ARiA- Act: Creating an Inclusive Workforce (a Leadership Ecosystem Webinar)

Where: Webinar/Virtual

When: Thursday, November 19, 2020
12:00pm - 1:30pm

Note: Zoom login instructions will be sent the day prior. If you have not received login instructions by 4:00pm the day before the webinar, please check your spam folder, if you still have not received the login details please email nercomp@nercomp.org.

Workshop Organizers: 
Tina Pappas, Associate Director, Innovation and Technology, Rutgers University and member of the Leadership Ecosystem working group
Michael Cato, CIO, Bowdoin College and member of the Leadership Ecosystem working group

Registration Fee:
NERCOMP Member: Free
Non-Member: Free

Event Overview
For November, the ARiA series presents Part 4 “ACT”: to act with intent and steadfast commitment to affect change within your spheres of influence. The ACT program is focused on 3 areas: inclusive language, bias & technology, and inclusive workforce. Acting towards the development and sustainability of an inclusive workforce requires a commitment to analyzing and correcting retention, recruitment, and hiring practices. This will often require partnering with human resources professionals.

You are invited to join a conversation with Andy Brantley, President, and CEO of CUPA-HR, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources and Sheraine Gilliam-Holmes, Executive Director and Chief HR Officer at Austin Peay State University.  Sheraine also participated in Creating Inclusive Communities project and has currently serves as an at-large member of CUPA-HR’s National Board of Directors. CUPA-HR is the association of HR professionals in higher education, providing leadership on higher-ed workplace issues in the US and abroad. They have led national efforts to collect and share representation data, published reports identifying key actions and best practices, hosted workshops and working groups, and recently launched a 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge for Higher Ed Leaders. 

Andy and Sheraine are uniquely positioned to offer insights and recommendations on how higher education HR offices can partner to Act on the broader issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as the more focused needs of pursuing anti-racism.

In response to renewed dialogue across professional associations and within our personal lives, a small group of community leaders spanning multiple academic institutions have developed a program to promote anti-racism in higher ed – Anti-Racism in Academia: A Learning Journey (ARiA). The program is a 5-part discussion series, taking place from August 2020 to January 2021, outlining an action-oriented approach to dismantling racism in our own spheres through conscious decisions and intentional actions.  See the ARiA website for more info:  https://aria.uga.edu/  

Learning Objectives
 - Learn how CUPA-HR and the higher education HR professionals they represent are pursuing the work of anti-racism and DEI more broadly.
 - Identify best practices to Act in building more inclusive and anti-racist teams and organizations
 - Consider how to better partner with HR offices to Act in these areas

This session will not be recorded.

This session is for individuals employed by higher education institutions only. No vendors, please.