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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Dignity and Respect Fest brings inclusion and multiculturalism to the multitudes
reposted from PopCity...
http://www.popcitymedia.com/forgood/dignityrespectfest092910.aspx?utm_campaign=Why+I+Moved+to+Pittsburgh.+Twice.&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=Dignity+and+Respect+Fest+brings+inclusion+and+multiculturalism+to+the+multitudescampaign
Dignity and Respect Fest brings inclusion and multiculturalism to the multitudes
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
UPMC's workplace inclusion program has now gone from an internal effort to a community-wide, free Dignity and Respect Fall Festival set for Oct. 16 at Schenley Plaza in Oakland."We are planning for it to be an annual event," says Dawnita Wilson, who is program director of inclusion initiatives at UPMC's Center for Inclusion and manager of the Center's Dignity and Respect Campaign.
The Campaign began in 2008 with UPMC employees pledging their support for inclusion in their workplace. Employee groups devised 30 tips to help with the effort, from simple courtesies to being open, flexible and "culturally competent.""Dignity and respect to them meant these small little behaviors that we lose sight of on a day-to-day basis – things we learn when we are young," notes Wilson.
The Campaign then became a wider initiative last year, gaining 60 community partners who spearheaded a literal pledge drive – 5,000 people throughout the area pledged to honor the Campaign's goals of fostering multiculturalism and diversity.
The Campaign also offers a monthly Dignity and Respect Champion Award, most recently to Barbara Murock, a county behavioral-health specialist who works toward better health-care policy for vulnerable groups. This year's festival, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., will celebrate those same principles – and offer some fun, including rock climbing by Venture Outdoors, multicultural entertainment from UMOJA African Arts Company and lion dancers/kung fu artists Steel Dragon, alongside games, health and educational information and other free stuff.
For more information, call 412-864-3582 or click here to e-mail.
Writer: Marty Levine
Source: Dawnita Wilson, UPMC Center for Inclusion
http://www.popcitymedia.com/forgood/dignityrespectfest092910.aspx?utm_campaign=Why+I+Moved+to+Pittsburgh.+Twice.&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=Dignity+and+Respect+Fest+brings+inclusion+and+multiculturalism+to+the+multitudescampaign
Dignity and Respect Fest brings inclusion and multiculturalism to the multitudes
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
UPMC's workplace inclusion program has now gone from an internal effort to a community-wide, free Dignity and Respect Fall Festival set for Oct. 16 at Schenley Plaza in Oakland."We are planning for it to be an annual event," says Dawnita Wilson, who is program director of inclusion initiatives at UPMC's Center for Inclusion and manager of the Center's Dignity and Respect Campaign.
The Campaign began in 2008 with UPMC employees pledging their support for inclusion in their workplace. Employee groups devised 30 tips to help with the effort, from simple courtesies to being open, flexible and "culturally competent.""Dignity and respect to them meant these small little behaviors that we lose sight of on a day-to-day basis – things we learn when we are young," notes Wilson.
The Campaign then became a wider initiative last year, gaining 60 community partners who spearheaded a literal pledge drive – 5,000 people throughout the area pledged to honor the Campaign's goals of fostering multiculturalism and diversity.
The Campaign also offers a monthly Dignity and Respect Champion Award, most recently to Barbara Murock, a county behavioral-health specialist who works toward better health-care policy for vulnerable groups. This year's festival, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., will celebrate those same principles – and offer some fun, including rock climbing by Venture Outdoors, multicultural entertainment from UMOJA African Arts Company and lion dancers/kung fu artists Steel Dragon, alongside games, health and educational information and other free stuff.
For more information, call 412-864-3582 or click here to e-mail.
Writer: Marty Levine
Source: Dawnita Wilson, UPMC Center for Inclusion
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Women, Find Employment That Will Sustain Your Family
Women, Find Employment That Will Sustain Your Family
August 31, 2010
in Side by Side
Side by Side welcomes Nieves Stiker from Carlow University’s New Choices Program.
This event is for single mothers and women who find themselves needing to (re)enter the work force.
Topics include:
goal setting
self esteem building
skill building
job training.
Learn how to find employment that is not just for survival, but that will sustain a family.
About Nieves Stiker
For over ten years, Ms. Stiker has worked closely with single parents and women in transition, fulfilling Carlow University’s original mission “to involve persons, primarily women, in a process of self-directed, lifelong learning which will free them to think clearly and creatively, to discover and to challenge or affirm cultural and aesthetic values, to respond reverently and sensitively to God and others, and to render competent and compassionate service in personal and professional life.”
Recently, she was the recipient of the Dignity and Respect Champion Award which is presented to, and honors, a person identified as one who has made a difference in promoting inclusion, dignity and respect in the communities where they live and work.
Please join us!
