In its first year, the External Affairs DEI Steering Committee has held training for all staff, rolled out working agreements, built relationships with HR and other leaders across campus, held hiring and retention listening sessions, launched a staff DEI newsletter, established a learning and development subcommittee, and met with many staff on a one-to-one basis to hear their feedback, ideas, and concerns.
We’ve also advised senior leadership, meetings in which we talked about committee priorities, shared best practices, and aired areas of concern, such as transparent communication and work-from-home equity.
There have been difficult moments—a planned department-wide survey was shelved and some committee members had to step back—but it’s been a year of great progress.
Click here to download and read the report
Photo by Brandi Redd on Unsplash