Free Webinar “From the Boardroom to the Decision Table: Training Diverse Leadership”

September 24, 2014 at 10:00am Price: Free - Registration required
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“From the Boardroom to the Decision Table: Training Diverse Leadership”

Free Webinar Event

If visible minorities and immigrants make up a growing share of the urban population, why are they still largely absent from the city’s boardrooms and corridors of power?

Programs like DiverseCity onBoard (Toronto, Canada), and West Midlands Civic leadership (Birmingham, United Kingdom) aim to close the diversity gap through practical strategies to engage and promote diverse leadership.

Join Cities of Migration for an online discussion about what it takes to change the faces of civic and political leadership and connect public institutions to the talent they need for competitive growth.

  • September 24, 2014 – 10:00 EDT Toronto, New York

Featured Good Ideas

  • In Birmingham, United Kingdom, award-winning Operation Black Vote (OBV) launched the West Midlands Civic Leadership program to support democratic leadership among ethnic minorities through shadowing and mentoring schemes that help prepare emerging leaders for political office. Local community awareness initiatives double up as recruitment campaigns.
  • In Toronto, Canada, the internationally-recognized DiverseCity onBoard program uses practical and direct initiatives to ensure that the governance bodies of public agencies, boards and commissions as well as voluntary organizations reflect the diversity of the city. It does this by identifying and training qualified pre-screened candidates from visible minorities and immigrant communities for professional appointments on boards and committees.

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How to join:

  • To participate, you need a computer with internet access and speakers, or a telephone.  Instructions will be emailed to confirmed participants.

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