Online Education Webinar Series: Psychological Safety in the Workplace
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM) (PDT)
Description
Time: September 17 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
VIRTUAL ONLY
The zoom webinar information will be sent along with the registration confirmation email!
Course description:
This training is designed to foster a work environment where employees feel safe to share their thoughts without ridicule, take risks without fear of judgement or criticism and engage in a fearless space for learning. Psychological safety is vital for team engagement, driving innovation, and enhancing employee well-being. In this training participants will understand the concept and importance of psychological safety as well as recognize and address behaviors that undermine it. In addition, participants will learn applicable skills to explain, model and advocate for psychological safety in the workplace.
Presenters:
April Johnson
Equity Training Manager, Mediator
April Johnson manages the Training Team for Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, where she works to advance equity throughout Los Angeles County by empowering communities to collaborate across boundaries of difference. Her work empowers communities to bridge differences by challenging inequities and actively promote a human rights culture. Through her role, April designs and delivers customized training programs for government personnel, community partners, educators, social service specialists, criminal justice professionals, and youth groups.
April specializes in a range of training topics, including conflict resolution, bias awareness, valuing diversity, navigating challenging conversations, and fostering organizational cultures that promote equity. Since joining the Commission in 2020, she has been at the forefront of driving meaningful change through education and collaboration.
She is a trained mediator, she holds a Master’s degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding, as well as a BA in Human Services from California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Oscar Hernandez (he/him/he’s/el)
Senior Human Relations Consultant
Oscar Hernandez (he/him/he’s/el) serves as a Senior Human Relations Consultant with the County of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. His work includes supporting the design and delivery of customized training to groups such as community interventionists, housing managers, criminal justice professionals, government workers, young adults, and human services volunteers. He helps facilitate training on a variety of topics, including cultural competence; diversity, equity, and inclusion; managing the influence of bias; what prejudice is, how it works, and what we can do about it; constructive candid conversations; the history of racism and “race”; positive conflict resolution; building and maintaining trust; leadership; collaboration; assessing equity impact of policies and practices; and cultivating organizational culture to advance equity. Oscar is the son of a Salvadoran immigrant single mother who taught Oscar the values of social justice, equity, and respect for all human beings. Oscar also is a part time Business Administration professor teaching Communications, Accounting, Business Applications and Statistics. Oscar possesses a bachelor’s degree in political science and master’s in public administration from California State University Northridge. Oscar is passionate about education and making an impact on the community as a social service practitioner.
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