Western Nevada Colleges Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee invites you to check out eight free online classes on diversity and inclusion.

Some of the topics covered include different forms of discrimination, public institutions fighting for minority rights, how to effectively communicate even in the toughest of conversations and becoming a better and more inclusive leader.

Here are the classes that you can access at no charge:

1. Gender Equality and Sexual Diversity, Udemy

Becoming more inclusive isnt just about understanding power dynamics inside the office but the greater issues happening in the country and across the world. This extensive course covers everything, from the history of gender and sexual inequality to different forms of discrimination to the public institutions fighting for minority rights.

Length:30 lectures/ 5 hours, 35 minutes

2. Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace, Coursera

Perfect for those who are just dipping their toes intodiversityand inclusiontraining, this class covers general knowledge of how power dynamics come into play in the office, and how you can better support, manage, and be an ally to your employees.

Note: This course is free to audit.

Length:4 weeks/ 2 hours a week

3. Leading With Effective Communication (Inclusive LeadershipTraining), edX

Part of being a great leader is knowing how to effectively communicateand this inclusivitytrainingwill help you tackle even the most difficult conversations.

Length: 4 weeks/1-2 hours a week

4.Inclusion of Minorities in Community Development, Alison

While this class is focused on creating community, its still a great resource to understand different kinds of diversity from class to education level to mental or physical ability and how you can be more inclusive to those who may fall into the minority at your company.

Length:8 lessons

5.Becoming a Successful Leader (Inclusive LeadershipTraining), edX

As the name suggests, this course will help you become not just a better leader, but a more inclusive one. It includes best practices, real-life stories and examples, and exercises to help you continue to improve how you lead as a manager.

Length:4 weeks/ 1-2 hours a week

6.Understanding Diversity and Inclusion, FutureLearn

Covering important topics like unconscious bias, supportingdiversity, and ethnocentric and ethno-relative mindsets (whether you judge or accept cultures as different and equal), this is an easy course to get everything you need in just a few hours.

Length:3 weeks/ 3 hours a week

7.OptimizingDiversityon Teams, Coursera

As they say, the best decisions are made when adiverseset of voices are in the room. Heres how you can maximize your teams so that everyones opinions are heard and your team is being inclusive so it can thrive.

Note: This course is free to audit.

Length:4 weeks/ 2-4 hours a week

8.eLesson: Unconscious Bias, Microsoft

Microsoft has its owntrainingcourse on unconscious bias that managers and employees alike can take. Mostly in text and question form, this is a great overview of howdiversityimpacts business, innovation, and employee productivity and happiness.

Length:Self-paced