Diversity Awareness Partnership

Join Diversity Awareness Partnership for in-depth professional development seminars exploring topics around inclusion, employee engagement, human resources, diversity and more. The 2017 Diversity and Inclusion Seminars are perfect for diversity and inclusion practitioners or individuals interested in entering the diversity realm. Breakfast and resource workbooks are included. DATE: February 8, 2017 TIME: 8:00-11:00 AM  LOCATION: COMMERCE BANK […]

Diversity Awareness Partnership-Columbia presents RISE – a leadership program for professional leaders of color.  This inaugural program will begin in February 2017 with the goal of equipping leaders with tools for success!  Apply Today! Limited scholarships are available!  Please contact Nikki McGruder at nmcgruder@dapstl.org, or 573-817-4354 for more information. Register for all the programs before […]

The Diversity Awareness Partnership is committed to offering diversity & Inclusion opportunities designed to create awareness around the many types of diversity, to acknowledge biases and stereotypes, to increase cultural competency, and to provide tangible strategies for fostering a more inclusive workplace. Columbia's World Religion Guru, George Frissell, will be our guest as he shines […]

DAP began offering FREE Listen. Talk. Learn: Dialogue Across Difference Facilitation Sessions (LTL) in September 2014 after Michael Brown’s death. Since this time more than 3,000 people have attended an LTL from the business, corporate, non-profit, arts, and faith sectors. The sessions are open to anyone interested in attending. Companies and organizations may request to […]

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 […]

Join Diversity Awareness Partnership on April 19 for our Annual Happy Hour at Bar Italia Ristorante from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Enjoy an evening of engaging conversation with St. […]

Diversity Awareness Partnership-Columbia presents RISE – a leadership program for professional leaders of color.  This inaugural program began in February 2017 with the goal of equipping leaders with tools for […]

Diversity Awareness Partnership (DAP)’s Listen. Talk. Learn’s are intended to help strengthen our community’s ability to dialogue about race relations by facilitating important and difficult discussions on race, unconscious bias, […]