Cultural Connection: Mindful Communication in a Diverse World

AWC Detroit represents a new way of thinking about how you can collaborate with like-minded professionals while promoting and developing your own career goals. Membership is open to professionals and students in all disciplines of communications.

Association for Women in Communications Detroit

Explore how communication can foster cultural harmony and respect, with experts from education, city government and public relations.

Arab American National Museum

Join us as AWC Detroit explores the ways in which communication fosters cultural harmony and respect, with experts from education, city government and public relations. Our discussion will provide the audience with actionable tools to use in personal, professional and social spaces for more meaningful and constructive conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion.You will learn:<ul><li>The mindset that helps us communicate effectively and thoughtfully </li><li>How to monitor communications for IDEA - inclusivity, diversity, equity and access</li><li>Words and phrases that might inadvertently give the wrong impression</li><li>How to recognize cultural cues that can elevate your communication</li><li>The importance of teaching cultural respect early</li><li>How to walk the walk: why we should, and how we can reflect inclusivity in our daily lives</li></ul>

MODERATORSiham Awada Jafaar is president and CEO of 3D Consulting and Communications which conducts diversity training for corporations, law enforcement, government and healthcare agencies and educational institutions. Ms. Jafaar is a certified mediator and is currently president of the Wayne County Dispute Resolution Center and chairperson of its Advisory Board. Appointed by Governor Whitmer in 2020 to the Judicial Tenure Commission, she was reappointed in 2023 for a second term. Jafaar also has been appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court to serve on the DEI Commission for the Judiciary, with a term ending in December 2025.

P﻿ANELISTRenée Ahee founded In Other Words, LLC, in 1999, a public relations and marketing firm whose clients have included for-profit and non-profit such organizations as Marygrove College, Ford Motor Credit Company, General Motors, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Council of Asian Pacific Americans and the National American Arab Nurses Association (NAANA), where she is currently board president.Renée has served as CEO of the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) and the Arab American Women’s Business Council, a non-profit organization she co-founded that provides education, professional development, and networking opportunities. She holds a BA degree in journalism from Marygrove College and an MSF degree in corporate finance with honors from Walsh College. She is a graduate of Leadership Detroit XXVI.Renée has received Marygrove’s Distinguished Alumni Award, the NAAMA President’s Award, the POWER 25 Women in Detroit Award by Walker’s Legacy and was named one of the Top Ten Michigan Businesswomen (Diversity Champion) from the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Greater Detroit Chapter.

P﻿ANELISTDavid Mustonen is in his 24th year with the Dearborn Public Schools where he has transformed communication in the 20,000-student district from one that relied upon printed media to one driven by text messages, e-mail, the latest app, and an ever changing social media landscape. He and his team support the communication efforts of all Dearborn schools and overall messaging for the District. David’s early career includes broadcast television production, including award-winning documentaries. Also recognized for outstanding print publications, he has directed efforts to pass major bond and millage renewal ballot proposals in Dearborn. David has served on many district committees; he facilitates Board Policy Committee meetings and serves on the Board/City Relations Committee.

P﻿ANELISTKaren Majewski received her Ph.D. in American Culture from U of M, concentrating on the study of immigration and ethnicity. She is the former executive director of the Polish American Historical Association and has lectured and published extensively. Her award-winning book, Traitors &amp; True Poles: Narrating a Polish American Identity, 1880-1939 was published in 2003, and her latest work has focused on women’s issues in American Polonia. Her work on U of M’s Chene Street History Project helped document a Detroit multi-ethnic working class neighborhood. From 2002-2021, Majewski concentrated on community service, serving on Hamtramck’s Historical Commission, as its City Council President, and for 16 years, as the City’s Mayor.

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