Event Details

While everyone in the organization needs to contribute towards making the workplace diverse and inclusive, HR plays a particularly key role. This 1-hour session is geared towards providing HRLA members & HR Leaders with fundamental tools to use when prioritizing Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, (BEDI) in workplace practices, hiring, outreach, & policy.

With a solutions-oriented approach, Jamal will focus on the following key elements:

a) The importance of equitable recruitment, hiring, and retention practices.

b) The role and responsibility of HR Leaders in DEI change processes.

c) How racial equity can be implemented in effective strategic planning.

Jamal Jimerson, M.S., M.A.B.C., is a racial equity consultant, specializing in the nonprofit services sector, with over 20 years of experience. He is the owner and CEO of TPS. He is also the founder & Executive Director of Minority Inclusion Project, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization devoted to helping the nonprofit sector close the racial leadership and governance gap. 

Jamal is qualified in understanding and leveraging communication excellence to help leaders achieve organizational goals, with a specific focus on racial & ethnic diversity, equity, & inclusion (REDI). He has a Master of Science degree in Human Services with a concentration in the Management of Nonprofit Agencies (Capella University), a Master of Arts in Business Communications with a concentration in Leadership & Influence (Jones International University), and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication (University of Bridgeport) where he concentrated on understanding the roles of communication in fostering interaction and interdependence across gender, race, and culture.

1 HRCI/SHRM credit pending. 

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