The Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities’ Inclusive Workplaces Initiative provides educational programs, professional development, training, and consultation to enhance workplace cultures all across the Commonwealth.  Programs are designed to maximize teamwork, productivity, employee retention, customer service, and service delivery by helping participants to build workplace cultures of inclusion.  Professional development sessions for elementary, middle, and secondary school educators help teachers to navigate diversity issues in the classroom, specifically looking at curriculum, discipline, and overall school policies and programs.  Non-profit and business-focused programs provide executives and staff with opportunities to explore how they can help make Virginia’s workplace practices and cultures more respectful of differences.