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Hollywood's Sean Ali Stone, Motown's Martha Reeves, Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein keynote: Award Winning 12th Annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference

posted on: Apr 13, 2015

Nationally recognized, Award Winning Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference hosts a speaker series panel on April 23, 2015 in Metro-Detroit at Byblos Banquets in Dearborn. Mi..  Islamophobia, ISIS, Ferguson, stereotypes in the Hispanic, African American, disabilities community will be part of a thought provoking and compelling conversation.  Engaging the Arab American, Hispanic American, African American, Asian American and disabilities community, The Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference explores the struggles, challenges and triumphs within our communities, our cities, our state and our county.  Continuing Education Credits for  Healthcare Industry professionals offered through CEUnits Educators earn SCECH’s through Western University and Wayne State University and the conference  is  MCOLES certified for law enforcement training,   Sean Ali Stone, son of director/producer Oliver Stone  will discuss his journey to Islam, Martha Reeves will discuss her journey through the civil rights movement with other compelling and effective conversations providing tool oriented training  to better equip professionals to engage successfully with diverse constituents within their workplace and neighborhood environments.

Detroit 2015 12th  Annual

Images and Perceptions

Diversity Conference

April 23, 2015

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Byblos Banquets

Dearborn, Mi

“Commitment, Engagement & Empowerment Through Diversity”

SCECH’s and CEU’s Offered to Professionals

Register

Professionals need access to diversity information and training, in all fields, in the evolving role in their environment. Our goal: continue providing enriching conferences, tools of engagement  and conversations to minimize the divide and strengthen our businesses, schools or agencies, learn and promote the positive role diversity plays in all aspects of our daily lives.

Continuing Education Credits offered by CEUnits.com to Nurses, Social Workers, Professionals, Counselors, Clinical Psychologists, Therapists, Educators, etc.

 For information 

Email: 

imagesandperceptions@3Dconsults.com

Or Call

313-910-1955 

 Register Here!

Standard Registration: $125, Group of 5 or more: $100, Student: $45 

 Registration includes breakfast, lunch, workshop materials and certificate of completion

Images and Perceptions 

Diversity Conference

 Commitment, Engagement and  Empowerment through Diversity

 Detroit~April 23, 2015   |   Chicago ~ November 2015

This year’s 12th Annual signature conference in collaboration with From the Ground Up, an organization dedicated  to creating unity within community and promoting cultural awareness across all boundaries.

It is with great pleasure that we extend a special invitation to you to participate as a sponsor.

Detroits 12th Annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference

April 23, 2015 8:30am-4:30pm

 At the 11th Annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference, themed “Embracing Diversity, Empowering Communities,” Keynote, Actor Activist Edward James Olmos was embraced with an overwhelming response from a grateful and mesmerized audience in April 2014 in Detroit, Michigan.

It is with great pleasure that we extend a special invitation to you to participate as a supporter of Diversity and sponsor at the 12th Annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference, engaging the Arab American, African American, Hispanic American, Jewish American, Asian American and Disabilities Communities on April 23, 2015 to take place at Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn, Michigan.

WHO WE ARE:

Our team at 3D Consulting and Communications volunteers its time and efforts to producing the highest quality conference to provide tools to successfully promote diversity, increase awareness, improve cultural competency, build bridges and create networking opportunities among communities.

THE GOAL:

Assumption, suspicion, fear, and intolerance are factors that undoubtedly lead to prejudice, stereotyping, and tragedy. Today’s media focuses on what divides us as a nation. Through the Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference and training sequences, we break down barriers, clear images, and correct bias misconceptions that we as a nation tend to adopt given our informational highway which at times lacks factua l and viable substance. Via the conversation on Diversity, we have cultivated lasting relationships between entities and created bridges of understanding that have resulted in effective change within corporate America, our educational institutions and our societal environment as a whole.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

The conference engages communities to better understand diversity and provides a caliber of programming to administrators, CEO’s, media and healthcare professionals, educators, law enforcement, and government public officials, community members and students to better implement diversity strategies within their corporations, organizations and personal relationships.

IMAGES AND PERCEPTIONS DIVERSITY CONFERENCE:

Since its inception in 2002, the Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference has reached a diverse audience and has been effective in building bridges among communities. In the Eleven years “Images and Perceptions” has been produced in Detroit, the conference has grown from an audience of 75 to over 400 participants. It has been televised and has reached audiences as far as Australia on the cable network in addition to being streamlined through radio and broadcast access.

Over the years we have featured passionate and renowned presenters including:

Edward James Olmos: Actor, Producer, Spokesperson of “Weare One Race”

Kathy Najimy: Award-winning actress and activist

Keegan Michael Key:   Star of Comedy Central’s “Key and Peele”

Dr. Jack Shaheen: Internationally acclaimed authorand media critic

Helen Thomas: Distinguished journalist, author, White House Bureau Chief – United Press International

Suheir Hammad: Poetand Star of “Russell Simmons” Def Poetry Jam, Ted TV

Ambassador Clovis Maksoud: Former Ambassadorto the Leagueof Arab Nations, Professorat Georgetown U.

