This workshop is an intentionally structured opportunity to hear insights and learnings as well as successes and challenges related to successfully designing and implementing operational initiatives that center JEDI outcomes. We will be digging deeper into what specific, logistical elements need to be in place in order to ensure that change efforts centering justice, equity, diversity and inclusion are adopted, sustained and measurable. There will be an opportunities to reflect on the current industry landscape and the “Why now?” behind our need as an industry to diversify. We will aim at building capacity for Industry Leadership Centering , Experiential Knowledge Sharing, Organizational Resilience, and Professional Growth

This is a workshop for Provender Member organizations who are interested in creating, reigniting and/or optimizing their internal, JEDI-based, strategic workplace processes and practices.

BIO:
Cynthia Billops is a business strategy and operations expert who has spent the last few decades planning, designing and launching complex IT, Web and SaaS services. She earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Mills College – focusing on small group interactions and the importance of each individual’s contribution to optimal success. She is an inspired, “human-first” leader of people, projects and organizations and a practiced facilitator – using inclusive practices to build and sustain equitable, diverse, transparent work cultures. She has guided multiple leadership teams through periods of great change, accelerating growth and expansion within the constraints of broader economic and environmental challenges.

Marissa Estaban, PCC Community Markets Manager, Staffing and JEDI