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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Good morning JLab colleagues –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Happy November! </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This month we celebrate Native American Heritage Month. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">November is Native American Heritage Month
(NAHM), or as it is commonly referred to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. NAHM is also
an opportune time to educate the general public about tribes, to raise a general awareness about the unique challenges Native people have faced both historically and, in the present, and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Did you know:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The U.S. Department of Energy’s Headquarters is located on the ancestral homeland of the
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#292929;background:white">Nacotchtank (pronunciation: nah-cahch-tank) people. The name of the Anacostia River is derived from this name.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">You can view more information about these events, other holidays around the world, additional resources and all things DEI</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A<span style="color:black"> here
- </span></span><a href="https://www.jlab.org/human_resources/diversity/culture"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">DEIA Website</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On <b>October 31<sup>st</sup></b>, we hosted a virtual event celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month with Dr. Amber Kuszak, Psy.D, LCP. In case you missed it, here are the links for the
</span><a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/diversity/Files/Disability%20Awareness%20Autism%2C%20Anxiety%20%26%20ADHD%2010.31.22.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">slides</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> and the
</span><a href="https://www.jlab.org/video/national-disability-employment-awareness-month"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">recording</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We also celebrated our Veterans by hosting a Hybrid event on
<b>November 9<sup>th</sup></b> featuring our very own Rusty Sprouse, Facilities, Management and Logistics Consultant. Click here to view the
</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVy_zEjDwhc"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">recording</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">,
</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSYHkM8amHk"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">military song</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> and our
</span><a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/diversity/Files/Veterans%20at%20JLab%2011.9.22.png"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">group photo</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. During the event, we also unveiled the
</span><a href="https://www.jlab.org/sites/default/files/diversity/Files/VeteransDayPoster2022_print.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Veterans Day Poster 2022</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.
<b>Thank you to all our Veterans for your service, we salute you!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#003399">November DEI Holidays:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">November 11<sup>th</sup><span style="color:black">:
</span></span></strong><a href="https://www.military.com/veterans-day"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000CC;background:white">Veterans Day</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">November 16<sup>th</sup><span style="color:black">:
</span></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b><a href="https://www.unesco.org/en/days/tolerance"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000CC">International Day for Tolerance
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">November 20<sup>th</sup><span style="color:black">:</span></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span></b><a href="https://www.glaad.org/tdor"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000CC">Transgender Day of Remembrance
</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">November 25<sup>th</sup><span style="color:black">:
</span></span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000CC">Thanksgiving</span></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#003399">Upcoming DEI Events:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Below is the calendar of our Upcoming DEI events. These courses are also available for viewing/registration on the
</span><a href="https://www.jlab.org/human_resources/diversity/culture"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">DEI Website</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<span style="color:black">or </span></span><a href="https://www.jlab.org/jlab-calendar"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">JLab Event Calendar</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. We look forward to seeing you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Get Connected with Your Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060">Tuesday, December 6<sup>th</sup></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060;font-weight:normal"> 11:15 – 1:15pm, CEBAF
Center deck <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#5B6065;background:white">Join us for our last Get Connected event of the year! Bring your lunch and eat with us, play some games and meet new colleagues and reconnect with familiar ones. We look forward to seeing you there!<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Overcoming Barriers to Communication (updated AP-COM course)</span></strong><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuesday, January 24<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, 1-3pm </span><a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDA0NTdmYTItODg3My00YTM3LWEwMGItMjgyYmJmZmVkNzc1%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"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Meeting
Link</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#5B6065"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Overcoming Barriers to Communication is a course created to assist employees to understand various barriers to communication. Through this course, attendees will realize the impact of medium and delivery on communication, recognize
potential barriers to effective communication and how this translates into everyday work interactions. Participants will understand cultural differences (language and cultural context), gender stereotypes and unconscious bias, and how all these factors hinder
good communication. Participants will learn strategies and gain tools on how to become more effective communicators. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Safe Zone/LGBTQ+ Educational Session</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thursday, February 9<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, 10-11:30am </span><a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDdhYTc3MDgtM2RjZC00MGVjLWE4MzUtMzU5MzU0ZDFjZTJm%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"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Meeting
link</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <span style="color:#5B6065"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Safe Zone/LGBTQ+ Educational Session is an opportunity for everyone, including our LGBTQ+ colleagues, allies and all who are interested in learning. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Update –
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">We have added our definition of Accessibility to the DEIA website. As we continue to elevate our efforts to increase Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Accessibility is now recognized
as an important part of our goals to become a more inclusive organization. Below are JLab’s definitions for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Diversity</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Achieve and sustain a workforce composed of qualified
people who proportionally represent the diverse populations that contribute to the advancement of science. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Equity</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Achieve and maintain an organization where fair treatment,
access, opportunity and advancement is guaranteed for all. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Inclusion</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Achieve and uphold a professional, ethical, tolerant
and respectful work environment in which everyone can contribute to the mission according to their talents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Accessibility</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> - Achieve and provide equitable access to facilities, information and communication technology,
programs and services so that all people, including those with disabilities, can utilize and fully participate in. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wishing you and your family a safe, healthy and Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks for being a DEI Champion!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Aurora<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Aurora P. Realin, MBA, CDM
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(She/Her/Hers)</span></i><br>
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">407.493.2255<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:realin@jlab.org">realin@jlab.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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