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Diversity Efforts in the Nonprofit World

Tuesday, September 22, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time

The Chronicle's special report on diversity efforts at nonprofit organizations reveals new data on the leadership of America's biggest charities, and how the recession is forcing many nonprofit groups to adjust their efforts to create more-inclusive organizations.

How are groups finding ways to work around the problems presented by the troubled economy? Is recruiting volunteers and interns, as some organizations are now doing, a good way to increase diversity when your organization cannot take on new full-time workers?

The Chronicle's coverage also revealed that employees from poor and working-class backgrounds continue to face a wide variety of obstacles as they work their way up the ladder at nonprofit organizations. What obstacles do they face? Is the economy helping or hindering the climb up the ladder? How can those working in the nonprofit world overcome such challenges?

Join us on September 22 as we seek to answer those questions and many more related to diversity efforts in the nonprofit world.

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Special Report: Achieving Diversity (9/17/2009)

The Guests

Stephen Bauer is executive director at the Nonprofit Workforce Coalition at American Humanics, a nonprofit organization in Kansas City, Mo., that works with colleges and universities to steer graduates into nonprofit leadership roles. Previously, Mr. Bauer held positions at City Year Cleveland, and coordinated volunteer and service-learning programs at Western Illinois University.

Deborah W. Foster is executive vice president for strategic alliances and inclusion at United Way of America, in Alexandria, Va. Previously, Ms. Foster served as the organization's executive vice president of field leadership, and was president and chief executive of the United Way of Pennsylvania. She began working for the organization in 1977.

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