[Inclusion] DEI Happenings November Edition

[Aurora Realin]

Good afternoon colleagues –

I hope you are all doing well.  Just wanted to alert you to some developments in DEI at JLab:

Veterans Mentoring Program

We have officially launched our Veteran Mentoring Program.  We invite you to participate as a Mentor or a Mentee, and be a part of this program designed to help our veterans.  Applying is easy!  After you’ve read the short summary outlining the program below, just click the links to apply to be a mentor or a mentee, that’s it!


Program Purpose​

·     Provide veterans who are newly transitioned from the military work environment additional resources on how to be successful in a civilian workplace​

·     Provide all newly-hired veterans an opportunity to be paired with experienced JLab veterans to assist with assimilation to JLab ​



Program Goals​

·     Reduce the potential burden associated with entering a new work environment by allowing experienced JLab veterans to educate and advise newly hired veterans​

·     Provide opportunities for veterans to meet and discuss unique aspects of the JLab work environment


As a mentee…​

·     Work with your mentor during your first 60-90 days of employment or until you are familiar with the lab environment ​

·     Schedule your meetings with your mentor at monthly or quarterly intervals to aid in overall assimilation process and ongoing support beyond first 90 days (establish a schedule that will work for you both)​

·     Ask your mentor questions​

·     Attend JLab or DEI Veteran events as desired​



As a mentor…​

·     Provide overview of key lab information and relevant position information​

·     Ensure that your mentee is aware of resources available to them as a JLab employee ​

·     Serve as a resource to your mentee for information in first 6 months of their employment​

·     Continue the relationship on a more informal basis, and refer your mentee to other possible mentors/resources if available



Next Steps​

·     Complete the application to be a Mentor or Mentee​

·     Allow up to 60 days for application processing and pairing of mentees with mentors​

·     Note:  If an imbalance between mentors and mentees exists, applicants will be contacted to notify them of their status and once more when a mentee/mentor has been matched to them​



How to Sign Up​

·     Interested Mentors ​- Complete the brief application via SurveyMonkey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VeteranMentorProgram ​

·     Interested Mentees​ - Complete the brief application via SurveyMonkey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VeteranMenteeProgram


New Class!  Overcoming Barriers to Communication Dry Run December 2nd, 10-12pm

We are looking forward to launching our Overcoming Barriers to Communication next year and invite you to a dry run session on Thursday, December 2nd.  We have a limited number of seats open to those who are interested in learning more and providing us feedback about how we can understand our barriers to communication and ways to manage them.  If you’d like to participate, please email me directly for the class link.

Next SafeZone/LGBTQ+ Educational Session December 7th, 11-12:30pm - <https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWUxNjdhN2MtYTJlYi00ZjllLWE2NTctMWY2ZWRkNjQxOThi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7B%22Tid%22%3A%22b4d7ee1f-4fb3-4f06-9037-2b5b522042ab%22%2C%22Oid%22%3A%22426e3683-bea7-4233-9507-6726a235e14a%22%7D> Teams Link<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWUxNjdhN2MtYTJlYi00ZjllLWE2NTctMWY2ZWRkNjQxOThi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b4d7ee1f-4fb3-4f06-9037-2b5b522042ab%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22426e3683-bea7-4233-9507-6726a235e14a%22%7d>

Our next SafeZone/LGBTQ+ Educational Session is on Tuesday, December 7th 11-12:30pm.  This session is an opportunity for everyone, including our LGBTQ+ colleagues, allies and all who are interested in learning together. During this session, we will review LGBTQ+ core terminology, discuss our personal relations to LGBTQ+ subjects and engage each other on how we can become better allies and advocates for our LGBTQ+ colleagues. This session is voluntary and advanced notice of participation is not required.  Meeting link above.

Wishing you a great week and a Happy Thanksgiving!

Aurora

Aurora P. Realin, MBA, CDM (She/Her/Hers)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program Manager
407.493.2255
realin at jlab.org<mailto:realin at jlab.org>
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi

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