Community Building: Cultural Proficiency
Workshops for Today’s Diverse Workplace 
Neighborhood House is a Minnesota leader in cultural understanding, providing organizations across the state with key competencies to thrive in diverse communities. Cultural Proficiency Workshops for Today’s Diverse Workplace offer relevant, timely information to effectively navigate an ever-changing, ever-expanding cultural landscape.
Our workshops are ideal for organizations with an increasingly diverse client and/or employee base. We provide tools to bridge the cultural divide and establish mutually beneficial and respectful relationships. Upon completion of each workshop, attendees recieve a certificate of recognition. These workshops are also approved for CEU credit for teachers and social workers.
Select one or more of the following cultural introduction seminars to learn more about our changing community:
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Somali
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Hmong
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Ethiopian/ Oromo
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Karen
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Latino
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American Indian Culture - Refugees & Immigrants: A Provider's Perspective
About the Speakers
Our speakers have powerful stories to tell from personal experience as first- or second-generation immigrants or as part of resilient refugee families. They are inspired to share their cultural knowledge and insight and able to answer questions about their culture. They are subject matter experts, rooted in their culture’s history and tradition. Who is using Cultural Proficiency Workshops?
Aeon, AgriBank, Axis Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Century College, College of Saint Benedict, CommonBond Communities, Education Minnesota, Girl Scouts, Goodwill Easter Seals, Hamline University, Health East Health Partners, Immigrant Law Center, Loaves & Fishes, Medtronic, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota DNR, Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, 3M, United States Fish and Wildlife Services, University of Minnesota, Wells Fargo
What are people saying about our workshops?
"Neighborhood House Cultural Proficiency Workshops provide an excellent opportunity to learn about cultures that are already having a significant impact on the Twin Cities, and which impact will only continue to grow over the next several years. I know of no better way to learn about these cultures, and no better time than now." – Eric Levinson, 3M
"I thoroughly enjoyed the session and I learned a great deal. It is a wonderful service you are providing. I’ve tried to let everyone I know that they should call Neighborhood House." – Rick Birmingham, MAP for Nonprofits
"Your presenters are articulate, caring, knowledgeable and sensitive to our needs. It gave our organization a perspective we were missing and helped our understanding of different cultures.” – Dean Weigel, Loaves & Fishes | | 