Author, CJ Gross will be having his book launch event to discuss his latest book "What's Your Zip Code Story?"
What’s Your Zip Code Story is a powerful book that expands the conversation surrounding class bias, race, and equity in the workplace. This book offers research-based solutions for employees seeking professional growth and for business leaders seeking new ways to engage their teams. Gross provides strategies to help class migrants — whether college students, recent graduates or overlooked employees — climb the career lattice and transform themselves from undervalued employees into respected leaders. He also offers insights to help organizations understand the impact of diversity on a business’s productivity, turnover, and revenue.
This event is FREE and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of WHAT'S YOUR ZIP CODE STORY? will be available for purchase after the event, and there will be a signing. Full dinner service is available throughout the show. Please note that this event will not be live-streamed.
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About the Author
CJ Gross is a TEDx presenter, international speaker, and the founder of Ascension Worldwide, a firm dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity training and consulting based in the Washington, D.C., area. Gross has 20 years of experience as an organizational development consultant specializing in leadership development and diversity and inclusion. He is a certified Social + Emotional Intelligence coach, trainer, Keirsey Temperament professional, Intercultural Development Inventory Administrator, and executive coach, with additional expertise in organizational mediation. He also serves as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Master Faculty for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Center for Innovation and Business Management, and Adjunct Faculty for the Community College of Baltimore County.
About the Conversation Partner
Andy Shallal is an artist, social entrepreneur and founder/CEO of Busboys and Poets, a restaurant group in the Washington Metropolitan area where art, culture and politics intentionally collide over mindfully sourced food, drinks, books and event programming. With six, soon to be seven locations in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, Busboys and Poets has become a home for progressives, artists, creatives and intellectuals, including such notables as Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Alice Walker, Angela Davis and the late Howard Zinn. As a leader in the sustainable food movement, Busboys has been recognized locally and nationally for its innovative, conscious cuisine. Under Shallal’s leadership, Busboys has received numerous awards including the Mayor’s Arts Award, Employer of the Year from the Employment Justice Center and the Mayor’s Environmental Award.
