How to be Diversity Curious During the Holidays and Spread Cheer All Year

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–> Ever since we published articles about diversity during the  holidays, we have been getting questions asking for more information in specific areas. We  decided to share three of the most common questions along with our answers. We hope our answers will help you in your professional and personal relationships with people who are different than you. Q1. Aren’t  you…

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How Employers Can Celebrate Diversity As They Celebrate the Holidays

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Here are a few ways  employers can do to celebrate diversity, make their workplaces more inclusive during the holidays, and increase employee participation at work: – Make sure your Holiday party isn’t a Christmas party in disguise. Decorations and food should be general, and non-specific to any religion.  – Consider having a New Year’s Party instead of a Holiday party….

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Three Ways to Appreciate Diversity and Be Inclusive This Holiday Season

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Three Ways to Appreciate Diversity and Be Inclusive This Holiday Season  Learn about other celebrations. Be aware that everyone doesn’t celebrate the same holidays or celebrate the same holidays, the same way. If you appreciate this diversity, then take the time do some research, and learn about the different holidays, what they mean and the diverse ways they are  celebrated….

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Five Ways to Raise Your Cultural IQ & Be Culturally Intelligent

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 I’ve found ten key ways to raise your Cultural IQ.  Here are the first five. 1-    Decide to be curious and interested in learning about other cultures, and really understanding diversity in new ways. This means you’re willing to take a risk, observe other people’s behaviors and ask questions in appropriate ways. If you’re not interested or willing to view…

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How a Diverse Experience Transformed a Homophobe

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What does it take for a homophobic Christian to shed their bigotry and fear,  and see LGBT people not only as humans but to support their quest for equality? For Timothy Kurek it took living his life as a gay man for a year, to go from believing being gay is a sin, to believing that being a good Christian…

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