Continuing & Professional Courses
Certificate Overview | Course Offerings | Subject Matter Experts | Cost
Certificate Overview:
The Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy (CNP) launched its Certificate in Social Justice Leadership (CSJL), a non-credit-bearing Continuing & Professional Education opportunity, in Fall 2021. This Certificate has been developed for leaders committed to transforming systems and structures at nonprofit and public organizations to become more equitable, including managers, executives, and board members; leaders in the for-profit sector and corporate social responsibility; and charitable foundations and donors. Current CSJL courses cover topics that include social justice leadership; leading diversity, equity, and inclusion; cultural competency; managing workplace diversity; and social justice policy. The program follows the Center’s Continuing & Professional Education structure to introduce the topic, examine it further, and put a plan into action. CSJL design revolves around the following: awareness (educate and build knowledge of cultural demographics), inventory (what we generally understand about barriers), and action (explore demographics at one’s organization, investigate hiring practices, understand policies, incorporate discussion at board meetings, etc.) – put performance metrics in place and/ or examine what that might look like at one’s organization.
Continuing Education Instructor
Course Offerings:
Social Justice Leadership at Nonprofit Organizations
Course introduces and explores structural inequities at nonprofit organizations which has contributed to a severe lack of leaders of color on Boards of Directors and within the executive staff ranks. Though charitable organizations have an enviable history of providing much needed services in under-resourced communities, many suggests these social sector organizations should also prioritize their obligation to look within and identify their own systemic issues as advocates for heightened levels of societal equity. The design of this course is to deepen participant knowledge of biased systems within nonprofits which have contributed to a longstanding culture of inequity with regard to leadership roles, build participants’ abilities to recognize and take inventory of associated fairness barriers, and empower learners to address these issues from a data perspective to accelerate racial equity at nonprofit organizations.
Social and Racial Justice: Leading Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Within Public Service Organizations
Social and racial justice is at the forefront of conversations across the nation and globally. As the workforce becomes more diverse, effective policies and practices that include and support individuals of all backgrounds are critical to an organization’s performance and overall success. This course is designed to empower individuals with the knowledge and practical skills required to build more inclusive workplaces, lead diverse teams, and help ensure leaders prioritize equity in thought at their organizations. Along with introducing the concepts diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the essence of this course lies in identifying and building key conceptual models anyone can apply within organizations. Some of these models include Milton J. Bennett’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity and an interdisciplinary leadership model.
Introduction to Cultural Competency in Nonprofit Management
Cultural competency in the context of the urban landscape has evolved into an area of interest for nonprofit practitioners and scholars involved in the assessment of public service delivery. As the demography in the era of globalization broadens the need for culturally competent public servants, the programmatic response to the public interest must be grounded in culturally appropriate and culturally responsive strategies aligned to engage with racial/ethnic and cultural/ linguistic groups. To streamline this argument, this course introduces cultural competence concepts from previous works and builds on others.
Managing Workplace Diversity in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
This course examines how public policy issues are contested and shaped by the major cleavages in American society, such as race and ethnicity, economic and social class, and gender, and provides strategies for building consensus across these divisions. The course increases the student’s understanding of relevant human differences in organizations, especially as today’s workforce continues to change domestically and globally; explores the advantages and challenges of diversity in the workplace; and examines how workforce managerial strategies can contribute to positive outcomes for employers, employees, and stakeholders.
Social Justice Policy + Partnerships for Social Change
This course examines how to identify a public policy issue and how to begin an issue-based advocacy campaign to create a social justice movement. The course increases the student’s understanding of an issue, examines the difference between advocacy vs lobbying, how to conduct an assessment, and will help facilitate the start of planning for an issue-based advocacy campaign. Participants will end the course with a deep understanding of what issues are important to them as a leader or to their organization.
Subject Matter Experts:
Mason Alexander-Hawk
Social and Racial Justice: Leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within Public Service Organizations
Cost:
- $1499 – Certificate in Social Justice Leadership; commitment to all five courses up front
- Three or more staff and/or board members from the same organization are eligible for a 10 percent discount. Contact our staff for more information.