Details:
Time – 6:30 PM
Date – Thursday, Sept. 2nd
Place – The Christy House (St. Stephen’s Church), 403 Frederick Ave., Sewickley.
Childcare will be provided.
Contact: sbs@ststephenschurch.net or 412-741-1790 for more information.”
from: http://togetherweflourish.com/2010/08/31/women-find-employment-that-will-sustain-your-family/
August 31, 2010
in Side by Side
Side by Side welcomes Nieves Stiker from Carlow University’s New Choices Program.
This event is for single mothers and women who find themselves needing to (re)enter the work force.
Topics include:
goal setting
self esteem building
skill building
job training.
Learn how to find employment that is not just for survival, but that will sustain a family.
About Nieves Stiker
For over ten years, Ms. Stiker has worked closely with single parents and women in transition, fulfilling Carlow University’s original mission “to involve persons, primarily women, in a process of self-directed, lifelong learning which will free them to think clearly and creatively, to discover and to challenge or affirm cultural and aesthetic values, to respond reverently and sensitively to God and others, and to render competent and compassionate service in personal and professional life.”
Recently, she was the recipient of the Dignity and Respect Champion Award which is presented to, and honors, a person identified as one who has made a difference in promoting inclusion, dignity and respect in the communities where they live and work.
Please join us!
Details:
Time – 6:30 PM
Date – Thursday, Sept. 2nd
Place – The Christy House (St. Stephen’s Church), 403 Frederick Ave., Sewickley.
Childcare will be provided.
Contact: sbs@ststephenschurch.net or 412-741-1790 for more information.”
from: http://togetherweflourish.com/2010/08/31/women-find-employment-that-will-sustain-your-family/
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Dignity and Respect Campaign receives top honors from the Profiles in Diversity Journal's 7th Annual Innovations in Diversity Award!
Dignity & Respect Campaign – A Community Initiative
The Dignity & Respect Campaign is an awareness campaign designed to join individuals, community leaders, community organizations, educational institutions, businesses, and corporations under the common notion that everyone deserves dignity and respect.
In November of 2008, The Center for Inclusion at UPMC introduced the concept of Dignity and Respect to the employees of UPMC. Employees were tasked with taking a pledge to demonstrate their commitment to treating others the way they want to be treated and providing their opinion on behaviors that represent dignity and respect in the workplace. Based on their feedback, "30 Tips of Dignity & Respect" were created, which highlight behaviors that can easily be incorporated into everyday activities.
Awareness about the campaign spread throughout the Pittsburgh community, as the Center for Inclusion partnered with community leaders on efforts around community unity, cultural competency, and multicultural awareness. On October 1, 2009, the Dignity & Respect Campaign was launched as a community initiative, with the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh declaring October Dignity & Respect Month. The community campaign kicked off with the launch of a city-wide pledge drive, which engaged over 50 community organizations and awarded a day of service to the organization that received the most pledges. The launch also included the unveiling of the Dignity & Respect Campaign website. (http://www.dignityandrespectcampaign.com/)
To engage the community, several ideas were created to ensure that dignity and respect are at the core of what UPMCemployees do every day:
The D&R Pledge and D&R Tips: Visit the Dignity & Respect Campaign website and take the pledge.
The D&R Month: Organize a launch event, promote a D&R pledge drive, and award a day of service to the organization in your community that receives the most pledges.
The D&R Journey: Champion inclusion within your organization by joining the D&R Journey. The Journey enables organizations to highlight best practices and share them with the D&R community.
D&R Campaign National or Local Sponsorship: Promote inclusion in your organization and community while associating your brand with the Dignity & Respect Campaign by becoming a national or local sponsor.
What began as a workplace initiative to promote dignity and respect at UPMCsoon became a local community effort in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has now become a national initiative dedicated to driving inclusion.
Read more! http://diversityjournal.com/images/2010_Innovations_in_Diversity_Awards_Winners.pdf
The Dignity & Respect Campaign is an awareness campaign designed to join individuals, community leaders, community organizations, educational institutions, businesses, and corporations under the common notion that everyone deserves dignity and respect.
In November of 2008, The Center for Inclusion at UPMC introduced the concept of Dignity and Respect to the employees of UPMC. Employees were tasked with taking a pledge to demonstrate their commitment to treating others the way they want to be treated and providing their opinion on behaviors that represent dignity and respect in the workplace. Based on their feedback, "30 Tips of Dignity & Respect" were created, which highlight behaviors that can easily be incorporated into everyday activities.
