Outstanding 2004-2005 Graduate Ceremony Diversity Training Certificate Program				Diversity Training University International
			Outstanding DTUI Graduate
	President’s Message
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	Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival. From Celebrations of Life, 1981 by Rene Dubos.
Faculty		Message from Deborah Carvalho

Philip Raphael, PhD	When I started working with minority communities recruiting blood donors, I thought it would be as easy as explaining the need and the response would be immediate. I soon realized, however, that this was not going to be as easy as I thought. Given the fact that I would be working with people from various ethnic, religious, cultural etc. backgrounds, my goals took on new dimensions. I realized that I would first have to understand the communities, their values, their fears and their motivations. Only then would I be able to create the education and awareness so that I could ask the right questions. I also realized that I would not only have to be inter-culturally competent, but I also would have to encourage that way of thinking among my colleagues. Training with DTUI helped me to understand how little I knew and how much there was to learn; from understanding the culture of an organization and how to assess the level of commitment to diversity and inclusion as well as learning how to implement diversity initiatives in order to create and develop the necessary tools to help move the organization toward diversity and inclusion. I developed the knowledge and the skills that I will need to work in a demographically diverse and complex organization and for that, I am grateful. When I started the first class, I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue, given how little I knew. I was concerned that I was not the right person to take this course since I did not have an HR background. As I continued, though, I realized how vitally important this course would be in order to understand our global economy. In conclusion, I want to thank Billy for his patience with my numerous phone calls and emails. He always had the time for me, and the one on one interaction was extremely helpful in opening my mind and thinking outside the box.
Angela Davis, CDP
Rita Rizzo, MS
Billy Vaughn, PhD
DTUI Advisory Board
Tamar Elkeles, PhD, Vice President of Learning & Development, Qualcomm, Inc.
Andrea Henne, EdD, Director of Online Education, Alliant University
Philip Raphael, PhD, Retired Professor & University Counselor
Katarina Mlekov, MA, Diversity manager, City of Gothenburg National Museum, Sweden
Peter Koffron, Managing Partner, Gayevolution.com
Jawahara K. Saidullah, M.A., Literary agent, DTUI instructor, journalist, & writer
Paul Pedersen, President Emeritus, University of Alabama
Nolan Penn, PhD, Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego Medical School, WASC Accreditation Representative