Diversity Awareness Partnership (DAP)’s Listen. Talk. Learn. sessions are intended to help strengthen our community’s ability to dialogue about race relations by facilitating important and difficult discussions on race, unconscious bias, and our lived experiences. Our hope is that by talking to one another and learning more about communities to which we have limited exposure, we will be more effective partners in the ongoing work of racial justice. For 16 years, DAP has worked alongside you towards a more inclusive…

Since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson in the summer of 2014, our communities locally, nationally, and globally have been impacted by an increasing amount of conversations about race and related issues. From #BlackLivesMatter to police-involved shootings to our current political rhetoric in the United States, our cultural consciousness around racial bias has been heightened, and we are being expected to understand these concepts with an increased level of dexterity. Though the core of our conversations has remained the…

Date: May 17, 2018 Time: 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Location: Midwest BankCentre | 2191 Lemay Ferry Road | St. Louis, MO 63125 Seminar Objectives: Understand potential generational differences currently in the workplace Explore strategies and best practices for leveraging generational diversity Apply best practices for building a multigenerational workforce to your organizational setting Click here to register!

DAP’s Annual Diversity Summit is one of the region’s top diversity and inclusion professional development events. Our 2018 keynote speaker is Sheila Robinson, Founder and Publisher of Diversity Woman Magazine, a professional business magazine for women leaders, executives and entrepreneurs of all races, cultures and backgrounds. Dr. Robinson is recipient of the 2016 Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award, the 2017 National Association of Female Executives Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and a 2018 a Global Leaders Hall of Fame Award. She will address Advancing the Mission:…

Since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson in the summer of 2014, our communities locally, nationally, and globally have been impacted by an increasing amount of conversations about race and related issues. From #BlackLivesMatter to police-involved shootings to our current political rhetoric in the United States, our cultural consciousness around racial bias has been heightened, and we are being expected to understand these concepts with an increased level of dexterity. Though the core of our conversations has remained the…

Date: September 13, 2018 Time: 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Location: Nestle Purina I  901 Chouteau Avenue  |  St. Louis, MO 63102 Seminar Objectives: Understand the current regional and national religious landscape Describe different approaches to inclusion related to diverse faith traditions Create/modify organizational policies and initiatives for further religious inclusion Click here to register!

Great music, food, vibes, and causes: the perfect way to unwind after work! Join DAP Wednesday evening, September 26, from 5 to 8 pm on the ANEW Rooftop. This Happy Hour with a Purpose brings together several nonprofits with similar missions: Diversity Awareness Partnership, Launch STL, Cultural Leadership, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri. Happy Hour with a Purpose Wednesday, September 26 5:00 – 8:00 pm ANEW | 519 North Grand | St. Louis, MO 63103 Free to attend, light snacks provided, cash bar