CAIR offers diversity and sensitivity training to corporations and government agencies at the local, state and national levels.

CAIR’s diversity training is designed to help these entities reflect cultural competency in their attitudes, policies, and services. “Cultural competency” refers to a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enables professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. 

Being conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact can allow corporations and government agencies to adapt delivery of service to reflect an understanding of diversity. This can also help increase professional competency, reduce conflicts and increase employee job satisfaction.

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Our Training Approach

All programs are interactive and learner-centered. Facilitators create a safe environment for a dialogue on difficult issues rarely discussed in the workplace. Our programs challenge participants to question deeply held assumptions, raise self-awareness, and be introduced to fresh perspectives and redefine personal responsibility.

Innovative ‘Action Learning’ Methodologies

Programs are offered in multiple formats. Each program is tailored to meet the needs of participants and range from 5-8 hour sessions to a 3-day, 4-8 hours per day series.

In our professional development programs you will:

Benefits of Our Training

CAIR-Chicago and OIS Midwest Hold Cultural Diversity Training at Bridgeview Courthouse

CAIR-Chicago and the Organization of Islamic Speakers Midwest (OISM) held Cultural Diversity Training Sessions at the Bridgeview Courthouse

CAIR-Chicago’s Cultural Sensitivity Trainer Veronica Zapata and the Executive Director of OISM Tabassum A. Haleem presented six Cultural Diversity training sessions entitled “Working with the Arab-American and Muslim-American Communities” at the Bridgeview Courthouse District 5. This particular site was extremely important considering the fact that the Bridgeview community has a high number of Arab-American and Muslim-American residents.

Chicago Public High School Agrees to Sensitivity Training for Faculty and Students

CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Coordinator met with the principal of a Chicago Public High School to discuss conducting sensitivity training sessions for faculty and educational seminars for students. The meeting was a result of an anti-Muslim website that was being used as a resource in a World Studies class taught at the local area high school.

CAIR-Chicago Conducts Sensitivity Training for Faculty of Chicago Public High School

CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Coordinator, Christina Abraham, conducted sensitivity training for the faculty of Foreman High School in Chicago, as well as a session for students confronting the stereotypes about Muslims that became widespread after 9/11. Approximately 100 teachers attended the sensitivity training and nearly 80 students were present for the student session.

Client Testimonials

Thank you for taking the time to present at our annual meeting.   We are certainly grateful to have groups like you.

-Program Manager, Seattle area international relations firm

  

Impressive presentation.  We will be using the footage internally for those staff who wanted to participate but could not on the day of, so your efforts and impact will surpass the date of the event.  I will refer staff with further questions to CAIR, our community partner!

-Diversity Coordinator, local government agency

 

Thank you so much for speaking to my class. Students left school saying " what's up" in Arabic.  I learned a lot myself. What a great way to  create unity among all people.  Thank you again and I will contact you next semester to speak to the 7th and 8th graders.

-Seattle area private school teacher.

  

I attended the event at Bellevue, and I want to commend you on this effort. The diversity of the panelists was very helpful, and I liked the way you asked similar questions of each panel...I felt a shift in both my feelings and my thinking when the program was over. Thank you so much for this opportunity.

- Seattle area librarian

 

It made me sad that the panel felt they had to defend themselves as “not terrorists” and gave me a better understanding of what they have been experiencing.  Wished we could have spent more time talking more about their culture and how better we can serve them.  But if this is their reality, the racism they experience, then we need to know this as well. Thanks so much.

- Seattle area librarian

 

I just wanted to let you know how much my co-workers and I enjoyed the panel discussion yesterday...I thought it was really well organized and provided some great insight. Our organization works with many Somali and Muslim child care providers and families in the community.  If there are similar events coming up in the future that we would be able to attend please keep us in mind.

- Seattle area social service provider