NW Diversity Learning Series
Engaging hearts, educating minds, motivating change
2025 Workshops
The 2025 Northwest Diversity Learning Series
Let’s Talk Out Our Differences – Learn to Argue Better!
Twenty-five years ago, co-founders Barbara Deane, Carlos Gil, and Susan Adler Funk invited companies and organizations in the greater Seattle metropolitan area to join together to learn how to better manage and leverage diversity. That collaboration became the NW Diversity Learning Series.
The NW Diversity Learning Series offers workshops on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) applied to the workplace for managers and employees of companies, nonprofits, government agencies, and educational institutions. It’s also popular with students studying DEIB and human resources.
Led by world-class presenters and thought leaders, our workshops and special events deliver substantive, relevant, and impactful sessions intended to give participants the tools and confidence needed to continue promoting inclusivity and equity in their workplaces.
Read a more detailed history of the launch of the NW Diversity Learning Series here.
What people say about our series
As a professional non-profit fundraiser, and a Naval Academy-trained leader, I have long valued the kind of diversity, equity and inclusion training that programs like NWDLS offer. DEI education is not only the right thing to do in order to treat others well and undo past harm, but it’s a win-win. It makes everyone better. No organization today–government, for-profit or non-profit–can be successful without it.”
“I was working in health research facilitation when I fell ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Perhaps I could have returned to a traditional job if I’d applied where disabilities were accommodated. Instead, I now counsel individuals with CFS and long-COVID (the latter worryingly fast-growing), two very similar conditions. One of my pieces of advice to clients? Look for firms where the DEI leadership proactively grasps and trains its staff to accommodate those of us who still have so much to offer.”
“As a start-up pushing past boundaries in science and healthcare, we’re international, multidisciplinary and – of course – diverse. So, training in diversity, equity and inclusion is a no-brainer and a clear hiring advantage as we grow. The Northwest Diversity Learning Series is a longstanding, reputable and efficient way to achieve this training.”