1. Benefits, Challenges and Solutions Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Diversity Works:
Benefits, Challenges and Solutions
Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Mariapolis Luminosa, Hyde Park
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/ Office of Youth Justice
Gregory G. Owens, Deputy Commissioner/Director
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2. The Package Deacon Married for 26 years
Father of 22 year old graduate student, daughter
Middle Child, older brother, younger sister
Parents – father Dentist, married to mother for 50 years
Raised in Mt. Vernon, NY – Grandmother, Great-grand parents in home!
NYS Champ – Triple Jump
Graduate of Rider College/University, New Jersey
Graduate School – U of Penn - Graduation Speaker
Worked at Children’s Village, Urban League of Westchester, Homes Away From Home, Inc.,
Singer
Coach
Played freshman basketball
Keynote speaker, trainer, consultant, mentor, elder
Comic Book Fanatic
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4. Managing Difficult Conversations
4 Bodies of Work
Managing Difficult Conversations
Leadership
Cultural Competence
Mind Science of Bias
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5. "There are many people who think they want to be matadors, only to find themselves in the ring with two thousand pounds of bull bearing down on them, and then discover that what they really wanted was to wear tight pants and hear the crowd roar.
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8. In contrast to the assertions of some economists that businesses with a “taste for discrimination” may become uncompetitive, recent research demonstrates the opposite conclusion: discrimination is “persistent and long lasting in market-based economies.”57 At a minimum, there is evidence that markets do not do an effective job of promoting tolerance.58
William Darity, “Stratification Economics: The Role of Intergroup Inequality,” Journal of Economics and Finance 29, no. 2 (2005): 145.
58 Niclas Berggren and Therese Nilsson, “Does Economic Freedom Foster Tolerance?” IFN Working Paper, no. 918 (2012): 177–207, accessed February 16, 2015,
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9. Inclusion is the action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure. More than simply diversity and numerical representation, inclusion involves authentic and empowered participation and a true sense of belonging.
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14. Challenging the Media is Critical!
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15. AP caption: A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, Flood waters continue to rise in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did extensive damage when it made landfall on Monday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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16. Caution! Why Some Diversity Programs Fail
Mandatory Diversity Training
Job Tests
Performance Ratings
Grievance Procedures
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17. Promising Approaches Engagement – Cognitive Dissonance Mentoring
Voluntary Training
Self-managed Teams
Cross Training
College Recruitment; Women; Minorities
Mentoring
Diversity Task Forces
Diversity Managers
Contact
Social Accountability
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18. The Mind Science of Bias
Implicit Bias
Racial (and other) Anxiety)
Stereotype Threat
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20. “The problem of the twenty-first century is the problem of “othering
“The problem of the twenty-first century is the problem of “othering.” In a world beset by seemingly intractable and overwhelming challenges, virtually every global, national, and regional conflict is wrapped within or organized around one or more dimension of group-based difference. Othering undergirds territorial disputes, sectarian violence, military conflict, the spread of disease, hunger and food insecurity, and even climate change.
We define “othering” as a set of dynamics, processes, and structures that engender marginality and persistent inequality across any of the full range of human differences based on group identities.
Dimensions of othering include, but are not limited to, religion, sex, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status (class), disability, sexual orientation, and skin tone. Although the axes of difference that undergird these expressions of othering vary considerably and are deeply contextual, they contain a similar set of underlying dynamics.”
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21. Gregory Owens, Deputy Commissioner/Director NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services/Office of Youth Justice 80 South Swan Street Albany, NY
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