Navigating Workplace Conflict
Humans are complex creatures; conflict in our organizations is pretty much unavoidable. Rather than asking, “How do I avoid conflicts?” we can start asking, “How can I more skillfully engage with conflicts as they arise?”
In this workshop, Jewish Social Justice Roundtable's Leili Davari and Roberta Ritvo will introduce JSJR’s DIY guide, You Have A Conflict At Work, Now What? and share two core skills from the guide that you can turn to when facing a conflict at work. Participants will leave with a deep understanding of how to put this guide to use at your organization so you and your team members can navigate workplace conflict in productive, generative ways.
This workshop will be one hour long with an additional 15- minute, optional Q&A. All are welcome!
Program Details
When
- Thursday, February 19, 1 pm ET/10 am PT (60 minutes + optional 15-min Q&A)
Where
- Zoom: a link will be provided upon registration
Who
- Leili Herlinda Davari (she/her), Racial Equity and Culture Director, JSJR
- Roberta Ritvo (she/her), Deputy Director, JSJR
About the DIY Guidebook
- 'You Have a Conflict At Work, Now What?' is a new, DIY guide, designed by the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable to help staff members find more ease with colleagues and organizations become better places to work. It offers tools to help staff navigate through workplace conflict in productive, generative ways. It includes skills for participants in different roles within the conversation and also addresses power and other dynamics that impact conflict in the workplace.
About the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable (JSJR)
- JSJR is a network of more than 60 nonprofit organizations that strengthens and aligns the Jewish social justice field in order to make justice a core expression of Jewish life and help create an equitable world. Learn more.
Meet the Speakers
Leili Herlinda Davari
Racial Equity and Culture Director, JSJR
Leili (she/her) joined the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable with 11 years experience of grassroots organizing, facilitation, and leadership development. She previously organized state-level campaigns in support of labor rights for domestic workers in California as well as local school funding formula campaigns in Los Angeles. Most recently, Leili was the Selah Program Director at Bend the Arc where she led two cohorts dedicated to Jewish People of Color. She has a BA in Political Science from New Mexico State University and an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.She lives in Dallas, TX.
Roberta Ritvo
Deputy Director, JSJR
Roberta (she/her) joined the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable as the first deputy director. A lawyer by training, she spent most of her career working as senior pro bono counsel and director of programs at a large law firm in Washington, DC. Roberta also has worked as a field organizer supporting a statewide ballot initiative to increase public education funding, a community organizer of businesses supporting paid family and medical leave, a federal judicial law clerk, and a sixth-grade teacher with Teach for America. Roberta received an Abraham Joshua Heschel award from Jews United for Justice in 2015. She holds a JD from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and a Master of Public Affairs from UT's LBJ School of Public Affairs. She earned her BA from Smith College.
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