If you’ve yet to invest in DEI work for you and your team, now is the time.
Bricks Need Mortar has been working with Woonwinkel owner, Kristin Van Buskirk, to deliver a DEI program tailored to small businesses, particularly retail, restaurant, and personal service sectors.
DEI training is often created for corporate environments with HR departments and significant infrastructure to manage and maintain DEI investments.
Small businesses need DEI training that is customized for the intimate environments where employees and owners engage closely with one another and with customers.
Court Morse of Action Path is working with Bricks Need Mortar to deliver a 2 session DEI program for small business owners, management, leadership and full staff to come away with transparent recommendations to focus on both, internal and external impact. Learn more about Action Path here.
DEI Consulting can be cost prohibitive for small businesses. This virtual and live, 2 session shared training makes it accessible and affordable.
Program Details:
This is a live, virtual program. Due to the personal nature of content, this WILL NOT be recorded.
Focus & Intended Training Outcomes:
Transparent Recommendations that will be effective for multiple roles and positions across management and staff teams.
A focus on both internal and external impact for diversity, inclusion and equity.
Specific strategy for small businesses and staff teams.
Scope of Training:
All Training will be tailored to small, brick and mortar businesses including, but not limited to retail, restaurant and personal service providers.
| Session One: What is DEI Anyway? (2 hours) | Session Two: Getting Granular (2 hours) |
| – Understanding the components of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for small business – Looking at the full landscape of impact opportunity for racial justice – Understanding the Individual, Cultural and Procedural approaches to the work | How each role can show up to the work How to create an inclusive internal environment that also impacts customers and clients How to find resources and bring future employees in the work |
In addition to the two sessions Action Path will provide a highlight of toolkit resources to guide businesses for follow up opportunities.
This program is designed to serve all employees including ownership, management, leadership and entry level.
Due to significant interest we are able to offer two training sessions.
Tuesday, September 13th and Wednesday, September 14th 9am-11am both days
Or
Tuesday September 27th and Thursday, September 29th, 8:30-10:30am both days
To register, please choose payment link for the number of employees attending from your business and fill out form with names and emails of attendees. Emails will only be used to share link for the DEI session.
Please register by September 7th.
1-2 employees — $120 per person 1 person 2 people
3-5 employees — $360
6-10 employees — $720
11 or more —$1200
*BNM members receive 25% off above mentioned pricing.
Contact BNM for member payment options.
TRIGGER WARNING:
As always these conversations are high risk, high reward. The risk is that people of color may get harmed as white folks are learning and discussing racism. The reward is that we find ways to reduce the impacts of racism and gain deeper healing through racial justice collectively.
DEI work is for everyone and folks of color can learn the aspects of power, privilege and solidarity for communities other than our own. However, please be advised that these topics can be emotionally exhausting and triggering for folks of color especially and POC should plan to participate only as you are able or interested.
“Changing your workplace culture to be inclusive and equitable benefits everybody. But it also ensures you’re ready for the diversifying of our workforce. 47% of Portlanders between the ages of 15 and 19 are people of color. DEI training is necessary for our business, our staff, and our customers.”
-Kristin Van Buskirk owner Woonwinkel and BNM member
We look forward to having your business participate in this very important and essential training.
Please reach out with any thoughts or questions!
Be well and be together!
Sarah