What We Do
Diversity Talks provides youth-led professional development and holistic assessments that equip your organization to confront oppression.
Youth-Led Professional Development
Our youth-led professional development is grounded in research and led by highly trained youth facilitators. Expect honest conversations, vulnerable reflection, and strategies for challenging oppression.
Through the youth-led professional development, our goal is to guide adult participants through the process of identifying and confronting systems of oppression by providing the space and resources to reflect and uncover bias
School/District Partnerships
Over a year of partnership, we provide an intensive fellowship experience for your youth leaders, deep learning for your staff and educators, and analysis that equips you to further the cultural competence of your educational community.
Youth Keynotes & Panels
Our youth speakers deliver powerful keynote speeches and give refreshingly authentic answers to audience questions, reminding audiences of the unique role that young people have always played in catalyzing social change.
Assessments & Reports
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Individual Cultural Competence Assessments
Diversity Talks’ PERM Framework and Assessment is a first-of-its-kind methodology for measuring cultural competence and is geared towards improving academic and non-academic outcomes for Black and Latinx students by providing insight into four areas: power, empathy, relationships, and mindset.
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Community Equity Assessment
This research captures the experiences and attitudes of the youth, staff, and families of your school or district in order to provide a detailed picture of existing barriers and opportunities to create a more culturally competent and equitable learning environment.
“I think having the chance to be taught and led by students is always so powerful and I need to remember this often so I can create the same type of environment in my classroom.”
— Educator Participant
Our Impact
Diversity Talks has evolved into a national entity that delivers youth-led services to more than 70 organizations across the country, providing a unique platform for more than 5,000 participants to acknowledge and address their contributions to injustice.