Session Topics and Learning Tracks:
Track 1: Advocate
Recommended for staff of communities organizations and municipalities ---Community Planning and Fair Housing: Creating inclusive communities and affirmatively furthering Fair Housing. ---Fair Housing 101 ---Fair Housing 102 ---Department of Justice Update (Updates on Federal Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Immigration, LGBT and DOMA) ---Unconscious Bias ---Cultural Competencies and Health Care Inequities ---CORI issues in housing and employment ---Creating a message for the media - Making your case for top visibility ---Social Media Community Engagement and Cross Cultural Networking ---Employment Law 101 - Hot Topics and Case Updates ---Reasonable Accommodations: Understanding the interactive dialogue process and the new law ---Emancipation Trail Workshop - Highlighting Historical points of Civil Rights History ---Pan African History Museum walking tour of Springfield's history and National Underground Railroad highlights ---TBA - Additional workshops to be announced |
Track 2: Human Resources - Workforce Issues 2020
Recommended for Supervisors, Managers and all disciplines that have HR or Diversity-related responsibilities ---Department of Justice Update (Updates on Federal Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Immigration, Federal Civil Rights Enforcement, LGBT and DOMA) ---Unconscious Bias ---Cultural Competencies and Health Care Inequities ---Creating a message for the media - Making your case for top visibility ---Social Media Community Engagement and Cross Cultural Networking ---Talent Management - Managing for the 21st Century Workforce ---Bermuda Triangle: Understanding the intersection of the ADA, FMLA, and workers compensation ---Reasonable Accommodations: Understanding the interactive dialogue process and the new law ---Social Media and Employment Law: Standards of Conduct in and out of the workplace (Discovery Request, Case Law Updates and Harassment Standards) ---Employment Law 101 - Hot Topics and Case Updates ---How to respond to an EEOC complaint ---Emancipation Trail Workshop - Highlighting Historical points of Civil Rights History ---Pan African History Museum walking tour of Springfield's history and National Underground Railroad highlights |
Track 3: Legal
Recommended for lawyers ---Department of Justice Update (Updates on Federal Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Immigration, ---Federal Civil Rights Enforcement, LGBT and DOMA) ---Unconscious Bias ---CORI issues in housing and employment ---Creating a message for the media - Making your case for top visibility ---Social Media Community Engagement and Cross Cultural Networking ---Bermuda Triangle: Understanding the intersection of the ADA, FMLA, and workers compensation ---Reasonable Accommodations: Understanding the interactive dialogue process and the new law ---Social Media and Employment Law: Standards of Conduct in and out of the workplace (Discovery Request, Case Law Updates and Harassment Standards) ---Employment Law 101 - Hot Topics and Case Updates ---How to respond to an EEOC complaint ---Employment Law 102 - Proving and evaluating damages in employment cases ---Emancipation Trail Workshop - Highlighting Historical points of Civil Rights History ---Pan African History Museum walking tour of Springfield's history and National Underground Railroad highlights |