Diversity, Equity, and inclusion (DE&I)

Addressing challenges and seizing opportunities.

The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee hosts events, provides resources, and encourages all members in our profession to support this initiative.

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COCPA

Supporting diversity, equity, & inclusion within our profession.

The Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants (COCPA) is dedicated to embracing and celebrating diversity across our community, membership, and profession. We believe that a diverse population enhances the overall vitality of our community, profession, and membership. Diversity, as we see it, encompasses individuals of various ethnicities, genders, colors, orientations, ages, abilities, and religious beliefs (among others). At the COCPA, we firmly assert that everyone belongs in our profession on equal and inclusive terms.

To support this commitment, the COCPA has established a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) committee. This committee has developed webcasts aimed at sharing the stories of diverse community members, detailing their experiences with challenges, triumphs, and significant achievements. Additionally, another series of webcasts encourages community engagement through self-awareness and meditation practices. These webcasts are accessible to all and encourage participants to broaden their perspectives.

The COCPA and its DE&I committee are united in their mission to foster recognition and appreciation of diversity within the accounting profession and our membership. Through the resources provided by the committee, we strive to actively welcome and embrace diversity within our community.

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DE&I Featured Event: See Me/For Me Series

This series broadens participants’ views of the DE&I challenges and opportunities within our community. Learn more & watch previous event recordings.

Featured Article: Hannah Gadsby on Her Autism Diagnosis

‘I’ve always been plagued by a sense that I was a little out of whack’

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Suggested Books & Articles with DE&I Focus

☐Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew, by Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby
READ REVIEW HERE
☐Everything is Tuberculosis, by John Green
READ REVIEW HERE
☐American Like Me, by America Ferrera
READ REVIEW HERE
☐Diversity Matters Even More: Insights from McKinsey & Company's Latest Report
READ REVIEW HERE
☐Writings on the Wall by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
READ BOOK REVIEW HERE
☐Did That Just Happen?!: Beyond "Diversity"-Creating Sustainable and Inclusive Organizations by Stephanie Pinder-Amaker
READ BOOK REVIEW HERE
☐A White-Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants since 1921 by Theresa A. Hammond
READ BOOK REVIEW HERE
☐Writings on the Wall, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
READ BOOK REVIEW HERE
☐Diversity wins: How inclusion matters, by McKinsey & Company
☐A White-Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants since 1921, by Theresa A. Hammond
READ BOOK REVIEW HERE
☐Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation, by Hannah Gadsby
READ BOOK REVIEW HERE
☐Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
READ BOOK REVIEW HERE
☐The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias, by Dolly Chugh
READ BOOK REVIEW HERE
☐Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew, by Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby
READ BOOK REVIEW HERE
☐Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony Greenwald
☐We Can’t Talk About That at Work! How to Talk About Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics, by Mary-Frances Winters
☐The Vanishing Half, by Brit Benett
☐I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, by Austin Channing Brown
☐White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo
☐Listening is an Act of Love, by Dave Isay
☐Privilege, Power and Difference, 2nd Edition, by Allan G. Johnson
☐Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America, by the late Congressman John Lewis
☐So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
☐My Vanishing Country: A Memoir, by Bakari Sellers
☐In the Country of Women: A Memoir, by Susan Straight
☐The Book of Rosy: A Mother’s Story of Separation at the Border, by Rosayra Pablo Cruz and Julie Schweitert Collazo. Collazo is the founder of Immigrant Families Together, the grassroots organization that reunites mothers and children. 
☐Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas, by Roberto Lovato
☐The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance, by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman
☐Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, by Sheryl Sandberg
☐Difference Matters: Communicating Social Identity (Third Edition), by Brenda J. Allen

Additional DE&I Resources

CEO ACTION for Diversity & Inclusion

Building Productive, Diverse & Inclusive Workplaces

AICPA Resources

AICPA & CIMA U.S. Diversity Holidays

Non-Profit Organization

Peak Performers -Getting the Job Done, Working with Disabilities

Questions?

To learn more about COCPA's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts, contact Stacy Svendsen:
stacy@cocpa.org | 303-741-8613