriptionLocationInstructors Join us for a new subject in ACAR's Diversity Series! In this session, students will explore the concepts of socioeconomic status, social class, and wealth versus income. Through group dialogue and activities, you will have the opportunity to learn and discuss how these concepts lead to exclusion both in our society. We will also explore and learn practical strategies that may be applied to mitigate the negative impact of socioeconomic status bias on personal and organizational levels so that all people can begin to feel included. Instructor: Vania Sherepita with Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio. 1 hour c.e. requested. Class offered virtually via Zoom; no in-person attendance option. Students MUST have their device's camera on during class. Live Online Zoom Live Online ZoomLive Online Zoom Map & Directions Vania Sherepita Vania (she/her/hers) is a Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) Specialist at the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio. As a believer in social justice and equity for all, she committed herself to maintaining a lens of empathy while seeking out the common ground where diverse communities can meet and mutually understand each other through passionate storytelling and compassion listening. While working with organizations such as Human Rights Campaign, American Civil Liberties Union, and Equality Ohio, she has utilized emotional intelligence, social perceptiveness, and a stance of sincere vulnerability to negotiate, work with, and act as liaison between people of diverse backgrounds and differing opinions. Her volunteer work has earned her the City of Cleveland's LGBT Heritage Day 'Award for Advocacy and Activision' in 2016. As a JEDI Specialist at the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio, she combines her passionate commitment to this work with her professional background in Consulting and Learning & Development (and just a pinch of on-stage experience) to facilitate workshops on creating and maintaining diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace climates. What she loves most about the work of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion is that it is not an achievement, but a process; the learning and growing never ends.