Reflective Listening
The Elimination of Prejudice Foundation presents Reflective Listening on Wednesday, November 1 at 5 pm. Hear Heather Steranka and Mauricio Velasquez speak about empowering yourself to be an agent of empowerment and change.
Join us for an interactive workshop about REFLECTIVE LISTENING. This workshop is part of our "Empowering You" series. These sessions are designed to give you skills and to empower you to be a Change Agent – and take action on your campus and in your community.
In this session, participants will learn how to utilize “reflective listening” to hold conversations that go to a deeper level. This technique helps both the speaker and the listener(s) gain, clarity, and practice empathy. A shift in perspective may occur with this technique for the speaker and the listener(s).
Heather Steranka
Is a Certified Diversity Professional with 10+ years’ experience in the field of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Leveraging diversity-management skills and intercultural communication to build organizational capacity, improve employee engagement, facilitate change and create equity have been the focus of her career. She also works as an anti-racism and cross-cultural facilitator. She is active in the Northeast Ohio community as a member of Plexus – LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, as a volunteer for YWCA of Greater Cleveland and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage’s Stop the Hate® Project. In her hometown of Akron, Ohio, she was honored to serve on the City of Akron Racial Equity and Social Justice Taskforce.
Mauricio Velásquez
Is the President of The Diversity Training Group (DTG) in Herndon, VA. Mauricio serves as a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) strategist, consultant, trainer, sexual harassment prevention trainer, respectful workplace/toxic employee trainer, employee engagement/trust trainer, executive coach, mentoring trainer, expert witness, and assists organizations with “winning the war for talent” and “being employers of choice.” We are in the risk management, culture change business