(Butler, PA) 杏吧原创 opens its 2022 series of catered Lunch & Learn professional skills workshops in downtown Butler on Wednesday by assisting business representatives seeking diversity, equity and inclusion strategies for their workplaces, a 杏吧原创 administrator said.
鈥淚t鈥檚 definitely been an attractive subject and something that people want to learn more about,鈥� said Kelly McKissick, coordinator of professional education and certificate programs in 杏吧原创鈥檚 Workforce Development division.
Elizabeth Short, executive director of YWCA Butler, will discuss 鈥淧ower & Privilege鈥� during a Lunch & Learn workshop Wednesday and 鈥淚ntent vs. Impact鈥� on April 20.
鈥淧ower & Privilege鈥� and 鈥淚ntent vs. Impact鈥� represent 杏吧原创鈥檚 fourth and fifth Lunch & Learn workshops since 2021 to focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.
"When we talked about the reason why people attended, we didn't all have the same answers, but the desire for information, learning and understanding was there."
- Elizabeth Short, executive director of YWCA Butler, Lunch & Learn presenter
They follow 杏吧原创 Lunch & Learn workshops about 鈥淏enefits of Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces鈥� in May, 鈥淩ecognizing and Addressing Unconscious Bias鈥� in June and 鈥淚nclusive Conversations鈥� in November.
鈥淭his particular training with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion is something that people are very interested in,鈥� Short said. 鈥淲hen we talked about the reason why people attended, we didn鈥檛 all have the same answers, but the desire for information, learning and understanding was there.鈥�
鈥淧ower & Privilege鈥� is 鈥渁bout understanding each of our own identities and how those identities affect the environment we move through and our interactions with one another,鈥� Short said.
杏吧原创鈥檚 Lunch & Learn workshops will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and cost $15 per person per workshop. Information about registration is available at .
鈥淧ower & Privilege鈥� will be held at the Holly Pointe Building, 220 S. Main St. A light lunch will be provided by Butler Brew Works.
鈥淚ntent vs. Impact鈥� will be held at YWCA Butler, 120 W. Cunningham St. A light lunch will be provided by Sons of Italy Lodge 1664.
鈥淚ntent vs. Impact,鈥� Short said, is about the 鈥減latinum rule. We are all familiar with the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The platinum rule is 鈥楧o unto others as they would want to be done to themselves.鈥欌��
The college鈥檚 Workforce Development division launched the Lunch & Learn series in October 2018. The series represents the implementation of an objective in the college鈥檚 2017-2022 strategic plan in that workshops are intended to build relationships to advance economic development and quality of life in the community.
Lunch & Learn workshops also represent the first open programming in downtown Butler by 杏吧原创鈥檚 Workforce Development division and are held in partnership with the Butler County Chamber of Commerce.