Equity, Diversity & Inclusion with Racial Equity Lens.
This course on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) with a Racial Equity Lens, Power, and Privilege with a System Lens is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of key concepts and practical strategies related to fostering inclusivity and equity within various systems. The course explores the intersectionality of race, power dynamics, and privilege, with a particular focus on creating a more equitable and just environment.
Participants will delve into critical topics such as systemic racism, implicit bias, white supremacy characteristics in the workplace, and the role of power and privilege in perpetuating inequities. The course adopts a multi-dimensional approach that combines theory, terms, and practical applications to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to champion diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion.
At Radiant Sunshine, our goal is to offer a special blend of expertise and client-centered care that encourages emotional, spiritual, physical, social, and intellectual wellness. Radiant Sunshine’s core values incorporate our beliefs as a center of excellence in human service and social work. Our overarching principles of empowerment, enrichment, and education combine to offer a lifelong impact to those we serve. Radiant Sunshine, #1403, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Radiant Sunshine maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 2/28/23 to 2/28/2026. Radiant Sunshine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7371. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
CEO
Sharea Farmer is the Founder and CEO of RS Counseling & Wellness with over 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker. Her training includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Theory, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Racial Trauma. Her expertise in both clinical and administration has allowed her to work in the private and public sectors as an advocate for employee wellness, Diversity & Inclusion, Race Equity, and Trauma-Informed Practices. Her unique practice that focuses on empowerment and education creates transformative wellness for her clients that range from executive leadership teams to supervisors to staff. RS Wellness has developed employee resilience plans and trauma-informed care programs for state and public health agencies, as well as educational groups, both locally and nationally. The workshops and courses created by RS Wellness are the keys to a healthy trauma-informed workplace where everyone can thrive. Courses fall under four categories: DEI, Social Work Continuing Education, Trauma-Focused, and Wellness. Although each course is tailored to its specific subject matter, the courses provide curriculum, assignments, video, and affirming activities. In recent projects, Sharea led the development of Racial Equity training, committees, DEI, and trauma-informed supervision in both Philadelphia and New Jersey-based government, public health, and nonprofit agencies including the City of Philadelphia Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction, Access Matters, Philadelphia Futures, The Ladipo Group, National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, NJ National Association of Social Work and more. This led to assisting those agencies with the development of their trauma-informed and diversity and inclusion strategies. Sharea lives in New Jersey with her husband. She enjoys all things basketball, live NBA games, traveling, coloring, and spending time with family and friends.
