Dr. Juanita M. Cleaver Simmons, Phd Episode 6 Season 5 Tolerance Is Only The Beginning
Juanita M. Cleaver Simmons , PhD, Diversity Consultant, specializes in training and designs for diversity, equity, climate, workplace civility and inclusion, and Equity Coaching with theoretical and practical strategies. Her passion is facilitating seminars in leadership development for cultural competency and excellence in equity. She is the former Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Northwest Missouri State University. She was awarded emerita associate professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she served in the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis division of the College of Education. She earned her PhD in Urban Superintendency and Public Affairs, and a Master’s in Educational Leadership from the University of Texas-Austin. Her research agenda focuses on race, gender, class, and equity in organizations and institutions. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and diversity training manuals. She is a former school teacher and administrator who continues to work with leaders in public institutions. Among her numerous awards, she was featured in the January 2018 issue of Ingram’s business magazine as one of “50 Missourians You Should Know.” Her work as a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant includes University Cooperative Extension System’s Foundation, Engage & Empower Webinar Training – Diversity and Inclusion Three-Part Series: Foundation & Program Design for Diversity Infrastructure; Implicit Bias, Civility, and Microaggressions in the Workplace; Civility II, Institutional Inequities, Organizational Socialization. Thompson Coburn’s Annual Employment, and Employee Benefits Law Seminar - Deep-Seeded: Understanding Implicit Bias. In this episode Dr. Gaye Lang and Dr. Juanita M. Cleaver Simmons discuss: The lowest level of anti-racism. Growing in cultural competency The business benefits of diversity Teaching people to take responsibility Key Takeaways: Tolerance is the lowest level of anti-racism. It simply means to endure a person or an ideology that you don’t really agree with in the same way that ones endures by way of complying to a policy. People must not stop at a basic level of civility. They must seek to grow their knowledge of cultural competency language. Companies that focus on diversity and have advocacies benefit from increased productivity and profitability. It’s not just a humanistic endeavor, but also a capitalistic one. We must teach people first and foremost to take personal responsibility and to have the desire to grow their thinking in the space of diversity, equity, inclusion, and tolerance. “Tolerance - indicates a position of power over, it means that you are in a position to make the decision to tolerate or endure. It’s simply the lowest level of anti-racism.” - Dr. Juanita M. Cleaver Simmons Connect with Dr. Juanita M. Cleaver Simmons: Website: https://www.tmconsultants.org/ Connect with Dr. Gaye Lang: Don’t forget to subscribe to the show, so that you don’t miss a single episode; and please leave a rating and review. I would greatly appreciate it. Follow our show on Facebook and check out our Website for more details and to engage with our podcast community. You can also follow Dr. Lang on LinkedIn. Download Three Vital Practices to avoid a potential lawsuit for free by clicking this link: www.WorkplaceRestorativePracticesInc.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaye-lang-1735761b5/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.Gaye.Lang/ KEY WORDS: Diversity, inclusion, equity, tolerance, racism, bias, implicit bias, and explicit bias. Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
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