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Certified Equal Opportunity Professional

*Formerly known as Certified Affirmative Action Professional (CAAP)

Spring 2025:

EEO and Affirmative Action Law (Virtual) … May 5 – May 28, 2025

Developing and Implementing an Affirmative Action Program (Virtual) … June 2 – June 25, 2025

Complaint Processing, Counseling and Resolution (Virtual) … July 7 – July 30, 2025

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Annual Refresher for Federal EEO Counselors and Investigators (Virtual) 

April 24, 2025 ... 

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Webinar - 

Nothing Stays the Same!: The laws, technology, workforce and presidents keep changing

April 16, 2025 / 1:30 pm ET

*Free to members

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Description: Do you lie awake at night worrying about what might be lurking in employment law? We are constantly challenged to keep up with the ever-changing workplace, employment laws, and technology. There is always a new regulation, a new executive order, or an unexpected liability to navigate. But staying updated can help you stay prepared. Register for this webinar to get the latest information on hot topics, trends, and recent developments in key areas of employment law. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions and receive expert insights.

This webinar will cover: ? What to expect under the new administration and a scope on the executive orders. ? About faces on OFCCP and EEOC focus. ? Increased litigation and personal liability. ? The status of DEI – don’t fall asleep just because WOKE is in decline. ? Incivility ? AI Trends ? Unusual discrimination cases of the year.

Presenter: Robert E. Gregg

Bob Gregg is an employment relations attorney with Boardman Clark LLP, Madison, Wisconsin, with more than  30 years of experience representing clients on complex issues. Bob litigates a wide variety of employment cases  on behalf of employers, including discrimination, wage, and hour, FMLA, ADA, unfair discharge, contracts,  privacy, and more. His main emphasis is helping employers achieve enhanced productivity, creating positive  work environments, and resolving employment problems before they generate lawsuits. Bob conducts proactive  management seminars throughout the United States to teach supervisors how to recognize issues and avoid  liability. 

Bob is nationally recognized for his work on respectful workplace education, employment and service provision,  and has helped numerous public and private employers. As a founding faculty member of the Department of  Defense Race Relations Institute, he developed anti-discrimination programs for military bases worldwide. As  Chief Equal Rights Officer for the Wisconsin Personnel Commission, he was responsible for implementing  some of the first antiharassment and antibullying policies and practices in the United States. He is a Nationally recognized authority on workplace issues. Bob is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, the National Speakers Association, the American Association for Access Equity & Diversity, and has served on the Board of Directors for the Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Foundation.

Webinar - 

We Shall Overcome This Too: How to Ensure Ongoing Belonging & Instill Resilience Through Difficult Times

April 22, 2025 / 1:30 pm ET

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Description: Please join us as Dr. Damion Jones, Senior Consultant at CMA Global, Inc leads a discussion on how best to continue instilling a sense of belonging and impact for everyone in your organization despite the current sociopolitical landscape. He’ll review the current array of executive orders, their impact on the work we do and best practices for self-regulating. The intention is to best support practitioners and their fellow employees during these, and other, challenging and divisive times. 

This presentation will highlight: 
?Tracking current EO’s and their relative impact 
?The value of institutionalizing best practices 
?What some companies are doing to continue ensuring best practice culture and talent management work 
? Healthy coping strategies for your employees to manage stress - What does the research say about cultivating grit or managing resilience in self, and others-organizationally 

Breakout Groups (15 minutes) 
?Discuss a challenge you would like assistance with 
?Discuss healthy coping strategies 

Breakout Group Report Out (15 minutes) 
? One best practice for continuing the work 
?One best coping mechanism you are considering employing 

A summary of best practices and Q&A will follow after the breakout rooms. 

Presenter: Dr. Damien Jones 

Damion Jones has spent over 17 years in corporate America working on both national and global culture and process transformations. He specializes in the institutionalization of global diversity, equity and inclusion strategies and execution. From the start of his career, Damion has worked directly with HR leadership teams and the C-Suite to manage their executive talent review and succession planning process, led US compliance efforts and worked in HR analytics. As a Global Head of Diversity Equity and Inclusion for 2 companies, he’s driven strategy execution through the creation and administration of executive I&D Councils, employee resource groups, mentoring and sponsorship programs. Additionally, he’s done training and development on DEI topics for thousands of leaders around the world, integrated ERGs across continents and within leadership pipelining efforts. He’s also facilitated the creation of global gender pay equity analysis and has won awards for these efforts regarding overall DEI progress within an organization, metrics and ERG engagement.

Damion received a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, GA. In graduate school, he double specialized and received a master’s degree and Ph.D. in both Social and Organizational Psychology from Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO. Damion’s primary research focus was on intergroup dynamics, stereotype threat, racial identity and diversity in the workplace.