Awareness about the campaign spread throughout the Pittsburgh community, as the Center for Inclusion partnered with community leaders on efforts around community unity, cultural competency, and multicultural awareness. On October 1, 2009, the Dignity & Respect Campaign was launched as a community initiative, with the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh declaring October Dignity & Respect Month. The community campaign kicked off with the launch of a city-wide pledge drive, which engaged over 50 community organizations and awarded a day of service to the organization that received the most pledges. The launch also included the unveiling of the Dignity & Respect Campaign website. (http://www.dignityandrespectcampaign.com/)
To engage the community, several ideas were created to ensure that dignity and respect are at the core of what UPMCemployees do every day:
The D&R Pledge and D&R Tips: Visit the Dignity & Respect Campaign website and take the pledge.
The D&R Month: Organize a launch event, promote a D&R pledge drive, and award a day of service to the organization in your community that receives the most pledges.
The D&R Journey: Champion inclusion within your organization by joining the D&R Journey. The Journey enables organizations to highlight best practices and share them with the D&R community.
D&R Campaign National or Local Sponsorship: Promote inclusion in your organization and community while associating your brand with the Dignity & Respect Campaign by becoming a national or local sponsor.
What began as a workplace initiative to promote dignity and respect at UPMCsoon became a local community effort in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has now become a national initiative dedicated to driving inclusion.
Read more! http://diversityjournal.com/images/2010_Innovations_in_Diversity_Awards_Winners.pdf
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Have you been to the website lately??
There are some BIG changes going on over at www.dignityandrespectcampaign.com have you been over there lately?
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Dignity and Respect Champion award honors Pittsburgh Project's Thompkins
Will Thompkins, director of community and outreach at The Pittsburgh Project, doesn't seek the spotlight. But it has found him: The Dignity and Respect Campaign, launched last fall to unite people and organizations throughout the city under the common belief that everyone deserves dignity and respect, has named Thompkins their first Dignity and Respect Champion. The award will be given monthly throughout the coming year to Pittsburghers who exemplify the campaign's goals.
Through his work at The Pittsburgh Project, and through service on the boards of KidsVoice, the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP, Children 2 Champions, Northside Old Timers, Pittsburgh United, and The 100 Black Men of Western Pennsylvania, the campaign feels that Thompkins has devoted himself to promoting "the principles of dignity and respect" and "an environment of inclusion" here in Pittsburgh.
He was nominated for the award by Saleem Ghubril, executive director of the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship program for students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
"Will models servant-leadership in everything he does, but never with the aim of drawing attention to himself. He makes whomever is in his company feel deeply valued and highly regarded. He is a bridge-builder between those typically alienated whether because of race, ethnicity, gender, economics, age, or politics. This is Will's first nature," Ghubril said in a statement about the award.
What issues are taking up most of Thompkins' energy these days? Helping to combat homelessness tops the list, as does the challenge of helping low-income Pittsburgh students get access to the best possible education. As we enter the second year of recession, Thompkins says those two problems often cross paths. Homeless students do their best to stay in school, he says, but it can be incredibly difficult.
"Education is a major issue... and one great challenge we face for young people, whether in high school or college, is employment," he says. "To identify and work with those young people who go to school and are homeless is very important. ... A lot of young people, if they're given an opportunity to work, they will work. And they will do well, in some cases excelling beyond our imagination."
http://www.popcitymedia.com/forgood/dignityandrespect0331.aspx?utm_campaign=On%20the%20Edge&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=Dignity%20and%20Respect%20Champion%20award%20honors%20Pittsburgh%20Project%27s%20Thompkins
Through his work at The Pittsburgh Project, and through service on the boards of KidsVoice, the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP, Children 2 Champions, Northside Old Timers, Pittsburgh United, and The 100 Black Men of Western Pennsylvania, the campaign feels that Thompkins has devoted himself to promoting "the principles of dignity and respect" and "an environment of inclusion" here in Pittsburgh.
He was nominated for the award by Saleem Ghubril, executive director of the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship program for students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
"Will models servant-leadership in everything he does, but never with the aim of drawing attention to himself. He makes whomever is in his company feel deeply valued and highly regarded. He is a bridge-builder between those typically alienated whether because of race, ethnicity, gender, economics, age, or politics. This is Will's first nature," Ghubril said in a statement about the award.
What issues are taking up most of Thompkins' energy these days? Helping to combat homelessness tops the list, as does the challenge of helping low-income Pittsburgh students get access to the best possible education. As we enter the second year of recession, Thompkins says those two problems often cross paths. Homeless students do their best to stay in school, he says, but it can be incredibly difficult.
"Education is a major issue... and one great challenge we face for young people, whether in high school or college, is employment," he says. "To identify and work with those young people who go to school and are homeless is very important. ... A lot of young people, if they're given an opportunity to work, they will work. And they will do well, in some cases excelling beyond our imagination."
http://www.popcitymedia.com/forgood/dignityandrespect0331.aspx?utm_campaign=On%20the%20Edge&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=Dignity%20and%20Respect%20Champion%20award%20honors%20Pittsburgh%20Project%27s%20Thompkins
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