Thanks so much to FISH board member and City of Tacoma EEO officer Jerry Lee, who presented a great workshop on Diversity Awareness yesterday for volunteers from our food banks. About 40 people attended the lunchtime workshop at the Pierce County Library Processing and Administrative Center. Jerry had us all laughing but also gave us a lot to think about as we work to provide the best possible service to our clients. It was a great opportunity to take a look at our biases and assumptions, and how they affect our behavior with the people we encounter. A bit of role-playing provided lots of laughter and also lots of insight.
This was the first in what we plan to be a series of quarterly training sessions for our regular volunteers, and we're inviting all of our volunteers and supporters to suggest topics for future sessions.
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| Jerry Lee discusses diversity awareness with FISH volunteers. |
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| Volunteers and staff work together on a diversity exercise at Thursday's workshop. |
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