Please join UWNU’s Nonprofit Connection, and certified DEI professional Shardae Jones, for a lunch and learn surrounding how to foster inclusive workspaces.

Leaders play a critical role in fostering inclusive and respective workplaces that empower team members to thrive and improve organizational outcomes. This half-day interactive discussion and workshop will provide non-profit leaders, managers, and team supervisors with the tools to navigate the key components of practicing sensitivity in the workplace. This workshop is ideal for nonprofit leaders, program directors, HR professionals, and board members who are committed to enhancing their organization's workplace environment and addressing potential challenges related to sensitivity and inclusion. Lunch will be served

Meet the presenter!
Shardae has had the privilege of being born and raised in Ogden, Utah. Completing her education in the Ogden School system and moving on to graduate from Weber State University with a Bachelors of Integrated Studies Degree with an emphasis in HealthCare Administration, Criminal Justice and Communications. During her formative years she understood the importance of serving her community and has continued to do so by spending her spare time volunteering for local nonprofit organizations, serving on the Ogden City Diversity Commission, and representing as a member of the Executive team of the local NAACP Ogden Branch and various other community affiliations. Shardae believes that representation, education and respect are imperative to the success of her community. Shardae has several years of experience working within the healthcare system including working as a Community Health worker where she saw first-hand disparities that existed for people of color and low income individuals. She now works in prevention as a Coalition Coordinator addressing the issues of substance misuse among youth in the Weber County area. Her professional and volunteer background coupled with her lived experience growing up as a Black woman navigating predominately white spaces led her to complete her certification in DEI from Cornell University to further address the importance of diversity to ensure people no matter their status in society understand the impacts of understanding our own biases and helping others to gain the tools to identify their own bias to make the community she lives in one where everyone has an opportunity to succeed.