Please join the DC Chapter of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources for a special symposium as we explore the challenges of a society in which authenticity and protests are creating new challenges in the workplace. Was your workplace prepared for a Day Without Immigrants and the Day Without Women? How do you deal with political speech in the workplace? How do you keep your employees engaged with all of the distractions?

Date: April 25, 2017
Time: 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Littler Mendelson, P.C. 815 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006
(near the White House and Farragut West Metro stop)

CR Gibbs, a preeminent Smithsonian historian, will take us on a journey from slavery to the present. Alison Davis will discuss the legal landscape for employers under the new Administration. Rodney Whitmore, CHRO will lead a dialogue about what human resources and diversity and inclusion practitioners can be doing in this new era to maintain and improve employee engagement from a multi-industry perspective. Learn the best practices for a productive dialogue and promotion of positive actions.

8:30 am – 9:30 am Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:30 am – 10:30 am “From Black Cargoes to Black Lives Matter”

CR Gibbs, Smithsonian Historian, Lecturer and Author

10:45 am – 11:45 am Legislative Update: Free Speech in Public & Private
Workplaces; Labor Rights; Discrimination Laws

Alison Davis, Office Managing Shareholder, Littler Mendelson, PC

12:00 pm – 1 pm Practical Tips for Managing Turmoil in the Workplace

Rodney Whitmore, Chief Human Resources Officer, GW Medical Faculty Associates

Member: $25
Non-members: $30
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