PVCC DEI Training & Workshops

A brief presentation modeling strategies and techniques to engage groups and individuals in healthy dialogue around DEI topics

Length: 1 Hour
Maximum Attendees: 30
Modality Options: Hybrid
Core Skills: Self-Awareness, Communication, Active Listening, Empathy

An interactive** workshop to help teams reflect on how individual communication styles/patterns impact team dynamics. **Please note: this activity requires participants to move around the room in order to engage**

Length: 1 Hour
Maximum Attendees: 25
Modality Options: In-Person Only
Core Skills: Self-Awareness, Communication, Active Listening, Empathy

A psychoeducational presentation about what stress is, what research says about managing it, and how to go about finding a therapist if you need (or want) one.

Length: 1 Hour
Maximum Attendees: 40
Modality Options: In-Person, Virtual, Hybrid
Core Skills: Self-Awareness, Empathy, Emotion Regulation, Leadership

This didactic and interactive workshop teaches participants about the influence of empathy, active listening, and body language in cross-cultural communication.

Length: 1 Hour
Maximum Attendees: 20
Modality Options: In-Person, Virtual, Hybrid
Core Skills: Self-awareness, Empathy, Communication, Active Listening

This presentation dissects the statement “words matter” by teaching participants how meaning, cognition, and nonverbal communication contribute with audience perception and trust when using our words.

Length: 45 mins
Maximum Attendees: 40
Modality Options: In-Person, Virtual, Hybrid
Core Skills: Self-awareness, Empathy, Communication, Active Listening

A brief (e.g. 30 min) workshop about what mentoring is, the benefits of mentoring, and how/where to find a mentor.

Length: 30 mins
Maximum Attendees: 40
Modality Options: In-Person, Virtual, Hybrid
Core Skills: Self-Awareness, Leadership, Communication, Critical Thinking

This workshop aims to increase attendees' understanding of pathways for professional movement within their organization through seeking out and building intentional relationships with other colleagues, irrespective of credentials or status within the organization.

Length: 1 hour
Maximum Attendees: 25
Modality Options: In-Person, Virtual, Hybrid
Core Skills: Self-Awareness, Self-Efficacy, Leadership, Mentoring

This workshop uses information about how marginalization and oppression impact our US labor force to offer recommendations for increased intercultural understanding and reduced workplace microaggressions.

Length: 1 Hour
Maximum Attendees: 30
Modality Options: In-Person, Virtual, Hybrid
Core Skills: Self-Awareness, Leadership, Communication

This workshop provides participants with information about models of trauma-informed organizational change applicable to academia; specifically considering connections between racial stress and organizational dynamics.

Length: 1.5 hours
Maximum Attendees: 30
Modality Options: ALL In-Person or ALL Virtual Only - No hybrid (Breakout rooms/sessions needed)
Core Skills: Self-Awareness, Leadership, Empathy, Critical Thinking

This workshop uses a trauma-informed lens for taking community-based, participatory, and action-oriented steps to promote effective engagement and change within our communities.

Length: 1 Hour
Maximum Attendees: 20
Modality Options: In-Person ONLY
Core Skills: Self-awareness, Leadership, Empathy, Critical Thinking

This training provides participants with a brief overview of stress, highlights the concept of code-switching, and how it impacts workplace experiences for People of Color.

Length: 1.5 hrs
Maximum Attendees:
Modality Options: In-Person, Virtual, Hybrid
Core Skills: Self-Awareness, Empathy, Critical Thinking
Notes: The training includes one(1) journal article participants are strongly encouraged to read prior to participation. Article provided by facilitator

This workshop helps participants recognize the characteristics, history, and pitfalls of gendered organizations and consider the impacts of persistent gender inequality in the workplace.

Length: 2.5 hrs
Maximum Attendees: 30
Modality Options: In-Person ONLY or ALL Virtual ONLY
Core Skills: Critical Thinking, Empathy, Self-Awareness, Equity Mindedness
Note: This training is approved for FPG credit. Please email Dr. Simmons about requesting this training for additional FPG sessions.

This training teaches participants what implicit bias is, how it differs from explicit bias, and provides individual-level recommendations to combat harmful impacts of implicit bias.

Length: 1 Hour
Optional Add-Ons: IBT & Hiring Practices (+30mins); Facilitated Group Debrief (+20mins)
Maximum Attendees: 45
Modality Options: In-Person, Virtual, or Hybrid
Core Skills: Self-Awareness, Leadership, Empathy, Equity Mindedness

Yes!  PVCC DEI takes “Original Content” requests for MCCCD employees and students through our training request form.  Community members can request original content development during consultation with Dr. Simmons.

Dr. Amina Simmons also known as “Dr. A” is the primary facilitator for the sessions listed on the training/workshop menu.  Occasionally, Dr. A works with MCCCD sister colleges, Maricopa Affinity groups, and community partners to bring in guest facilitators or co-facilitators based on the desired topic and/or details of the training request.  

For example, PVCC  has partnered with Equality Maricopa to host LGBTQIA+ 101 virtual trainings; these trainings were free and open to any members of the MCCCD community. 

Each training or workshop session is a little different based on the intended audience, modality,  topic, and core skills attendees should gain from participation. All sessions include a formal presentation (i.e. powerpoint) and may include interactive activities, small group discussions, and videos. 

Please confirm the session Modality option is appropriate for your group and email any concerns about sessions that require participant movement to Dr. Amina Simmons. 

Each individual gains different things from these sessions. Each training/workshop also has “Core Skills” that indicate how the training/workshop topic relates to essential, transferable, and/or interpersonal skills to benefit participants' personal/professional development.   

Facilitators provide a welcoming environment where attendees are invited to compassionately explore strengths, blindspots, and growth edges, using gentle directness and community guidelines.  Our current session feedback data indicates that over 80% of participants “strongly agree” they  “learned something” and over 70% of participants “strongly agree” they “felt a sense of belonging.” 

No! PVCC DEI hosts free training/workshops sessions throughout the academic year that are free and open to the general public as well as the campus community.  

Training/workshop that are closed to specific groups per requestor preference will only be advertised to those relevant stakeholders.  Outside of MCCCD?  Email Dr. Amina Simmons to set up a training/workshop consultation.