Busboys and Poets Books Presents What’s Your Zip Code Story
Date and Time
Aug 29, 2022 6:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Aug 29, 2022 6:00 pm
14th & V
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 Speaker, 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 international 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.
To watch CJ’s appearance on Fox43, please visit https://www.fox43.com/video/features/overcoming-class-bias-in-the-workplace-cj-gross-books/521-2f86aeed-06fc-453b-97d9-b21e7a70f73e
To watch CJ’s appearance on TEDx, please visit
About Howard Ross (Conversation Partner)
Howard Ross is a lifelong social justice advocate and is considered one of the world’s seminal thought leaders in identifying and addressing unconscious bias. He is the author of ReInventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performance, (published by Rowman and Littlefield in conjunction with SHRM in 2011), and the Washington Post best seller, Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives, (published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2014). His latest book, Our Search for Belonging: How Our Need to Connect is Tearing Us Apart, was released by Berrett-Koehler in May of 2018.
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