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The Culture of Service — Creating a More Culturally Competent Nonprofit training is an interactive, informative and fun 2-session diversity and cultural awareness training that will assist you and your nonprofit in learning exactly what it means to be "culturally competent" and how your organization's policies and practices can mirror that competency, ultimately increasing your ability to better serve a culturally diverse community.

Culture of Service Trainings are open to all nonprofit staff and board members are held 3 times per year at the Jones Center for Families at a minimal cost to participants.

Culture of Service Training dates for 2006 are:

Winter Training
Session One - January 26th
Session Two - February 2nd

Summer Training
Session One - May 25th
Session Two - June 1st

Fall Training
Session One - September 28th
Session Two - October 5th

For questions about these trainings, or to register to attend a Culture of Service Training, click here. Be sure to note whether or not your are registering for the Winter, Spring or Fall training.

On-site Culture of Service trainings for individual nonprofits are also available. For information on scheduling a training for your nonprofit, contact Val Gonzalez at 479-927-3055.

In 2002, The Ozark Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation received the Susan G. Komen National Honor Roll in Education Award for the Cultural Competency & Diversity Awarenss training that Just Communities (formerly NCCJ) developed and conducted for their nonprofit.

Here's what some of our training graduates say about the quality of Just Communities trainings:

At the Crisis Center now, we are enjoying a level of diversity in our staff that we have not been able to in the 20 year history of our organization. The (Just Communities) training was huge for us. Earlier this year, I sent four relatively new staff members to the training. They came back bonded at a level that I wouldn’t have anticipated.

RuthAnne Hill
Crisis Center Executive Director
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One of the observations that we had was that not only did the (Just Communities) training help us in dealing with our diverse clientele, but it also helped our diverse make up of our colleagues in their interactions in dealing with each other on a daily basis.

Loy Baily
Arkansas Dept. of Health District Manager
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Diversity is very important to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. That’s why we contracted with Just Communities to produce and host an educational program for our grant recipients—the front line of our mission.

Allison Levin
Susan G. Komen Ozark Affiliate Executive Director

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