_edited.png){kind=logo}
DEI Foundations
Start Date: September 16, 2025 - October 7, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM (90-minute sessions)
Format: Four-week hybrid learning experience (six online modules + four live facilitated sessions)
Are you ready to build a more inclusive community and workplace? The DEI Foundations program equips emerging leaders with the knowledge and skills to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into their leadership approach. This interactive four-week program blends self-paced online learning with live facilitated discussions, allowing you to put key DEI concepts into action.
Fee: $99 for HEDR Members; $125 Non-Members
Course components
SELF-guided learning
The course includes six online modules that cover the foundations of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). These modules are accessible online for one year, allowing participants to revisit the material at their own pace for continued reference.
LIVE-FACILITATION
The program offers live classroom-style facilitation to enhance the learning experience. These interactive sessions allow participants to engage with instructors and peers, ask questions, and apply DEIB principles in real-time scenarios.
What You’ll Gain
By the end of this program, you will be able to:
✔ Articulate what diversity, equity, inclusion, allyship, and anti-oppression mean to you
✔ Use current DEI terminology and concepts with confidence
✔ Apply inclusive communication strategies to foster belonging and accountability
✔ Recognize the impact of unconscious bias, privilege, and power on individuals and groups
✔ Identify opportunities to practice allyship and share your power with others
✔ Develop a personalized action plan to create real change in your organization and community
