Put on your seatbelts –

We’re ready to launch into VIBE training with HR’s Kendra Neal Wright! 

In July, the Department of Health and Environment is launching a series of essential VIBE training workshops for all staff that will be led by the county’s Talent and Diversity Specialist, Kendra Neal Wright.

In 2022, DHE staff were asked what trainings that they would like to have, and the top five choices were: leadership skills, understanding cultural responsiveness, advancing racial and social justice, understanding the role of racism as a social determinant of health, and health equity and justice 101.

These VIBE workshops will help us in building these competencies, as they will focus on foundational knowledge that we can use to guide DHE’s ongoing work. 

The series of three workshops over 6 months focus on:

VIBE WORKSHOP 1:

• Topics included in this session: foundations of VIBE, multi-dimensional diversity, personal powers and privileges, relationship between diversity and inclusion.
• Available sessions to choose from: July 26, July 28, August 9, August 25



VIBE WORKSHOP 2:

• Topics included in this session: key barriers to inclusion like lack of psychological safety, implicit bias, how biases are expressed through microaggressions, covering, navigating impact vs intent, more.
• Available sessions to choose from: September 6, September 13, October 6, October 12

VIBE WORKSHOP 3:

• Topics included in this session: allyship, systems change, equitable choices, and belonging as an outcome. 
• Available sessions to choose from: November 8, November 17, December 6, December 8

A final fourth workshop will be focused on implementing the conceptual knowledge gained in the workshops to actions that shape DHE practices, procedures, and culture. This will be led by DHE staff in 2024 – to be determined!

Each of the three workshops will have 4 sessions available to choose from – please pick ONE session for each of the THREE workshops for a total of three training workshops per staff person over a six-month period (July to December).