AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN
Nominate your favorite leaders in diversity and inclusive organizations!
2021 Award Nominations
Now Accepting 2021 Award Nominations!
Diversity Leader • Inclusive Workplace
DLA is celebrating its 20th Annual Conference and Awards Luncheon “Uncomfortable Conversations that Ignite Change…the Dialogues Continue!” as a Hybrid Virtual and Live Conference on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, November 17-19, 2021, where this year’s DLA award winners will be announced virtually in a fun and creative way.
Diversity Leadership Alliance (DLA) is the premier Diversity Education organization in Arizona. DLA provides thought provoking diversity training, leadership guidance and continued support to help cultivate an inclusive community.
DLA’s Vision: Be an inclusive community where each person is equally respected and empowered.
DLA’s Mission: To guide leaders in the transformation of culture to build an inclusive community where each person is equally respected and empowered.
DLA and the Arizona Society of Human Resource Management are working collaboratively on this year’s awards celebration and are now accepting nominations for Diversity Leaders and Inclusive Workplaces in the Large, small and Non-profit Categories:
Diversity Leader: An individual who serves as a Diversity, Inclusion and Equity role model within their respective Arizona communities, corporation, or organization. This year’s Diversity Leader Categories include Diversity Leader and Diversity Youth Leader (Under 30).
Inclusive Workplace: A corporation or organization that recognizes and values Diversity and creates an inclusive work environment for their employees and are engaged in Arizona’s diverse communities. This year’s workplace categories and sizes include: Small (up to 250 employees in AZ), Medium (between 251-999 employees in AZ), Large (1,000+ employees in AZ) and Non-Profit Organizations associated with AZ.
Diversity Leader and Inclusive Workplace nominations open on Thursday, July 29th and are accepted through Monday, September 27th 2021!
Thank you for considering nominating a Diversity Leader and/or Inclusive Workplace (small, medium, large or non-profit organization) in our wonderful state of Arizona!
View the 2020 Award Winners Email DLA Awards Committee
Leader and Youth Leader Awards
Nomination Requirements
- Nominee needs to be associated with an organization in Arizona.
- Nominee cannot win an award if they have won a DLA award in the past three years. This will allow us to recognize additional outstanding diversity leaders.
- Nominee accomplishments/support must be for work done in the past two-years.
- Self-Nominations are accepted.
- The committee selecting the award winners will base their decision on the information presented as part of your nomination; any individual committee members’ independent knowledge of the nominee will not be considered during the selection process.
- All word limits must be strictly adhered to. The Committee members selecting award winners will not be presented with information over the word limit.
Non-Profit and Other Organization
Nomination Requirements
- Nominee must be located in or associated with Arizona.
- Nominee cannot win an award if they have won in the past three years. This will allow us to recognize additional organizations that champion diversity and inclusion.
- Nominee accomplishments/support must be for work done in the past two-years.
- The committee selecting the award winners will base their decision on the information presented as part of your nomination; any individual committee members’ independent knowledge of the nominee will not be considered during the selection process.
- All word limits must be strictly adhered to. The Committee members selecting award winners will not be presented with information over the word limit.