Diversity & Inclusion Professionals (DAIP)

Diversity Links (In Person)
2023-04-19 16:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | United Way of Rhode Island, 50 Valley Street, Providence, RI, 02905, United States
DAIP is partnering with United Way of Rhode Island to host our first Diversity Links networking event for 2023.
Join us in person to engage in a guided conversation and connect with talented DEI-minded professionals from various organizations and industries.
Click here to register! Tickets are limited.

Reshaping Power Structures through Black Resistance (Virtual)
2023-02-28 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Virtual, over Zoom
Join DAIP virtually as we highlight BIPOC leaders and changemakers who are bringing power-shifting solutions to their work in Rhode Island communities. Since DAIP is framing all of our 2023 programming around transformative action, this Black History Month we’re focusing on Black Futures, and amplifying the work of leaders who are challenging the status quo to transform workplaces, communities, and society as a whole.
DAIP founder Linda Newton will moderate this important conversation with the following panelists:

Equity-minded higher education leader Stephanie Akunvabey (Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at Roger Williams University),
Community developer Leslie Moore (Owner, Core Collaboratives),
Nonprofit founder and community activist Juan Wilson Jr. (Founder, The MUSE Foundation).

The panel will highlight methods to influence and shift power dynamics, whether one is inside or outside of traditional power structures. Attendees will leave empowered and with the tools to take action within their own spheres of influence.
This program has been submitted for HRCI and SHRM CE credits.
REGISTER TODAY

Unfiltered Coffee Chat (Virtual)
2023-02-14 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | Virtual, over Zoom
If you’re feeling incredibly stressed right now, you’re not alone.
When you combine a lifetime of varying levels of lived trauma, professional challenges resulting from constant pushback to challenging the status quo, and near-constant access to an alarming news cycle, it’s easy to see why DEI and HR professionals (and the colleagues and communities that we do this work for) are under immense stress right now.
To address this shared burden, DAIP’s February Unfiltered Coffee Chat will feature the incredible Rachael Gavin, Founder and CEO of PR(iSM) Resistance Coalition, an organization that “specializes in redesigning systems, structures and policies from a diverse, equitable and inclusive lens.”
Rachael will walk Unfiltered attendees through tactics for facing the exhaustion of DEI work, and the trauma of living in difficult times, with an empathetic and healing lens.
This program was submitted for HRCI and SHRM CE credits.

Unfiltered Coffee Chat (Virtual)
2022-12-13 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | Virtual, over Zoom
Join us to engage in conversation with other individuals that are passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Unfiltered Coffee Chats provide an opportunity for open connection and dialogue that is so crucial for our work. We invite you to come as you are, share space and contribute your questions and ideas.
Spots are limited to keep this conversation intimate.

DAIP’s Annual Leadership in Diversity & Inclusion Awards
2022-11-18 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Bryant University Bello Center – Stepan Grand Hall, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI, 02917, United States
Each year, DAIP invites our community to celebrate our Annual Leadership in Diversity & Inclusion Award winners and learn from thought leaders who are shaping today’s conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Join us on November 18 for this year’s gathering, to honor the 2022 award winners, Angela Bannerman Ankoma (Individual Award Winner) and Amos House (Organizational Award Winner).
This year’s reception will feature:

Live music, hors d’oeuvres & cash bar
Time for fellowship and networking
Brief speaking program highlighting 2022 award winners
Panel discussion: The Clap Back: The Inevitable Shift of DEIJ Efforts

Moderated by Guillaume Bagal, the panel will include powerhouse leaders in the DEI space from a variety of industries and sectors who will explore questions about the future of DEIJ work.
The panel will explore topics related to these shifts, such as: Where do we go next as a community? How can we continue to address systemic issues? How do we remain strategic in our commitment to the additional components of DEI, such as justice, equity, belonging, and reparations?
You won’t want to miss this critical conversation. Panel discussion submitted for HRCI and SHRM CE credits.
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Diversity Links Meet-up
2022-10-27 16:30 - 18:30 UTC | Location to be announced soon!
Join us in person to engage in a guided conversation and connect with talented DEI-minded professionals from various organizations and industries.
Experience Level: This event is relevant for all levels of experience.

Diversity links Meet-up, in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island (BBBSRI) (In person)
2022-08-24 | BBBSRI’s new Providence headquarters, 188 Valley St., Providence, RI, United States

Roe v. Wade Overturned: Individual, Workforce, and Societal Impacts Panel Discussion (Virtual)
2022-07-21 | Virtual, over Zoom

Unfiltered Coffee Chat
2022-07-12 | Virtual, over Zoom
Join us to engage in conversation with other individuals that are passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Unfiltered Coffee Chats provide an opportunity for open connection and dialogue that is so crucial for our work. We invite you to come as you are, share space and contribute your questions and ideas.
Experience Level: This event is relevant for all levels of experience.

Thought Leader Series: The Ecology of Diversity with Dr. Norm in partnership with AMICA
2022-06-23 | Attend virtually or in-person at Amica’s Lincoln campus
Is your organization increasing your DEI efforts? In partnership with Amica, Dr. Norm Jones will host a workshop called The Ecology of Diversity to offer a leadership framework that helps every individual within an organization map out their desired change toward greater inclusion and equity.
Join us to explore what this work looks like within the different levels of a system: individual, dyad, team, organizational, and industry/enterprise. Register today!
Experience Level: This event is relevant for all levels of experience.

Diversity Links Meet-up, in partnership with The Beacon Mutual Insurance Company
2022-06-09 | One Beacon Centre, One Beacon Centre, Warwick, RI, 02886, United States
DAIP is partnering with Beacon Mutual to host our first Diversity Links networking event since before the start of the pandemic.
Join us in person to engage in a guided conversation and connect with talented DEI-minded professionals from various organizations and industries.
Experience Level: This event is relevant for all levels of experience.

What comes after Roe v. Wade for the workplace?
2022-05-27 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Virtual, over Zoom
Weeks after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, protesters are gathering around the country, and anxiety is high about this major blow to reproductive rights in America. What can HR professionals expect as a result of this change? What can employees expect, both on a personal level, and on a policy and organizational level? Join us to hear from Roger Williams University School of Law Professor Brittany Raposa on this important topic.
Experience Level: This event is relevant for all levels of experience.
