Diversity Forums

Diversity Forums is a project of 20 Next Generation Leadership Fellows, in association with the Barat Education Foundation. We enhance the success of business, government and civic organizations by facilitating constructive dialogue that will help them tap the potential of our diverse society.

Diversity Forum panelists are accomplished leaders from varied professional and cultural backgrounds who model discussion on controversial social issues and challenge their audiences to broaden their thinking on divisive questions about race, class, gender, globalization and opportunity in our society.

In 1997, the Rockefeller Foundation created the Next Generation Leadership Fellowship (www.nglnet.org), a network of leaders from diverse communities and professional backgrounds from across the United States.

Over the next five years, the Foundation brought together 120 such leaders to discuss how to strengthen American democracy. Through domestic and international site visits, seminars and probing group discussions, fellowship participants reviewed some of the major social, economic, cultural and technological divisions in American society, and sought new and creative approaches to overcoming them.

A group of these leaders decided that candid and constructive discussion on these issues is an important first step in the search for solutions. Having been trained to facilitate conversations that generate charged or polarized reactions, we now seek to provide opportunities for our colleagues in companies, government agencies, civic and academic institutions to have such discussions and to include diverse perspectives in their approaches to bridging divisions in our society.

Affirmative action
Diversity in the work place
Gender, Race, Class
Globalization
Training
Corporate vs. ethic cultural norms
Coaching and mentoring
Democracy and World Politics

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“Race, Class, Gender and Globalization ”
An important panel discussion of scholars, educators, corporate
officers and administrators hosted by Diversity Forums.

“Diversity in American Society and Workplace ”
An important panel discussion of scholars, educators, corporate
officers and administrators hosted by Diversity Forums.

“Challenges, Choices and Opportunities ”
An important panel discussion of scholars, educators, corporate
officers and administrators hosted by Diversity Forums.

>> more 'Panel Discussions'

Barat Education Foundation / Diversity Forums • P.O. Box 457 • Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Phone: 847.574.2465 • info@diversity-forums.org
©2004 Diversity Forums. All rights reserved.
site design: BCT Partners




Diversity Forums is a project of 20 Next Generation Leadership Fellows, in association with the Barat Education Foundation. We enhance the success of business, government and civic organizations by facilitating constructive dialogue that will help them tap the potential of our diverse society. Diversity Forum panelists are accomplished leaders from varied professional and cultural backgrounds who model discussion on controversial social issues and challenge their audiences to broaden their thinking on divisive questions about race, class, gender, globalization and opportunity in our society. In 1997, the Rockefeller Foundation created the Next Generation Leadership Fellowship (www.nglnet.org), a network of leaders from diverse communities and professional backgrounds from across the United States.			Over the next five years, the Foundation brought together 120 such leaders to discuss how to strengthen American democracy. Through domestic and international site visits, seminars and probing group discussions, fellowship participants reviewed some of the major social, economic, cultural and technological divisions in American society, and sought new and creative approaches to overcoming them. A group of these leaders decided that candid and constructive discussion on these issues is an important first step in the search for solutions. Having been trained to facilitate conversations that generate charged or polarized reactions, we now seek to provide opportunities for our colleagues in companies, government agencies, civic and academic institutions to have such discussions and to include diverse perspectives in their approaches to bridging divisions in our society.


Affirmative action Diversity in the work place Gender, Race, Class Globalization Training Corporate vs. ethic cultural norms Coaching and mentoring Democracy and World Politics >> more info in Forum Topics			“Race, Class, Gender and Globalization ” An important panel discussion of scholars, educators, corporate officers and administrators hosted by Diversity Forums. “Diversity in American Society and Workplace ” An important panel discussion of scholars, educators, corporate officers and administrators hosted by Diversity Forums. “Challenges, Choices and Opportunities ” An important panel discussion of scholars, educators, corporate officers and administrators hosted by Diversity Forums. >> more 'Panel Discussions'

Barat Education Foundation / Diversity Forums • P.O. Box 457 • Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Phone: 847.574.2465 • info@diversity-forums.org ©2004 Diversity Forums. All rights reserved. site design: BCT Partners