Certified Diversity Professional (CDP)®

Program Overview

We’re proud to be the exclusive provider in North Carolina of the Certified Diversity Professional credential, which is offered in partnership with The Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC).

Through 24 course hours of instructor-led training, passing a written exam with a score of 73% or higher, and submitting a professional candidate project, you’ll receive a diversity certification. Examples of candidate projects include an assessment of your organization’s and a competitor’s current diversity efforts, a research project that would contribute to the body of knowledge in the field, or any other usable project that is relevant to your professional work.

To ensure an interactive learning experience for all, each class is capped at 25 students.

Learning Outcomes

• Gain the skills needed to make the business case for DEI and execute focused diversity strategy implementation
• Build a network of peers for ongoing support on your DEI journey
• Identifies the holder as someone possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to successfully execute day-to-day diversity and inclusion tasks and initiatives
• Indicates the highest standard of ethics and competence in generating transformative business outcomes

Faculty

At The Diversity Movement we support diversity practitioners at every level as we all work to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive world.

Kaela Sosa, CDE – Lead Instructor

Kaela is the curriculum and programming manager at The Diversity Movement, with a passion for making DEI education digestible and impactful. Her interest in DEI began in college, while studying Psychology of Gender and Sexuality at Duke University. Kaela graduated with honors after defending her thesis, Gender and Stress in Cross-Race Interactions: Differential Impacts for Men and Women. She has conducted research at two of Duke’s psychology labs, exploring topics related to biracial identities, gender expression, and the impact of gender on psychological well-being.

Guest instructors will include: Donald Thompson, CDE, Jackie Ferguson, CDE, Kurt Merriweather, CDE, Jamie Ousterout, CDE, and Susie Silver, CDE.