Through the Looking Glass

We are thrilled to offer the start of a journey to learn more about and explore diversity. Through joining this series, you are accepting an invitation to think deeply and begin an exploration of our differences as well as our similarities.

🤝This can be hard work, but know you're not alone if you may feel uncertain or unsure...

Join in for a 3-part series where we will delve deeper into

Session 1: Looking Inward

Session 2: Looking Outward

Session 3: Belonging

We don't have all the answers and in that openness, pledge to you:

🤝We will give you resources, tools, and space for deeper self-exploration and learning all to continue your journey in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

🤝We promise we will make this fun, thought provoking and we hope that you'll come away with a deeper understanding of yourself as well as others while we journey together in this world.

📅 February 13 📅 February 20 📅 February 27

⏰ All session occur from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EDT / 4.5 hours total with a certificate provided at the end of the series contingent on attendance to all 3 sessions

📍 Location: Online via ZOOM

Shauna currently serves as Executive Director of Networks for Training and Development, Inc. She is passionate about value-based leadership, strategic planning, and applying adult learning principles in all areas of her work.

For decades, Shauna has been involved in varying ways with people with disabilities, organizations, and systems to achieve meaningful, person-centered outcomes. As a Qualified Facilitator of The Leadership Challenge® (Kouzes and Posner), Shauna curates diverse learning opportunities through the use of assessment tools, training, and innovative consultative practices.

As a long-time Adjunct Professor at Penn State Abington, her passion for learning also extends to students who continue to push her creativity and inclusive engagement strategies. In her spare time, she enjoys writing, music, and travel.

Jess is the Director of Training and Consultation at Networks and is enamored by the human experience. She continues to study the captivating power of supporting people to tell their stories through Biographical Timelines and how this, and other Person Centered Planning tools, can establish new avenues of understanding surrounding a person for them and their communities of support.

She has recently completed certificate studies at Penn State University regarding Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) and continues to read, reflect, learn, and grow voraciously within this heart-work.

In her spare time, Jess enjoys creating, getting lost in nature, and having “Ah-HA!” moments throughout her day. She lives on the side of a mountain in central Pennsylvania with her partner, Pete and a menagerie of furry critters to include 3 German Shepherds with very big personalities who generally respond to their names of Maggie Mae, Sascha Louise, and Samuel Laverne and one particularly pesky cat who never responds their name of Momma.

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Funding provided by Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Event Venue

Online