Join us on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 10:00-11:30am!
Understanding Self and Relationships in the Workplace
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Training Series
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Understanding Self and Relationships in the Workplace
Discussions around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) have been a focal point in many of our personal, professional and social lives for the past year, or well before. For many, these conversations are happening with greater frequency and we are being called upon to 'do the work' or act immediately to create change in our workplaces. Managing relationships with intentionality is even more critical at this stage. Self-Awareness is an important component of acting to create change that is meaningful and intentional.
This workshop will allow participants to engage the Emotional Intelligence model through a diversity, equity, inclusion and justice lens. Participants will be invited to explore how their own identities impact how they engage this topic; connect to the definitions around this topic; and how they can support others in the workplace. Participants will be sent an optional self-assessment in advance to deepen workshop impact.
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This training is the first of three workshops with Dr. Abdullah designed to deepen Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice knowledge. All three trainings are free and open to the community due to the generosity of our Sponsor, the United Way of Bucks County! Each workshop will deepen your learning as a standalone training, with greatest impact through series participation. Save these dates on your calendar!
February 8, 2022, 10:00-11:30am, Building Organizational Change
April 12, 2022, 10:00-11:30am, Supporting Systemic Change
These trainings are scheduled as Bucks-Mont Collaborative membership meeting dates and times so that members can easily participate!
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Quaiser Abdullah, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Communication and Social Influence department in Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University. He primarily teaches courses on conflict resolution and communication. Quaiser is the Program Director for Klein’s Master of Science in Communication Management and Interim Program Director for its Master of Science in Conflict and Communication.
Quaiser is also a resident scholar with the Institute for Social Policy and is a convening member of their Black Muslim Research Working Group. Quaiser is the faculty advisor for the Muslim Student Association at Temple. He is the board chair of Interfaith Philadelphia, and a board member of the Association for Conflict Resolution and the Association of Muslim Chaplains. He serves as Police Chaplain for the 18th District in the Philadelphia Police Department, sits on the Mayor’s Commission for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs, and is on the District Attorney’s task force focusing on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission.
Quaiser is also principal and owner at Statera Coaching and Leadership Consulting, a boutique consulting firm that focuses on DEI, leadership, communication, conflict and coaching services. Quaiser is a certified Conflict Resolution in Education trainer, certified coach, conflict coach, Positive Discipline Educator and a trained mediator in the area of Transformative Mediation, with a focus on family, divorce and custody mediation. Quaiser recently served as a co-convener of the new Muslim Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform established in 2020 in Philadelphia, which is now on a hiatus.
Quaiser’s research interests center around identity and conflict, leadership and conflict management and religious identity. Quaiser authored the chapter entitled “Muslim Leader Formation and Education,” published by SAGE in the Religious Leadership: A Reference Handbook (2012). His chapter, “Daanaa Abdullah: Exemplar of Community Leadership” was published in Democratic Ethical Educational Leadership: Reclaiming School Reform, in 2015 by Routledge. Quaiser has also appeared on various interviews, panels and presentations discussing diversity, identity and conflict. In 2020, Quaiser was called as an expert witness to discuss verbal aggression and violence as it relates to police officers who have been disciplined for engaging in verbally aggressive communication as part of the arbitration proceedings arising out of the Plain View Project.
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Our big thanks to the United Way of Bucks County for their generous sponsorship of this training series! We are grateful to partner with you.
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