13th Annual Nonprofit Management Institute – Toward Real Change: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

While issues of diversity, inclusion, and equity have existed for decades (if not centuries), they have taken on a new urgency today in the worlds of business, politics, and—yes—even the nonprofit sector. Nonprofits, foundations, and social enterprises are hardly immune from challenges that include the lack of representation of people of color among boards and leadership teams, gender-biased wage gaps, hostility towards religious or sexual minorities, or sexual harassment, to name only a few.

The social sector faces problems with how our organizations are run, as well as how we work with the communities we serve. If we want to fully realize our goals as agents of social innovation, we need to address these issues head-on. And while we realize this change will not happen overnight, long-term solutions need to begin now if they are ever to be realized.

With this commitment in mind (and recognizing that we are just as guilty of not doing enough to address these issues in our own organization), Stanford Social Innovation Review announces the theme of the 2018 Nonprofit Management Institute: “Toward Real Change: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.”

This presention lead by Lori Nishiura Mackenzie, Executive Director, Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University will focus on gender discrimination research as well as effective ways of overcoming discrimination in the workplace. Attendees will leave being given research-based tools that are applicable across various dimensions of diversity, and help their organization identify, retain, and promote their top talent.

Why should you attend? Stanford Social Innovation Review will bring together respected scholars, notable leaders of organizations, and prominent voices elevating the dialog on diversity, inclusion, and equity. Our goal is to probe the challenges associated with these topics, to create a greater understanding of the mechanisms that cause them, and to outline steps we can all take to address them.

To find out more and to register, please visit ssir.org/NMI2018.

For the event's schedule, please click here.