Guadalupe Lara:   Motivational Speaker, LaSed, Ser

Asaad Kelada: Hollywood Producerand Director (Two and a Half Men, Who’s the Boss, Facts of Life)

Dr. John Woods: Professor: University of Chicago

Haaz Sleiman: Star of Nurse Jackie and the critically acclaimed movie“The Visitor” Victor Antonio: Diversity Motivational Speakerand CEO of a multi-million dollar company Dr. Reverend Wendell Anthony: NAACP Detroit Branch President

Dr. Frances Wong: Professor, University of Michigan and University of Hawaii Leila Farah: Professor at DePaul University, Chicago, Acclaimed Author and Performer Simon Shaheen: Internationally   Renowned Music virtuoso

YOUR SUPPORT:

The conference is a labor of love and your support is vital in implementing the highest quality programming to attract the individuals who can undoubtedly make a difference. We sincerely appreciate your efforts and your anticipated sponsorship will truly be a testament to your ongoing commitment to diversity as well as to education. As a non-profit organization, sponsorships are tax exempt and the successful 11 year presentation of the conference has been and continues to be reliant on the support of local partners, sponsorships and individual registrations in order to finance its efforts. We hope to have sufficient financial commitments by March 18, 2015. Sponsorship levels are enclosed which guarantees tremendous exposure for your company and organization as a champion of diversity and a sponsor of collaboration among ethnic, religious, and cultural divides. Thank you for your consideration and we certainly look forward to a mutually advantageous and effective relationship in building bridges and promoting peaceful communities through education.

The 12th Annual Award Winning & Nationally Acclaimed

Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference

“Commitment, Engagement & Empowerment through Diversity”

Engaging the Hispanic American, Arab American, African American, Jewish American, Asian American and Disabilities Communities

 

April 23, 2015 8:30am-4:30pm at Byblos Banquets, Dearborn

 

2015 Conference Presenters

Justice Richard Bernstein

Supreme Court Justice, Activist: Disabilities Community

Sean Stone

Son of Oliver Stone/Actor/Producer: Greystone Park, Star of Wallstreet, National Born Killers, The Doors

Martha Reeves

Motown Artist, Pop and R&B Singer Culture and Race

Michael Reyes

Diversity Hip Hop Poet Ambassador Dr. Clovis Maksoud Director of the Global South Maxine Cain PhD

Motivational Speaker/Diversity Trainer

Commander David Robinson

Community Policing within Diverse Cultures

Special Guest: Khurum Sheikh

Former Lieutenant Detective in the AAPD Turned Comedian!

Earn Continuing Education Credits: Administrators, Educators, Nurses, Social Workers, Therapists, Licensed Counselors, psychologists, General CEU’s from CEUnits

Click here for Registration and Sponsorship Information

For information: imagesandperceptions@3Dconsults.com – 313-910-1955- www.3Dconsults.com Registration: $125, Group of 5 or more: $100, Students: $45

Registration includes breakfast, lunch, workshop materials and certificate of completion

 

Group and Individual Registrations available online here:

www.3dconsults.com

Images and Perceptions

A Cultural Diversity and Educational Conference

“Commitment, Engagement & Empowerment through Diversity”

 Sponsorship Opportunities

Exposure at Detroit 2015 conference, exclusive logo placement on brochures, conference website, all literature and banner placement at venue; display booth on location; verbal mentions throughout program; press release recognition; and media exposure as signature partner, unlimited (up to 30) complimentary conference registrations and sponsorship rights to 5 educational and corporate Diversity training sessions from April 2014- November 2015.

Primary logo placement on conference brochure; conference website; all literature and banner placement at venue; verbal mentions throughout program; press release recognition; and 25 complimentary conference registrations Literature placed in conference folders and a Display booth on location. Exclusive sponsorship rights to 2 corporate and educational training sessions at various educational and corporate institutions.

Logo placement on conference brochure, conference website and banner placement at venue; verbal mentions throughout program; media and press release recognition; and 20 complimentary conference registrations. Literature placed in conference folders.

Logo placement on conference brochure, conference website and all literature; verbal mentions throughout program; 15 complimentary conference registrations

Logo placement on conference brochure; 10 complimentary conference registrations

One (1) admission to conference including luncheon; one (1) 6’ x 8’ exhibit area with table and two (2) chairs.

Group and Individual tickets Available online at: For Individual Tickets: Click Here Now!

www.3dconsults.com

Early Bird Individual Registration, (available until March 5, 2015): $100, Regular Registration: $125,

Diversity, as important as it is to virtually every company these days, doesn’t a lways come easy. Sometimes it requires the kind of training an organization like 3D Consulting and Communications brings to the table. 3D specializes in customized diversity training and cultural competency programs, strategies, events and initiatives, something CEO Siham Awada Jaafar understands. One example is the “Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference,” which has just celebrated its signature 10th anniversary and has become an icon among diversity initiatives. An array of speakers effectively address diversity and create an atmosphere of change and progress for a target audience that includes media, educational, governmental, law enforcement and individuals from various professions. As they network to collaborate and produce initiatives that cross cultural barriers within their organizations, they benefit from the fact that employees who know and understand other cultures are poised to help grow sales, increase productivity and open up new markets. The diversity training sessions that 3D has designed and implemented for specific government and educational entities have created a conversation about client services as well as a renewed sense of commitment from those experiencing the training. Community outreach continues to be a priority and through the company’s extensive volunteer initiatives, 3D creates bridges that cross cultural barriers and encourage dialogue.