Our Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice proud to partner with Dave D'Amico on this empowering & edifying workshop~
Bias, Prejudice, & Stereotypes
How do they affect us?
Prejudice & discrimination often are root causes of human conflict, which explains how strangers come to misunderstand & even hate one another. Prejudice & discrimination affect everyone. In this interactive workshop we will examine the definitions of prejudice & discrimination, discuss examples of these concepts, & causes of these biases. Our perception is how we view, respond, & react to every experience.
This workshop is designed to understand what stereotypes & biases are. We will discuss how to recognize our own biases & how to move beyond them to a more balanced ability to evaluate & understand people.
Dave D'Amico is a thirty year veteran of law enforcement. He began his career with The New Jersey State Department of Corrections. Six years later, he joined the Asbury Park Police Department as a Police Officer in the Community
Policing unit & was later promoted to Detective in the Investigations section.
For over fourteen years Dave served as a Detective with The Office of the Monmouth County Prosecutor investigating Bias Crimes & promoting community relations. Before retiring & relocating to Fort Lauderdale Florida.
While in Florida, Dave joined the Broward County Sheriff’s Department as a Deputy Sheriff. Dave returned to New Jersey & recently he accepted a position
as the Chief Investigator for the Middlesex County Department of Corrections & Youth Services.
Dave is a certified Trainer by The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Bias Crimes Investigations as well as a certified trainer in Cultural Diversity, Community Relations, Sensitivity Training, & Criminal Investigations.
Dave is a past Commissioner with The Monmouth County Human Relations Commission, a Board Member with Garden State Equality & the President of the New Jersey State Bias Officer's Association. He is an adjunct professor at
Brookdale Community College, as well as Kingsborough Community College & a consultant with the Simon Wiesenthal Center both in NYC & Los Angeles.
Dave has addressed thous&s of students, law enforcement Officers & community groups. For his work in promoting prejudice reduction & combating bias crimes he received the 2008 Hela Young Memorial Award given annually by
the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education. In April 2011, he was honored by the American Conference on Diversity with their Humanitarian
Award. In October 2014 he was honored with the Harvey Milk Leadership Award from the Pride Network in Asbury Park.