Making Health Happen

This training is designated for Lyon County staff only.

Please contact your department to receive a registration code. 

If you are not a part of  this staff, please check other training options using the link below.

The Cultural Awareness for Organizations will include one virtual session on September 24, 2021 from 9 AM- 3 PM PST.

This cultural awareness training for organizations encourages participants to reflect on the issues of diversity and what that means to them.  Training will cover topics like microaggressions, implicit bias, racism, and cisgenderism.  Each organization has its own systems and culture, this course will help you and your colleagues to have conversations that go beyond today's training. 

To join the training, please enroll in the course before 7 am PST on the first day of the training.  Participants must attend the entire training to receive a completion certificate. Recordings will not be available. Please do not wait until the day of the training to register or to fill in the pre-assessment. The pre-assessment should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Participant Cost: 

Please use the access code provided by your organization during checkout and the cost will reduce to zero.  Once you have entered an access code, no credit card information is required. If you have not received an access code to join the training, please contact your supervisor. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Develop a foundational understanding of implicit bias.
2. Develop a basic understanding of social identity 
3. Use a critical eye to toward systems and organizational culture.
4. Recognize the importance having ongoing conversations about racism, sexism, and cisgenderism.
5. Develop an action plan about how to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment. 

Target Audience:

• Lyon County Staff Employees

Duration: 6 hours 

Instructor: Jay Cafferata 

Questions: Tamara Telles, [email protected]