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Part III: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Moderated by: Christa Brown, Founder & Executive Director, Free Soil Arts Collective, and Carl Howell, Chief Program Officer, Community Teamwork
Panelists: Yun-Ju Choi, Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for a Better Acre, Jonathan Isaacson, Chief Executive Officer, The Gem Group, Inc., Sheila Och, Chief Public Policy and Equity Officer, Lowell Community Health Center |
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The Series for Racial Equity & Inclusion invites you attend the third seminar and community conversation on race, equity, and inclusion. Join us for a candid panel-led conversation with community leaders while they discuss how their organizations have embraced diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Topics will include:
- Creating policy and procedures to acknowledge and support diversity and inclusion
- Thoughtfully building a more diverse employee population, board of directors, client/patient roster, and vendor network
- Actions being taken to move forward on this subject
- Changing culture top to bottom
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April 8, 2021
9-10:30 a.m.
Virtual Seminar
Time will be allotted for a Question & Answer session using online chat. We also invite attendees to submit questions in advance at the time of registration. Due to the nature and sensitivity of the conversation topics, this seminar will not be recorded. |
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Yun-Ju Choi, Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for a Better Acre
Yun-Ju joined Coalition for a Better Acre in 2014, bringing over 20 years of experience impacting for-profit and nonprofit organizations in the Greater Boston area. In addition to her work with Community Development Corporations, Yun-Ju has experience in the philanthropic sector as Director of Donor Services with The Boston Foundation, as well as senior leadership positions with other nonprofits. She started her professional career in finance before finding her passion in nonprofit world. |
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Jonathan Isaacson, Chief Executive Officer, The Gem Group, Inc.
Jonathan is Chairman and CEO of The Gem Group, Inc, a privately held, multiple award-winning supplier of bags, business accessories, electronics, stationery, and gifts to the promotional market. The company has been recognized as one of the 15 largest companies in the industry. Since spring 2020, as a result of the pandemic, they have delivered tens of millions of units of high quality, critical PPE to senior living operators, health care facilities, and corporations. |
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Sheila Och, Chief Public Policy and Equity Officer, Lowell Community Health Center
Sheila currently leads community health strategies, development, design, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs with a focus on racial and health equity, and oversees advocacy efforts on federal, state, and local public policies to advance the wellbeing of our community. Recognized for her cultural competence and language access expertise, she's worked with organizations throughout the state and region to effectively deliver services that meet the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of all patients. |
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Christa Brown, Founder & Executive Director, Free Soil Arts Collective
Christa often had to travel to Boston for consistent work as an actor and saw a need to create and promote artistic endeavors that accurately reflected the richness of the community in which she lived, and so the Free Soil Arts Collective was born. The Free Soil Arts Collective's mission is to amplify and strengthen the voices of artists of color, and is the first theatre organization of its kind in the Merrimack Valley to be led by a Black woman. |
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Carl Howell, Chief Program Officer, Community Teamwork
Carl’s current administrative focus is on the operations of a variety of programming and supportive services that CTI provides across 72 cities and towns within Massachusetts. CTI operates programs including Head Start & Early Child Care, Emergency Shelter for families and individuals, Housing Consumer and Education Center, WIC, Fuel Assistance, and Subsidized Housing. |
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