Dr. Leo Parvis

Please note: A companion Instructor's Manual is now available for teachers and trainers who use this book for teaching/training.

Dr. Leo Parvis is a Principal Instructor at Dunwoody College in Minneapolis. He teaches Cultural Diversity, Managing Diversity in the Workplace, and Global Studies. Dr. Parvis serves on the Chaska Human Rights Commission, the Board of Directors of the League of Minnesota Human Rights Commission, and is a member of the National Association for Multicultural Education, the National Association for Ethnic Studies and the International Leadership Institute.

He is also the diversity director for, and a partner in diversitypromotions.com, a new company dedicated to promoting diversity through the creation of a “Embrace Diversity” logo and product line and National Diversity Day celebration.

Dr. Parvis has a Ph.D. in Health and Human Services, and a M.A. in Geography and Political Science. He is available for consulting, presentations, and conducting seminars.

Help us spread the word: “Embrace Diversity, Embrace Our World.” For products featuring the stunning full-color “Embrace Diversity” logo and other products promoting positive messages about diversity, please visit our website at www.diversitypromotions.com. Our products can be used in all of your special events celebrating cultural diversity, human rights, and multiculturalism.

We have been successful in establishing “National Diversity Day” which is the first Friday in October (Diversity Awareness Month). We encourage you to have your own National Diversity Day celebration at your school, place of worship, work or home—we are all diverse in our many wonderful ways—let’s celebrate those things that make us the same and different! We are all one in one nation, the most beautifully diverse nation in the world! For ideas on how to celebrate National Diversity Day, please go to our website: www.nationaldiversityday.com.

For more information, contact us at: drparvs@gmail.com or feistyjuls@comcast.net