D&I Under Construction — Building and Expanding Your Chapter’s D&I Initiative

Diversity of thought in inclusive environments brings value to organizations ranging from publicly traded conglomerates to nonprofit agencies to PRSA Chapters. Recognizing this, PRSA’s Strategic Plan identifies growth as a goal for the membership of the society, specifically “through more aggressive recruitment of diverse members.” However, when it comes to implementing and integrating diversity and inclusion (D&I), PRSA Chapters are looking for ways to positively impact this goal.

This “Your Society at Work” session will provide Chapter leaders, Chapter liaisons, committee chairs and others with tools and tips to enhance diversity and inclusion initiatives. Learn how to positively impact the Society’s strategic initiative for inclusion of underrepresented practitioners by employing tried-and-true methods to attract, engage and fully and equitably include everyone in Chapter activities at all levels.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to: 
• Initiate a D&I program and how to build upon existing programs.
• Determine tools and action steps they can use to advance D&I at the Chapter level.
• Establish research-based, results-oriented best practices for D&I solutions as well as mini-case studies from tried-and-true Chapter-level success stories.