Unconscious Bias Training

Description

Having a clear understanding of your own biases and those of others will help you become a more inclusive.  As you will learn to adjust your patterns of thinking, you will learn not to let these biases influence your interactions with others.

Key Take Aways

• Understand your own biases
• Learn to adjust patterns of thinking
• Eliminate discriminatory behaviors

Who Should Attend

• Anyone interested in learning about unconscious bias
• HR Professionals
• HR Leaders
• Managers

About the Facilitator

Kerry is a Bisexual, Latina, Founder and Principal Diversity Consultant for Dyvergent Consulting Group, LLC. She is an elected official serving as a school board trustee with 7 years of diversity and inclusion experience in tech, education, and community. She is a proud mother of two boys with autism and a neurodiversity advocate.  She has worked at top tech companies such as Microsoft and Amazon to advocate for diversity and inclusion to empower women and minorities.

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Former board member for People Acting in Community Together (PACT), where she empowered the community to solve social issues related to housing, immigration, education, restorative  justice, and  led community rallies to advocate for equitable education for all. She mentored youth through Google's CS First and Microsoft TEALS, teaching computer science fundamentals. She even led and won hackathons at Women Who Code Silicon Valley, a non profit dedicated to helping women excel in technology.

Podcast

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