You might think the drive for culturally sensitive health care delivery was tied directly to the exponential increase in immigrant populations happening in cities of all sizes across the US. Indeed, there were a record 43.7 million immigrants, or 13.5% of the total...
Hi Ho Kids Meet Former Black Panthers Elmer Dixon Interview by Hi Ho Kids The #HiHoKids meet a former Black Panther, including Executive Diversity Services President Elmer Dixon. Dixon was co-founder of the Seattle Chapter of the Black Panthers. Students...
Connected to the Rise in the Need for Sexual Harassment Prevention Training in the Workplace One month in and 2018 is already seeing an increase in requests for training to guard against Sexual Harassment and other forms of Harassment in the Workplace. The momentum...
What Happens When People Feel They Can Say Whatever They Want. “We saw an uptick in requests about respectful workplaces and creating a feeling of a safe workspace,” said Executive Diversity Services President Elmer Dixon, reflecting on how EDS served clients over the...
Elmer Dixon is off on his annual trip to lecture on diversity at JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyvaskyla, Finland. He will be a guest lecturer on topics related to Strategic Diversity Management, Cross Cultural Competence and Team Development. Post‐war...
23-25 November, 2017, Jyväskylä, Finland Processes and strategies for initiating, maintaining, and furthering intergroup interaction or research Interculturalists around the globe for decades have been dedicating their “life's work to building bridges among cultural...
Exploring the Intercultural and Diversity & Inclusion Fields: Bridging Boundaries or One Approach? EDS President Elmer Dixon will be among the panelists in a discussion around where the Intercultural field and the world of Diversity & Inclusion meet, connect,...
Estela Ortega, Executive Director of El Centro de la Raza, is at the top of the list when thinking of “amazing Seattlites” and “Hispanic Heritage Month.” She was already at the top of the amazing list…Hispanic Heritage Month is simply a reason, not a qualifier, to...
You are in the midst of a conversation or perhaps a discussion at a business meeting when it takes a turn for the worse. Tension rises. “Women,” you mutter under your breath. “Typical black guy,” you think. The conversation had nothing to do with the speaker’s race or...