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- Created a DEI subcommittee, including drafting and obtaining approval of a subcommittee charter<\/li>\n
- Dedicated an annual budget for DEI efforts<\/li>\n
- Incorporated a standing agenda item to discuss diversity, equity, inclusion topics at committee meetings, board meetings, and monthly organization-wide meetings<\/li>\n
- Hired a DEI Consultant:\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Completed a series of professional-led DEI discussions for all employees with Dr. Lake<\/li>\n
- Added Juneteenth as a holiday for OSLC employees<\/li>\n
- Started holding monthly Brown Bag Chat to open up space at OSLC\/ODI to generate dialog and conversations around DEI issues, including an anonymous staff feedback survey after each one (see full schedule below)<\/li>\n
- Increased use of pronouns in everyday meetings (in names on Zoom, in email signatures, etc.)<\/li>\n
- Collected resources from staff to share internally and externally<\/li>\n
- Spanish translations of OSLC and ODI webpages<\/li>\n
- Updated recruitment and hiring policies to improve DEI, as well as practices to improve retention<\/li>\n
- Created gender-neutral bathroom spaces<\/li>\n
- Added a column within our internal database to include pronouns and encourage staff to check in on participants’ pronouns regularly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nPlans in Motion:<\/h3>\n
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- Monthly coffee discussions with Dr. Johnny Lake<\/a><\/li>\n
- Monthly Brown Bag Chats (see schedule below)<\/li>\n
- Hanging welcoming posters and signs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (which were chosen by our employees) in common spaces and individual offices<\/li>\n
- Continue to monitor and update recruitment, hiring, and retention practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Some Next Steps in the Works:<\/h3>\n
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- Identifying and measuring metrics to evaluate DEI efforts and progress<\/li>\n
- Creating an official OSLC\/ODI policy and protocol for when to call crisis response (CAHOOTS) instead of calling the\u00a0police<\/li>\n
- Continuing conversations about representing minority experiences<\/li>\n
- Finding ways to increase use of people first language<\/li>\n
- Noticing and replacing culturally appropriative language in our vernacular<\/li>\n
- Finding ways to create a culture shift towards being open to feedback and correction around DEI topics, and creating ways to reinforce people stepping forward to provide feedback and people receiving that feedback gracefully<\/li>\n
- Improving knowledge on being an effective ally<\/li>\n
- Learning more about the tribes that are\/were originally located in the Eugene\/Springfield area<\/li>\n
- Looking at the way we ask questions in research around sexual orientation, gender, race, and ethnicity, and what options are given as answers on forms we have families fill out<\/li>\n
- Sharing resources to improve our use of culturally appropriate language<\/li>\n
- Improving knowledge of how we can create a more inclusive culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Find more information about our work to improve diversity, equity and inclusion:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
See our DEI statement here<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See our BLM statement here<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See our AAPI statement here<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See our DEI Resources here<\/a><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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